Catch Reports
Cold-Water Common!
Posted in Catch Reports on 11th November 2007Long time Essential Bait user Dave Fuidge from Glos has recently started fishing a local gravel pit which holds some cracking commons. Despite little else being caught since the arrival of the first few frosts, Dave has been receiving a consistent amount of action on the Winterised B5. This includes a hectic short overnight session in sub zero temperatures, which produced a 4-fish catch topped by this superb 34lb common.
Dave has since been back and caught a number of good fish, even during high pressure clear frosty nights, testament that the coldwater version of the awesome B5 still continues to produce the goods when all other baits seem to die off. All of Dave’s fish have come from marginal spots with just a dozen or se freebies presented around each rig.
Bag 'n' Stick Mixes
Team Essential member Wayne Lindsey with one of two 40lb+ commons caught within a week by increasing attraction levels in his baited area.
Since the publication of numerous articles on PVA stick mix presentations, the use of dedicated mixes to facilitate for this style of fishing have become very popular indeed. The main principle behind this type of presentation is being able to place your hook bait smack bang in the middle of a concentrated parcel of food.
In many ways, it's the perfect way to achieve absolute pin point bait presentation around your baited rig, and there are times when it can be an absolutely deadly method. This type of presentation can often lead to an extra bite or two when perhaps single hook baits or stringers fail to achieve the desired results. The extra attraction of tiny particles breaking down around your hook bait will send out a cloud of food that will not only provide a bigger visual target for the fish to see, but will also send out effective food signals into the surrounding water.
