Catch Reports
Hip, hip, hooray for Hepper!!
Posted in Catch Reports on 05th June 2013Proper old school anglers are very few and far between these days, but here's a genuine one! Jim Hepper from Kent who some may remember from his early day exploits at Cassein with Rod Hutchinson is still getting amongst the big fish and has been targeting a notoriously difficult Surrey venue in recent years. Secret squirrel Jim has managed to bank the lake's big 40+ common twice on the B5 and lose it at the net on another occasion!
However, Jim's real target has been the elusive big mirror and after losing it last year he was finally rewarded with the magnificent specimen at an impressive 49lb. This fish rarely sees the bank but just like all of Jim's other big fish, it was only a matter of time before she succumbed to our B5 freezer boilies. This just has to be one of the catches of the season. Well done Jim from everyone at Essential - you can now go back underground!!!
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.
