Carp Catchers Blog

The long-awaited and highly anticipated Sticky Krill boilies are now available and in stock today.

Both Jim Shelley and Sean Leverett have been having some incredible results on this bait during testing over the last year and these results can be expected to continue with the general release of this bait to the angling public.

We now have 16mm shelflife boilies and pop ups, 12mm dumbells, matching pellets and the matching glug in stock.

Pop in or call for details.

Regards

Dave

During a recent session I managed to land 6 fish including two 20s to 23lb 6oz. All the fish were landed with the aid of Korda Wide Gape Hooks, Atomic Jel-E-Wyre Hooklinks and CC Moore Odyssey XXX Freezer bait. The hookbaits were glugged in the Odyssey XXX bait dip and topped with CC Moore Hellraiser pop ups.

I hope your out there catching a few before the lakes freeze over.

Tight Lines

Dave

Kiana Carp Goo was developed by Kiana Carp and distributed and used by Korda in the UK. It was designed to enhance the attraction of hookbaits, bag, stick and method mixes. Goo comes in a choice of smoke intensities to suit the water you are fishing. The bait smoke is generally for use in clearer venues and the power smoke is more suited to well stocked venues. There are no hard and fast rules though so experiment to get the best results. This products is PVA friendly so can be added directly to PVA products with no fear of them dissolving.

We currently have the the Power Smoke range in stock which include Pineapple, Tutti Frutti and Perfect Peach flavours.

Demonstration Videos can be found Here and Here

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Dave

The Korda Kutter has been designed to quickly and effectively slice whole boilies into halves. This tool is idea for use with spod mixes, bait boats, fishing on steep shelves or simply offering a different presentation. Its available in three sizes to cater for baits upto 16, 20 and 25mm. Simply load it with boilies and use the kompressor to push them over the blade and out of the end of the tube.

Or click the link below to watch the Korda Kutter Demo Video

Get yourself one of these and add another tool to your armoury.

Dave

I did another overnighter recently at Elsons on the Stanwick Lakes Fisheries and had a result in the form of 5 fish. I turned up to find the lakes quieter than expected due to the bad weather and after a quick walk round I had found a few fish and decided to setup in the nearest swim. Three hinged stiff rigs with CC Moore Odyssey xxx corkball pop ups were soon cast out towards the showing fish followed by a light spread of Odyssey xxx freezer baits. I didn’t have to wait long for the first take which resulted in a 16lb 4oz Common, shortly after I landed a stunning 21lb 8oz Mirror which was the result of reeling in a rod and casting a single at the group of showing fish in the next swim. Through the night I had a further 2 takes including a 20lb 8oz Common and finished up with a 16lb 12oz Common and a 6lb Tench just before packing up.

Hows your spring fishing going? Send us any photos and catch reports to carp@carpcatchers.biz and we will add them to the blog and our facebook page.

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Dave

I recently did a quick overnighter on Elsons Lake at the Stanwick Lakes Fisheries. I set up on the toilet bank after finding the bulk of the fish and set about getting some baits in the water with everything set it was time to sit back and take in the atmosphere of this historic water. About 11.30pm I had a take on the right hand rod which resulted in a 15 minute fight out in the lake. I caught a glimpse of the fish 5 minutes in so had a good idea of what I was connected to. The fish was soon in the net after a few tense moments, it was Swanny, one of the lakes larger residents. Although down in weight at 31lb 4oz I was over the moon, the weight is irrelevant as I’ve always wanted to land this fish since the first day I saw the photos. The fish was followed up by 2 more on the right hand rod weighing 17lb 4oz and 21lb 10oz, both of which were commons. All the fish were landed using CC Moore Odyssey XXX freezer baits and corkball pop ups on hinged stiff rigs, incorporating GLT Green Stiffy booms, ESP Uni Link Swivels, Gardner Trip Wire and ESP Stiff Rigger Hooks.

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Dave

During a recent session on a local Northants water I landed 16 fish to 26lb 4oz. Fish were landed using snowman setups incorporating CC Moore Odyssey xxx freezer baits and Hellraiser pop-ups or off the surface using chum mixers coated in CC Moore Odyssey xxx bait dip and 10mm Odyssey xxx pop ups as hookbaits. Fish caught off the surface were caught with the aid of Drennan Super Specialist Barbel Hooks and ESP Controller Floats.

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Dave

Heres another two 20lb+ carp caught as part of an 11 fish catch during a recent winter session. All the fish were landed using snowman hookbaits presented on helicopter rigs incorportating Atomic Jel-E-Wyre Hooklinks and Korda Wide Gape Hooks. The snowman hookbaits were topped with Mainline Hi-Visual Tutti Frutti 10mm Pop-ups or 14mm Solar Juicy Pineapple and N-Butyric pop-ups.

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Dave

Guru produce two types of inline feeders, the Guru Inline Method Feeder and the Guru Inline Pellet feeder. They are setup the same way but are used with different bait loaded onto the feeder. The Guru Pellet feeder is designed to be used with soft scaulded pellets as loose feed in the feeder and the Method feeder is to be used with a method mix moulded around one side of the feeder, both giving similar presentations with different baits. Both of the Guru feeders come in two sizes, 24 grams and 28 grams.

Step 1.

Remove the small tail rubber and swivel from either end of the feeder, like so.

Step 2.

Now thread you mainline through the tail rubber (Narrow end first) and the feeder.

Step 3.

Attach the swivel supplied to the end of your mainline using a Palomar knot.

Step 4.

Push the tail rubber back into place at the top of the feeder, then pull the swivel back into the bottom of the feeder.

Now to attach the hooklink. If you buy Guru’s readymade hair rigs they will come with a loop tied in the end but if you like to tie your own then tie a loop in the end using a Figure of eight loop knot.

Step 5.

Pass the looped end of the rig though the swivel of the feeder.

Step 6.

Now pass the hook though the loop at the end of the rig.

Step 7.

Pull the hook end of the rig until everything tightens down. The rig will look like this.

Your feeder is now ready to be baited and cast out.

Give them a go. To purchase either the pellet or method feeders click on the the above links.

Dave

Its that time of year again when boilies come into there own and tend to out catch most other baits. During the Autumn as the temperatures are dropping and the days are getting shorter the carp begin to have a feed up for the coming winter months and boilies are one bait they know are good for them. During a recent session on my syndicate I landed this 26lb Mirror carp on a 15mm bottom bait topped with a 10mm Mainline Tutti Frutti Hi-Visual Pop-up over a small bed of mixed size boilies. Use a good quality boilie like Mainline Fusion Or Nash Scopex Squid.

Get yourself some boilies and go catch ‘um!

Tight Lines

Dave