Carp Catchers Blog

James Kirk had a nice result recently. Fishing a new water James had four carp the best being the 29lb 12oz common carp shown below. The bait James used was 18mm Mainline Fusion  boilies scattered over a wide area. James rigs were tied with 25lb Sufix Black Silt  stripped back 4”, size 6 Gardner Mugga Carp Hooks, 3oz MCF distance lead attached to a Korda Safe Zone Safety Lead Clip, Korda Tail Rubber and Korda Sinking Rig Tube.

Again note that James has thought about the background for his catch photo, making a memorable catch even more memorable. Well done James, hope to see more in the near future.

Best Fishes,

John

Regular customer Lea also had a successful session on the difficult Pit 6 recently. Lea had two common carp weighing 16lb and two mirror carp one at 11lb 5oz and one at 17lb. The baits that Lea used were Mainline Cell Freezer Boilies and Dynamite Baits new Red Fish Freezer Boilies . No rig details from Lea but whatever he was using obviously worked. Nice one Lea.

Best Fishes,

John

Yes this is a carp and one of 30lb exactly. Carp catcher and regular customer Eamonn used his favourite Mainline Cell Freezer Boilies  for a four fish catch including the 30lb mirror shown. All four fish were over 20lb and were caught over a bed of bait. Eamonns’ rig featured a size 4 Korda Wide Gape Hook  tied to a 24lb Drennan Carp Silk  hooklink which was cast to a silty area. Well done fella keep catching.

Best fishes,

John

Customer Eamonn caught this nice scaly 25lb 9oz  mirror carp recently still in it’s winter colours. Eamonn used his favourite Mainline Cell Freezer Boilies  to tempt his lovely mirror. His rig was tied with 24lb Drennan Carp Silk to a size 4 Korda Wide Gape Hook  and cast to a silty area.

Best fishes,

John

Customer Eamonn had a really nice scaly mirror recently. The fully scaled mirror carp weighed 19.5lb and was caught from an open water spot using Mainline Cell Freezer Boilies  in 18mm. Eamonns’ rig was tied using a size 4 Korda Wide Gape Hook  and Drennan Carp Silk . Nice one Eamonn!

Best fishes,

John

Customer Ian Smith sent in this photo of a nice common carp caught back at the end of last October. Ian used Nash Scopex Squid Plus Freezer Boilies  to tempt his nice clean 15lb specimen. His snowman rig was tied with  ESP Striptease Hooklink . Well done Ian

Best fishes,

John

During the colder months of the year many anglers tend to use different baits to their preferred summer baits. At this time of year a lot of anglers move over from their summer fishmeal based baits and start using fruity baits such as Mainline Hi Visual Pop Ups or Richworth Pineapple Hawaiian Freezer Boilies  . These baits which are brightly coloured and have highly attractive fruity smells are more likely to grab the attention and interest of the carp even if they are not particularly interested in feeding. That isn’t to say that carp don’t get their heads down and feed during the colder periods, it is just that the feeding periods tend to be shorter. High food value fishmeal baits such as Dynamite Baits Source Boilies still work well during winter too, with its highly attractive smell and high nutritional value being prized by the carp during the winter months.

It is also a good idea to change your pellet choice if you’re intending on using them in a larger quantity than just for attraction in pva bags as the high oil pellets which the majority of anglers use during the warmer months are less digestible during the colder months. Although you can still use high oil pellets if you’re only planning on using them in small amounts as pva bag fillers for high attraction.

Groundbait mixes in Dynamite sticks are also a valued bait in the carp anglers armoury with the use of fish oils for added attraction but its a good idea to change from the oils you would use during the summer to a winterized fish oil as the colder water temperatures will cause some fish oils to congeal and your Dynamite sticks won’t breakdown very quickly, it could also hinder the melting time of your pva mesh. You could also try Hemp oil as this is naturally “winterised” so doesn’t congeal in colder temperatures. 

Particles and maggots are another big favourite of many anglers during the winter months and carp seem to love them no matter what time of year it is.

Tight Lines

Dave

The final new bait from Dynamite Baits, The Spicy Tuna & Sweet Chilli is now in. Developed for Dynamite Baits by Frank Warwick The Dynamite Baits Spicy Tuna & Sweet Chilli Boilies contain tuna meal, paprika, chillies and loads of other feed inducing goodies. Frank thinks the Spicy Tuna range is so good that he wanted to delay the general availability so he could continue to have an edge over the rest of us. We have the Spicy Tuna & Sweet Chilli Boilies in both shelf life and freezer form. We also have the Dynamite Baits Spicy Tuna & Sweet Chilli Liquid  Attractant and Pop Ups to match. For more information or to purchase please visit the main site via the above links.

A 42lb 10oz cracker caught by Frank while testing the Spicy Tuna & Sweet Chilli.

Best fishes

John

Here’s a couple of nice December mirror carp caught by customer Ian Smith. They weighed 18lb 8oz and 17lb 6oz respectively. Ians’ fish were caught from a silty spot over 5 kilos of  Nash Scopex Squid Plus Freezer Boilies  which just shows that carp will still feed heavily even in the coldest of weather. The rig Ian used was tied with a size 10  Korda Longshank X Hook  and ESP Striptease Hooklink snowman style.

Nice winter catch Ian well done.

Best fishes,

John

If ever there was a winter flavour, Chocolate Malt must be high on anyones list. Well for the winter anglers among you the new Dynamite Baits Chocolate Malt & Tiger Nut  Boilies are now in. The Chocolate Malt was developed by Terry Hearn for Dynamite Baits and is based on a birdfood recipe with added tiger nut and liver powders. Terry has been using The Chocolate Malt flavouring for his winter fishing for many years now so to see a bait that he has developed incorporating it, is very exciting. Because The Chocolate Malt is based on a birdfood it should be much more easily digested by the carp, keeping them coming back for more, time and time again. We have the Chocolate Malt & Tiger Nut Boilies in both shelf life and freezer bait, as well as pop ups and to really give your baits a boost we also have the Dynamite Baits Chocolate Malt Liquid Attractant . For more information or to purchase please visit the main site through the above links.

Best fishes,

John