Catch Reports
A Common Assault!
Posted in Catch Reports on 09th May 2012Many anglers up and down the country have reported numerous personal bests and massive changes to their catch rates since switching over to Essential Baits but few more so than Giles Butt who recently had a dream session to remember, which included breaking his pb common twice and catching his first ever forty - all in just a single day's fishing!!
Giles recently switched over to our Shellfish B5 freezer baits and started to catch consistently from day one. Last week he visited the tricky venue for a short day session and managed to bank a couple of nice 20's, but applied a couple of kilo's of B5 in anticipation of a return visit just 4-days later, but judging by what he caught, it looks like the carp were also eagerly awaiting his return!!
Giles arrived shortly after first light for a day only session, but despite limited time he soon found himself getting amongst the action and during the course of the day managed to bank eight carp, which included commons of 24lb 8oz, 27lb 12oz, 36lb 14oz and a stunning 42lb 4oz specimen! Now that's what we call a bloody good day's hauling by anyone's standard!!
One again the awesome B5 has 'blitzed' another venue and proved that even during short session fishing, it has the capability of turning dreams into reality! Well done Giles, congratulations for everyone at essential and top B5 bombing....
Footnote: Giles has just returned from another short session and banked a lovely 33-pounder...you can't keep a good man down - keep 'em coming Giles...
Backlead use
Back leads can be very advantageous in certain circumstances, particularly on venues that receive lots of pressure from anglers and you need to pin your line down to the lake bed. On such venues, any fish that bump into your lines, can often mean the kiss of death. To avoid this, it's best to pin your lines down. Yes, this can be acheived by using slack lines, but the big disadvantage there is that you will also lose vital bite indication. By dropping on a back lead, you can pin your lines down, yet still keep them semi-tight to register bites. They also minimise the chances of you catching your other lines whilst playing fish back to the bank.
The problem with most back leads however is that in the event of hooking a fish, they don't slide down the line very well, but we can assure you there's no chance of that happening with these!
