Catch Reports
Out With a Bang!
Posted in Catch Reports on 22nd September 2007Following on from Jon McAllister’s record UK brace and for possibly the last time using Essential Baits, the Kent based big fish specialist has gone and done it again. He moved on to a Beds syndicate water in search of his next victim, ‘The Mother’, which hadn’t been caught for 9-months.
However, on just his third trip to the venue, Jon managed to bank a 37lb 8oz mirror shortly followed by his target fish at a weight of 47lb 2oz!! Once again, the incredible Shellfish B5 produced the goods for Jon, who will be sadly missed by all at Essential. Good luck for the future m8.
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!
