Catch Reports
Yet Another First Forty for the B5!
Posted in Catch Reports on 17th September 2007The power of the B5 for nailing the bigger fish never ceases to amaze us and it’s produced the goods yet again. Lee Woodman from Somerset decided to tackle an undisclosed venue that isn’t renowned for big fish, and has certainly never produced anything close to the magical 40lb barrier – until now!!!
What makes this catch even more remarkable is the fact that Lee had never fished the venue before! He decided to bait his chosen swim with 3kg of Shellfish B5 boilies the day before he started fishing. The following day Lee presented his rigs over the baited spot and within just 10-mins of fishing, banked a new pb 40lb 4oz mirror – job done! Well done Lee, top angling and top B5 bombing!
Corker Pop-Ups
Cork dust pop-ups have a number of advantages over other pop-ups.
1) Made with identical ingredients/attractors to free offerings and send out the same food signals.
2) More durable and less prone to ‘theft’ from nuisance fish, crayfish and birdlife!
3) They can be pierced with a baiting needle without losing buoyancy.
4) Brilliant for ‘snowman’ presentations where you can trim down the corker pop up with scissor blades to achieve the perfect level of buoyancy required.
5) Ease of use.
Top tip for long term buoyancy
When fishing pop-up rigs in deep water for long periods of time or on waters where bird life can be a problem, drill out a cavity in the corker pop up with an 8mm drill bit then plug it with Gardner Tackle’s cylindrical high density rig foam (yellow). Then pierce the corker pop up on to your hook/rig, making sure the baiting needle goes up through the yellow foam first, then secure with boilie stop. I guarantee you that you can leave your pop up out there for 3-days if needed with no loss of buoyancy! Further to this, in the unlikely event that a diving coot or tufty unknowingly pinches your pop up, you are still fishing a nice visual yellow ‘fake’ bait.
