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Three Wise Men!
Posted in Catch Reports on 07th May 2012Ben Pester, Jason Crossley and Sean McMahon recently fished a session to remember at the Blue Pool in Burghfield for a week's session. Ben and Jason have had plenty of success using our legendary B5 boilies from a variety of different waters and wisely chose the B5 again for their most recent assault - and the word "assault" was exactly what it turned out to be!!
They absolutely 'blitzed' the venue with an incredible 50-fish haul! This included lots of upper twenties and six thirties to 35lb 8oz - by far and away the most successful spell of angling on the lake for quite some time, but what about this for an achievement - Shaun managed to break his personal best no less than 11 times during the session!!!
Once again the B5 has proved to be the bait that out-fishes everything else and justifies its unbelievable track record - well done lads, awesome hauling...
Hard Hook Baits (Mike's view)
There are often times throughout the season when I find myself having to use hard hook baits. There’s nothing worse than reeling in after you’ve seen a frenzied amount of fishing activity over your baited area, only to find that your hook baits have been nibbled away by nuisance fish! Some venues are obviously more prone to nuisance fish activity than others, but it’s not just nuisance fish that can be a problem. Diving birds or even pick ups from swans will often result in ‘missing hook baits’!
Hard hook baits will alleviate this problem, in fact, I actually think it’s advantageous when a diving bird picks up my hard hook bait. It gives me confidence that my presentation is good, and as the bird drops the rig, I actually believe it straightens everything out and gives me a better presentation that I can achieve via casting. I can remember fishing at Frampton some years ago, when the only time I could seemingly get a bite, was after a coot had picked up and dropped my hard hook bait!
Top Tip
After you’ve made a batch of hard hookers, leave them out on a towel to air dry for at least ten days, preferably in a warm dry place. Once they have sufficiently dried out, put them in a polythene bag and add a small amount of ‘Boilie Glug’ or ‘Liquid Food’ and shake well. For extra convenience transfer them to an empty pop-up jar or similar before placing them in the fridge or the freezer until needed. If keeping in the fridge, make sure you give them a good shake every few days and top up the liquid if and as required.
