Catch Reports
Big Fully Scaled
Posted in Catch Reports on 19th July 2008Mike Edgeworth fom Glos has been catching some cracking fish from a local gravel pit in recent weeks, one of them being this awesome fully-scaled mirror at 38lb 8oz!
This was one of his sought after target fish for the season so as you can imagine, he’s on cloud nine! The ‘Big Fully’ fell to long range tactics where Mike presented 3kgs of 20mm Shellfish B5 boilies to the marginal slope of an island.
Mike has since returned to the venue and has continued his run of big fish action. This time he concentrated his efforts on to a completely different area of the lake and was rewarded with another very big mirror – this one went 43lb 8oz! Once again, Mike’s successful bait was 20mm Shellfish B5 frozen ready mades.
Wafters as hookbaits
Ian May with one of many 40lb+ commons he's landed on Essential Baits by making sure his hookbait placement is spot on.
The name 'Wafters' can be a little misleading because we don't want these baits too critically balanced. In our experience a hookbait that's too 'buoyant' can 'waft' all over the place as a carp approaches the bait and render it very ineffective and easy to eject. What we have done with these special hookbaits is to make them slightly more buoyant than a standard bottom bait straight out of the bag. This in turn will negate the weight of the hook and the hooklink and by the time the rig is presented, it will behave the same as the free offerings surrounding it. This is exactly what you need to achieve if you think about it because the carp will be feeding on the freebies and you want your hookbait to behave in exactly the same way.
Note
Our Wafters are 'tougher' than boilies straight out of the bag and are a popular choice for anglers that prefer their hookbaits a little harder than their freebies.
