Catch Reports

Another big common succumbs to the Black Snail!

Posted in Catch Reports on 05th June 2013

Team Essential member Martin Finan has been getting amongst the big fish again in recent weeks with a number of good catches, topped by this superb 42lb 10oz common from a Glos syndicate water.

All of Martin's fish have fallen to large beds of Black Snail boilies and as has been proven time and time again, the big carp find it very difficult to ignore this bait on rich, clear, weedy waters and just like the B5, it consistently seems to outfish everything it comes up against. Well done Martin, fantastic result.

 


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!