Catch Reports
Honesty is the best policy!
Posted in Catch Reports on 26th October 2012Unlike some bait companies we could mention (cough!) Essential Baits have never had any interest in 'claiming' captures of fish that have been caught on baits other than our own!! As proved here with Essential Bait user Martin Finan holding this prehistoric looking mirror known as 'The Brute', at a weight of 52lb 4oz, which tripped up over a bed of maggots!!
Martin has been targetting the Berkshire gravel pit for the past few years but now his campaign has finally ended, we can reveal (although this won't come as a surprise to many!) that nearly all of Martin's previous fish from the venue have fallen to our B5 or Black Snail freezer boilies, even to the extent of 'doubling up' and in some cases 'trebling up' on captures! Which have included this lovely 37lb linear (pictured below). Further proof (if needed!) that when it comes to high quality food baits, Essential Baits still rule the roost!
Well done Martin, congratulations on a top Snail, Maggot and B5 bombing campaign!
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.
