Carp Catchers Blog

In the previous Carp Catchers Blog we talked about dips and glugs but we didn’t make clear what the difference between them is. This Blog will correct that.

Boilie Dips

Boilie dips are normally quite viscose and clear. They have a powerful flavour dissolved in a neutral carrier. Your hookbaits can be left to soak in them indefinitely and this will have an added effect/benefit of hardening them. Boilie Dips can be used with bottom baits, but they are ideally suited to pop ups. A couple of good examples are the  Richworth Impact Boilie Dips and Mainline Hookbait Enhancement System.

Glugs

Glugs are normally quite thick and based on a liquid food source. Very often they will have the same liquid attractors and nutrients as the boilies they represent. Hookbaits can be left in them indefinitely and though both bottom and pop ups can be glugged longer soaking is more suited to bottom baits. The reason for this that glugs or food dips as they are sometimes known are quite heavy and soak right into the hookbaits and this can affect the buoyancy of pop ups. Glugging into a food dip before casting is the more usual way to get an extra boost is the more usual way to use glugs with pop ups. A couple of good examples would be Nash Baits Top Rod Food Dips and Fresh Fish Mussel And Oyster Liquid .

Best Fishes,

John

The New Quest Baits range is now in stock. This Carp Catchers Blog will give a quick rundown of the products. Firstly we have the shelf life boilie range. The Rajah Spice  is proving very popular, based on a birdfood base with added robin red this is an all season bait with a lovely Indian curry smell. For those of you that like a fruity bait the Fruity Trifle  have a mixed fruit with cream smell and is also on a birdfood base. The Fruity Trifle feature a washed out red colour which may help to trip up those wary carp. The Surf ‘N’ Turf  has got loads of really sexy ingredients like Krill, low temperature fishmeals, anchovy extract, liver, caviar, meat products, and black pepper oil, but no added bulk oils so it can be used year round. Finally we have the  Liver B8 Boilies  which are a naturally dark brown colour and have a meat, liver, and blood base with no added bulk oils, making them an all season bait. The Liver B8 has no fishmeal in it, so if your water has been hammered on fishmeals this may be a good alternative. We also have the Quest Baits  pop ups in stock, The Fruity Trifle smell particularly nice and would be good for single hookbait fishing. To compliment the boilies we also have the Boilie Dip to match the above, which is highly concentrated so should be used as a hookbait booster and not a glug. To give your hookbaits a longer lasting boost, try the Quest Baits  pastes a really good edge in winter. For more Information or to purchase click on the above links.

Best fishes,

John