Catch Reports
Nifty Fifty falls to the B5 yet again!!
Posted in Catch Reports on 08th July 2013You really can't keep a good man down! Andy Waller has yet again been using the B5 to spectacular effect on his syndicate water with a number of multiple captures of very big carp.
Andy has just banked the big mirror again (pictured left) this time at 51lb 12oz and would you believe it, this is the 4th time the massive fish has fallen to the B5 during the past couple of years!! And as if that wasn't enough, Andy also banked commons of 39lb 8oz (another B5 repeat) and 27lb 8oz as well as a 38lb 2oz mirror during the same session!
B5....once bitten, forever smitten it would seem!
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.
