Historic Catch Report

Step back in time with our History Catch Reports – a detailed archive of standout carp catches using Essential Baits over the years. From legendary sessions to record-breaking hauls, this section showcases the long-standing success and consistency of our bait range through real angler stories and photos.

Catch Report Archive | Real Results with Essential Baits

Instant success!

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Young up-and-coming carper angler Ben Thompson is having a terrific year since switching over to our B5 freezer boilies. Ben recently blitzed Linear St Johns with a 44-fish haul on the B5 (see catch report below) to win our 'Top Catch' competition and has recently carried on where he left off by banking this lovely 39lb...
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Mission accomplished!!

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UK commons really don't get any better than this immaculate 48lb 2oz specimen recently caught by Jamie Robb from a notoriously difficult 'Northern Park Lake'. Jamie pre-baited the venue for several weeks on the 'Black' version of our Shellfish B5 boilies before his assault and managed to tempt the awesome looking creature on just his...
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B5 blitz on Linear St Johns!

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This has to be one of the best catch reports of 2012 and just goes to prove how much of an advantage a high quality food bait will give you on a busy circuit water.Ben Thompson from Taunton recently visited St Johns lake on the Linear complex and completely smashed it to pieces with...
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20+, 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+ and a 70+ in just 12-hours!!!

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You won't see many foreign catch reports of this site but when a customer contacts you to say that he's had fish of 20lb+, 30lb+, 40lb+, 50lb+, 60lb+ and 70lb+ in just 12-hours it does make you sit up and take notice! The lucky captor was Alex Ramsey who was fishing at Domaine De La Ribere...
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Kingsmead 'Whacker' for Dave

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Long time Essential Bait user David Acreman from Taunton has used our Shellfish B5 frozen boilies for many years and judging by the amount of big fish he's caught, you can see why so many anglers consider it to be the most consistent big fish bait ever developed.Dave's latest target water is the Cemex Kingsmead venue and his...
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