Catch Reports
Consistent-Lee Successful!
Posted in Catch Reports on 27th May 2007Consistent catcher of big carp and all round nice guy Lee Petty has been getting amongst the big fish yet again recently. Lee tends to keep things pretty close to his chest and we tend to lose track of just how many carp he catches, but wherever he goes, he always seems to catch on a very consistent basis indeed – even from the most difficult venues.
The Leicestershire based big fish man has been putting the Shellfish B5 through its paces in recent weeks and has yet again caught a stack of carp. The list includes plenty of doubles and twenties, alongside mirrors of 32lb 12oz, 34lb, 39lb 4oz and 41lb 10oz! As the saying goes ‘Top B5 Bombing’ and well done Lee from all the Essential Team.
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.
