Catch Reports
Out With a Bang!
Posted in Catch Reports on 22nd September 2007Following on from Jon McAllister’s record UK brace and for possibly the last time using Essential Baits, the Kent based big fish specialist has gone and done it again. He moved on to a Beds syndicate water in search of his next victim, ‘The Mother’, which hadn’t been caught for 9-months.
However, on just his third trip to the venue, Jon managed to bank a 37lb 8oz mirror shortly followed by his target fish at a weight of 47lb 2oz!! Once again, the incredible Shellfish B5 produced the goods for Jon, who will be sadly missed by all at Essential. Good luck for the future m8.
Mike on Bag 'n' Stick Liquids
The main function of liquids is to boost food signals in and around your baited rig and increase the chances of fish being pulled into the area. Stick Mixes, Method Mixes and Ground bait can simply be mixed together with water, but by adding a liquid food as well, you will be increasing the food signals coming from the bait. On many occasions I’ve witnessed carp being pulled down from the upper layers on to the baited spot, and I have no doubt that this has been due to the liquids sending out attractive food messages through the water column.
Of course these liquids can be used for a number of other useful applications as well. For example, coating pellets with these liquids will disperse quicker/better messages of food than pellets used on their own, and a single Pop-Up launched out into the middle of nowhere will undoubtedly benefit from being soaked in a liquid for a few hours first.
I can honestly say that these Bag ‘n’ Stick Liquids have caught me a number of ‘bonus fish’ when I’ve been pretty much convinced that I would have struggled without using them. There will be a time and a place to use them, but ignore them at your peril!
