Catch Reports
Another massive common for Matt!!
Posted in Catch Reports on 08th November 2011There aren't many anglers out there that can catch a 46lb UK common and it still falls short of their personal best! But that's exactly what big carp catching machine Matt Davies found when he recently caught this highly impressive specimen, which was a different fish to the 46lb 6oz common he banked a couple of months ago! And if that isn't impressive enough, Matt had a 46lb UK mirror just prior to that, as well as several 35lb+ fish since!!!
Matt is racing towards becoming Essential Baits carp angler of the year following his tremendous achievements this season, and as you would expect, Matt's latest monster common fell victim the incredible Shellfish B5. Top bombing of the highest order.
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Fluoro pop-ups
Whilst carp are not generally recognised as sight feeders, there are undoubtedly times when they are visually drawn to a food source and bright pop-ups are a classic example of this. It's not surprising therefore, that fluoro pop-ups have proved very effective, particularly if just using a single bait with no free offerings. The winter and spring months are a classic example of this and a single fluoro pop-up cast to a 'showing' fish has resulted in the downfall of many a carp.
But it would be a mistake to think fluoro pop-ups should be just restricted to single bait presentation. Quite often, a fluoro pop-up fished over a bed of bait can fool the wariest of carp and a little 10mm fluoro pop-up mounted above a standard bottom bait can act as a very good visual sight and lead to a bite or two when other methods fail to produce.
