Catch Reports
Over the Rainbow!
Posted in Catch Reports on 19th May 2008Now we very rarely if ever include captures of foreign fish on this site because with so many big fish being caught from the UK on Essential Baits we don’t need to!! However, we’ve recently received pictures of some stunning Rainbow carp from Lee Woodfield that we are more than happy to accommodate.
Lee is no stranger to the big fish mecca having visited the place on a number of previous occasions and catching a few B5 whackers in the process. It was therefore no coincidence that Lee opted for the B5 on his latest 7-day mission. We’re not sure how many fish Lee ended up with, but we do know that towards the tail end of his trip, he ended up with mirrors of 56lb 8oz and 62lb, together with commons of 52lb and 69lb 8oz – the latter being just ounces short of the lake record! Well done Lee from all at essential.
This brings us nicely on to the fact that we can now confirm in advance that Essential Baits will be launching a shelf life version of the famous Shellfish B5 in 2009.
Nutritional Base Mixes
Rob Fielding knows the importance of using a high quality food bait and as soon as he switched over to using Essential Baits, it completely transformed his fishing.
It almost goes without saying just how important I believe a good quality nutritional base mix is when it comes to catching carp on a consistent basis. You’ve only got to look at the success of the B5, year after year, to understand that a good quality food source will completely out-fish baits with lower nutritional values.
One of the most important things to remember is that carp have the ability to search out and recognise food signals prior to consumption. In other words, a good quality food source will spell the word FOOD as it releases ‘attractor signals’ into the surrounding water.
Baits constructed with little or no food value are unable to do this, and once any added attractors have been dispersed into the surrounding water, there will be no more food signals coming from the bait. In short, a good quality food bait will continue to send messages of food long after other baits have stopped working, and will continue to prove more successful, both short term and long term.
