Catch Reports
Yet more Forties for Finan!
Posted in Catch Reports on 19th July 2008We find it hard to keep track of just how many big fish Martin Finan catches, but let’s just say it’s one hell of a lot!! We know for a fact that it’s at least six forties during the past 5-months, with 3 of them going over 45lb and up to 54lb – that’s incredible, and if you tally up what he’s caught during the past couple of years, he’s probably the most successful big fish angler in the UK at the moment. All Martin’s fish have fallen to the ever consistent Shellfish B5 with Squid and Black Pepper.
His most recent conquest resulted in the capture of this magnificent 45.03 mirror, but wait for it…..since banking this forty, he has since returned to the venue to catch a 34lb common followed by a 45lb mirror!!! As you would expect, the B5 producing the goods once again. Is there a better ‘Big fish’ bait than the B5? You can bet your life there isn’t!!
Liquid Flavours
A cracking forty-plus caught from a pressured venue on the B5 with Shellfish Plum flavour. Bait choice was a key factor to a very succesful campaign on this venue.
Liquid flavours play an important roll within the creation of a successful long term bait recipe for a number of reasons. They will not only help to give the finished bait it’s own unique taste profile, but also give it a distinctive ‘label’ that the carp will come to recognise through association. In other words, you will be educating them to eat the bait and recognise the 'taste' and 'smell' over a period of time.
Be careful not to get flavours confused with attractors though, because in terms of nutritional value, unlike liquid foods, they have little or no food value, however, for the reasons outlined above, they are a very important addition to any successful recipe.
