Catch Reports
Hat-trick of thirties!
Posted in Catch Reports on 14th April 2011Having only been able to get the rods out twice in 5 months I'm trying to make the most of April before another long break to concentrate on more important issues (is there anything more important than fishing?) so you can imagine how keen I was to get back to the lake.
Well put it this way - I'm glad i did! The session started slowly and I moved twice within 24-hours as the wind switched around. Would you believe it, they then started to spawn!! I've never known that in early April!! It wasn't 'full on' but a few eggs were dropped and I knew it wouldn't be long before they would move back in to mop them up, so out went the B5 and it wasn't long before the first fish slipped into the net - a stunning 31lb 2oz mirror.
The following morning resulted in another cracking fish, one I'd caught many years ago but had now grown to 31lb 4oz. I was now buzzing but then suddenly realised I'd almost run out of bait, yet still had another night or two available! I knew Lee was on his way down after rolling another arctic full of bait, but he then informed me it had all gone out to customers!! (I need to get my priorities in order!)
Anyway, I knew I had 3kg of Black Snail tucked away in my personal freezer as a back up and with the lake heaving with natural food (including snails!) I knew this would be a good choice, even though the B5 has been well established and extremely successful on the lake.
Lee arrived with the bait and for the last night I decided to put all my eggs in one basket and put all 3 kilos of 'The Snail' over the rod where I'd seen most activity, closely followed by my baited rig. During the night I had a few liners so I knew they were in or around the area and it wasn't long before that rod was away. After a good scrap another sizeable fish graced my net, a lovely deep mahogany coloured common of 32lb to complete the hat-trick. I'm going to miss this fishing lark you know!!!
B-lucky
Mike Willmott
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!
