Catch Reports
February Fifty first time on the bait!
Posted in Catch Reports on 02nd March 2011One of the first fifties of 2011 has just fallen victim to the rods of Norfolk based angler Ian Dowe after just 16 hours of using the B5 for the very first time! Ian and his mates received their first batch of B5 last Thursday. Keen to use their new bait for the very first time on a lake that had only produced a handful of fish since last November, one of the group member, Gary Betts, arrived at the tough venue, which had only produced a handful of fish all winter and within just 4-hours banked a stunning 27lb mirror!
Ian Dowe then arrived at the venue on the Sunday afternoon keen to capitalize on their instant success and positioned his baited rig to a small gravel patch surrounded by weed adjacent to a gulley and introduced 100 B5 free offerings, not knowing what was waiting around the corner!
At 8am the following morning Ian found himself doing battle with a very big fish and eventually slipped his waiting net under a massive mirror, which pulled the scales around to 51lb exactly! A February fifty – wow!!!!! Top B5 bombing that man and congratulations from everyone here at Essential.
Wafters as hookbaits
Ian May with one of many 40lb+ commons he's landed on Essential Baits by making sure his hookbait placement is spot on.
The name 'Wafters' can be a little misleading because we don't want these baits too critically balanced. In our experience a hookbait that's too 'buoyant' can 'waft' all over the place as a carp approaches the bait and render it very ineffective and easy to eject. What we have done with these special hookbaits is to make them slightly more buoyant than a standard bottom bait straight out of the bag. This in turn will negate the weight of the hook and the hooklink and by the time the rig is presented, it will behave the same as the free offerings surrounding it. This is exactly what you need to achieve if you think about it because the carp will be feeding on the freebies and you want your hookbait to behave in exactly the same way.
Note
Our Wafters are 'tougher' than boilies straight out of the bag and are a popular choice for anglers that prefer their hookbaits a little harder than their freebies.
