Catch Reports
One bait, one angler, three 50's!!
Posted in Catch Reports on 19th September 2009Martin Finan from Glos recently re-wrote the record books by becoming the first angler to catch three different 50lb plus UK fish from the same water and all this in just 18-months!
His blaze of success started in March 2008 when he banked a new lake record 54lb mirror before setting his targets on another very big resident that resides in the 50-acre gravel pit. He eventually banked the elusive fish at 52lb 10oz just over a year later when he braced it alongside a stunning 37lb linear.
Martin continued to introduce the Shellfish B5 on a regular basis to catch a very impressive tally of 30lb and 40lb fish from the venue and it seemed only a matter of time before yet another 50lb carp graced the bank. The inevitable happened just recently when after a very hard scrap as daylight broke, Martin managed to steer another huge fish into the folds of his waiting net – it went 51lb exactly!
To catch one UK 50lb carp in a lifetime is a fantastic achievement, but to catch three in just 18-months is phenomenal! Once again the B5 has been responsible for setting new standards in the bait world after breaking history in 2007 by catching the UK’s biggest ever brace - further proof indeed that the awesome B5 has to be the most successful and consistent ‘big fish’ bait ever developed.
Well done Martin from all at team Essential….
Corker Pop-Ups
Cork dust pop-ups have a number of advantages over other pop-ups.
1) Made with identical ingredients/attractors to free offerings and send out the same food signals.
2) More durable and less prone to ‘theft’ from nuisance fish, crayfish and birdlife!
3) They can be pierced with a baiting needle without losing buoyancy.
4) Brilliant for ‘snowman’ presentations where you can trim down the corker pop up with scissor blades to achieve the perfect level of buoyancy required.
5) Ease of use.
Top tip for long term buoyancy
When fishing pop-up rigs in deep water for long periods of time or on waters where bird life can be a problem, drill out a cavity in the corker pop up with an 8mm drill bit then plug it with Gardner Tackle’s cylindrical high density rig foam (yellow). Then pierce the corker pop up on to your hook/rig, making sure the baiting needle goes up through the yellow foam first, then secure with boilie stop. I guarantee you that you can leave your pop up out there for 3-days if needed with no loss of buoyancy! Further to this, in the unlikely event that a diving coot or tufty unknowingly pinches your pop up, you are still fishing a nice visual yellow ‘fake’ bait.
