Catch Reports
Kingsmead 'Whacker' for Dave
Posted in Catch Reports on 05th July 2012Long time Essential Bait user David Acreman from Taunton has used our Shellfish B5 frozen boilies for many years and judging by the amount of big fish he's caught, you can see why so many anglers consider it to be the most consistent big fish bait ever developed.
Dave's latest target water is the Cemex Kingsmead venue and his limited time availabilty coupled with long distance travelling mean't that he needed to use a bait that he could rely on 100% to optimise his chances from the very off. The B5 is tailor made for this scenario and to further prove this, here is Dave with a couple of recent 'whackers' at 38lb 8oz (below) and a fish known as 'Starry's' at 42lb 1oz (main image) Well done Dave - very well deserved.
Wafters as hookbaits
Ian May with one of many 40lb+ commons he's landed on Essential Baits by making sure his hookbait placement is spot on.
The name 'Wafters' can be a little misleading because we don't want these baits too critically balanced. In our experience a hookbait that's too 'buoyant' can 'waft' all over the place as a carp approaches the bait and render it very ineffective and easy to eject. What we have done with these special hookbaits is to make them slightly more buoyant than a standard bottom bait straight out of the bag. This in turn will negate the weight of the hook and the hooklink and by the time the rig is presented, it will behave the same as the free offerings surrounding it. This is exactly what you need to achieve if you think about it because the carp will be feeding on the freebies and you want your hookbait to behave in exactly the same way.
Note
Our Wafters are 'tougher' than boilies straight out of the bag and are a popular choice for anglers that prefer their hookbaits a little harder than their freebies.
