Catch Reports
B5 or Black Snail? They're both running riot!!
Posted in Catch Reports on 14th May 2011We're having so many reports of of outstanding captures on the B5 and the Black Snail lately, it's impossible to say which one is coming out on top! The following two commons are a classic example and both reports arrived within 10-mins of each other!
Both commons are 35lb+ and the first (top left) fell to the rods of long time Essential Bait user Mark Jermey on the Shellfish B5, whilst Andy Windmill (bottom left) was busy putting the new Black Snail through its paces to bank this gorgeous 35lb 8oz common first time out on the bait!!
The B5 has long since been recognised as the best big fish bait ever produced (even admitted my many other bait companies) but the new Black Snail is definitely challenging its throne! One thing is certain, we now firmly believe we have the two best carp baits ever developed, so whichever one you choose, you can't go far wrong...
Mike on Bag 'n' Stick Liquids
The main function of liquids is to boost food signals in and around your baited rig and increase the chances of fish being pulled into the area. Stick Mixes, Method Mixes and Ground bait can simply be mixed together with water, but by adding a liquid food as well, you will be increasing the food signals coming from the bait. On many occasions I’ve witnessed carp being pulled down from the upper layers on to the baited spot, and I have no doubt that this has been due to the liquids sending out attractive food messages through the water column.
Of course these liquids can be used for a number of other useful applications as well. For example, coating pellets with these liquids will disperse quicker/better messages of food than pellets used on their own, and a single Pop-Up launched out into the middle of nowhere will undoubtedly benefit from being soaked in a liquid for a few hours first.
I can honestly say that these Bag ‘n’ Stick Liquids have caught me a number of ‘bonus fish’ when I’ve been pretty much convinced that I would have struggled without using them. There will be a time and a place to use them, but ignore them at your peril!
