Catch Reports

Over the full moon

Posted in Catch Reports on 02nd September 2009

Mike Edgeworth has been dreaming of catching his target fish from a large Glos gravel pit for nearly 10-years after someone denying him the opportunity by requesting him to take the syndicate boat back to the boathouse then catching it on his rods whilst he was gone!! A wicked and some would say despicable act that we would not recommend to anyone unless it was close to the end of the season and time was running short.

However, good things come to those who wait and on a recent trip armed with a bucket full of B5 and a full moon above, the light was shining down on Mikey when after a long hard battle he managed to slip the net under the fish that had eluded him for so long. The scales registered a massive weight of 52lb 8oz! All of a sudden everything was looking Rosie and Mikey was over the full moon! Well done mate and big congratulations from everyone.


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.