Catch Reports
Back with a bang!
Posted in Catch Reports on 31st July 2009After a short break from the big carp scene following his capture of the Black Mirror, Essential bait boss Mike Willmott wasted no time getting back into the swing of things by banking his latest target fish in the shape of this immaculate 37lb 3oz mirror (above right) from a very tricky undisclosed venue. Such was the carp’s confidence in the bait, when he went to remove the hook, he found it was lodged over 10” back and had to borrow a pair of 12” pike forceps to remove it!!
A number of other good fish have fallen to Mike and Lee following a pre-baiting campaign at the low stocked water, with the latest being a lovely dark chestnut coloured mirror that Mike believes is one of the best looking carp he’s ever seen!
Unfortunately on a sad note, the otters seem to be catching just as many carp from the venue as they are and having had first hand experience of otters on their own lake as well as Ashlea Pool, Mike believes it’s only a matter of time before these fish are wiped out.
Footnote: Mike has recently started a new mini series of articles in Carpworld for anyone interested and part one appears in the July issue.
Customising Boilies
Whilst I still believe the original recipes we produce are still the best ones to use for most situations, I can see why our custom bait rolling department is so popular. It gives you the chance to use the very best food baits available, but with a completely different attractor package to what most others are using.
This can be useful if you feel others may take advantage of your baiting campaign or it could simply be down to the fact that you just want something a little different. We have listed some good examples but feel free to email me if you want something different again. We even have customers sending us their own attractor packages to incorporate into the bait, which of course we are happy to do with complete confidentiality guaranteed.
