Catch Reports
More short session success for Rick
Posted in Catch Reports on 05th April 2009Following Rick Golder’s success last month, the Berkshire based fish catching machine has been at it again! His latest success resulted in this cracking 37lb linear (top right) and a 41lb 1oz mirror (below right) during another one of his ‘overnight assault missions’. Rick’s overnight sessions are usually proceeded by a day’s work but we often wonder how he manages to keep his eyes open following such sleepless nights, and like his mate ‘Big George’ says, “He ain’t no spring chicken either”!
Rick has only done 7-nights fishing since his return to the bank after a short break, but during this time has already managed to accumulate a 25, three 37’s and a 41. Although last month Rick was doing the damage on the Creamseed, now temperatures have warmed up he’s switched back to the B5 and has proved what most anglers already know……… when it comes to nailing the big fish week after week, there isn’t anything out there that comes even close to the B5.
Corker Pop-Ups
Cork dust pop-ups have a number of advantages over other pop-ups.
1) Made with identical ingredients/attractors to free offerings and send out the same food signals.
2) More durable and less prone to ‘theft’ from nuisance fish, crayfish and birdlife!
3) They can be pierced with a baiting needle without losing buoyancy.
4) Brilliant for ‘snowman’ presentations where you can trim down the corker pop up with scissor blades to achieve the perfect level of buoyancy required.
5) Ease of use.
Top tip for long term buoyancy
When fishing pop-up rigs in deep water for long periods of time or on waters where bird life can be a problem, drill out a cavity in the corker pop up with an 8mm drill bit then plug it with Gardner Tackle’s cylindrical high density rig foam (yellow). Then pierce the corker pop up on to your hook/rig, making sure the baiting needle goes up through the yellow foam first, then secure with boilie stop. I guarantee you that you can leave your pop up out there for 3-days if needed with no loss of buoyancy! Further to this, in the unlikely event that a diving coot or tufty unknowingly pinches your pop up, you are still fishing a nice visual yellow ‘fake’ bait.
