Catch Reports
Over the full moon
Posted in Catch Reports on 02nd September 2009Mike Edgeworth has been dreaming of catching his target fish from a large Glos gravel pit for nearly 10-years after someone denying him the opportunity by requesting him to take the syndicate boat back to the boathouse then catching it on his rods whilst he was gone!! A wicked and some would say despicable act that we would not recommend to anyone unless it was close to the end of the season and time was running short.
However, good things come to those who wait and on a recent trip armed with a bucket full of B5 and a full moon above, the light was shining down on Mikey when after a long hard battle he managed to slip the net under the fish that had eluded him for so long. The scales registered a massive weight of 52lb 8oz! All of a sudden everything was looking Rosie and Mikey was over the full moon! Well done mate and big congratulations from everyone.
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!
