Catch Reports
Yet Another First Forty for the B5!
Posted in Catch Reports on 17th September 2007The power of the B5 for nailing the bigger fish never ceases to amaze us and it’s produced the goods yet again. Lee Woodman from Somerset decided to tackle an undisclosed venue that isn’t renowned for big fish, and has certainly never produced anything close to the magical 40lb barrier – until now!!!
What makes this catch even more remarkable is the fact that Lee had never fished the venue before! He decided to bait his chosen swim with 3kg of Shellfish B5 boilies the day before he started fishing. The following day Lee presented his rigs over the baited spot and within just 10-mins of fishing, banked a new pb 40lb 4oz mirror – job done! Well done Lee, top angling and top B5 bombing!
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.
