Catch Reports
Birthday success in Belgium!
Posted in Catch Reports on 19th July 2008Essential bait boss Mike Willmott decided to spend his 47th birthday on his favourite stretch of river in Belgium with son Lee and partner Rosie together with daughter Kelly and partner Dean. During the 7-night stay the team managed to bank a total of 43 carp totalling an incredible 1,000lb+.
The ageing bait boss would have had the biggest fish of the trip if he didn’t ask son Lee to look after his rods whilst he popped up the shops, however, it was Lee who took top honours by landing a stunning 42lb 4oz river mirror on Mike’s rod!!! However, Mike managed to make up for it just before they packed up by banking an awesome woodcarving like river common of 36lb 9oz. All the fish fell to a prototype version of the new Shellfish B5 shelf life boilies due to be released early next year.
The highlight of the trip for Mike however was being presented with a huge birthday cake that family and friends had made up as a surprise and somehow managed to hide away in the van without him knowing for 2 days!! The cake included an edible picture of Mike and his family holding the incredible Black Mirror. This was definitely the icing on the cake for an incredible trip!
Mike on Bag 'n' Stick Liquids
The main function of liquids is to boost food signals in and around your baited rig and increase the chances of fish being pulled into the area. Stick Mixes, Method Mixes and Ground bait can simply be mixed together with water, but by adding a liquid food as well, you will be increasing the food signals coming from the bait. On many occasions I’ve witnessed carp being pulled down from the upper layers on to the baited spot, and I have no doubt that this has been due to the liquids sending out attractive food messages through the water column.
Of course these liquids can be used for a number of other useful applications as well. For example, coating pellets with these liquids will disperse quicker/better messages of food than pellets used on their own, and a single Pop-Up launched out into the middle of nowhere will undoubtedly benefit from being soaked in a liquid for a few hours first.
I can honestly say that these Bag ‘n’ Stick Liquids have caught me a number of ‘bonus fish’ when I’ve been pretty much convinced that I would have struggled without using them. There will be a time and a place to use them, but ignore them at your peril!
