Catch Reports
Lee banks new pb common!
Posted in Catch Reports on 14th August 2011Essential boilie production manager Lee Willmott is the person responsible for single handedly rolling at least 12-tons of boilies since the start of the year and with 2011 being our busiest year ever, few people could begrudge Lee getting out on the bank from time to time, albeit for a total of just 6 nights during the past 5-months!
However, Lee always seems to have the knack of making up for lost time, and on a recent day session his patience was rewarded yet again with the capture of a new pb UK common at 39lb 2oz on only his second trip to the tricky venue.
After baiting up with 3kg of B5 on dusk the previous evening, Lee decided to sleep in the van and start fishing at the crack of dawn the following morning. By 6am each of his rods were positioned over his baited spots but he hardly had time to make his first brew of the day when one of them rattled off! The end result being this stunning long common at a weight of 39lb 2oz beating his previous best UK common by just over 3lbs.
Well done Lee - now get back to work. Lol......
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.
