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EXCLUSIVE
s o I just leave it there in te r m s
o f choosin g a brand of b oi l i e /
p e llet / liquids to play aro u n d
w i th.
HOOKBAIT & FRE E B I E
E XPERIMENTS:
The
e n gineer in me l oves to
e x periment with bait, a n d
a d ding your own p erso n a l
b a it edges never goes a m i s s .
o f c a s t e r s, o r c h o p p e d w o r m
c a n s o m e ti me s e n h a n c e y o u r
chances and be an edge in the
colder months, but as everyone
i s d o i n g t h i s n o w a d a y s I ’d u s e
this method only when you
t h i n k i t ’s n e c e s s a r y b e c a u s e 7
o r 8 m o n th s o f t h e y e a r I d o n ’t
think it makes too much of a
d i f f e r e n c e.
I am co nstantly ti nke r i n g
w i th everything in my an g l i n g
a n d trying to person alize t h e
f r e ebie baits I am putting o u t
a n d also personalized my h o o k
b a its. Sometimes the smal l e s t
o f changes to your hoo k b a i t
o n a certain day on swan c a n
b e the difference betw e e n
c a tching 5 fish in a sessi o n o r
a big fat blank. I am a bel ie v e r
t h at carp anglers sho uld th i n k
l i k e trout anglers when i t
c o mes to hook baits, if a de t a i l
i s missing in the m omen t a
c a rp goes to investigate h o o k
b a it it can be the diff ere n c e
b e tween a landed fish an d a
m i ssed opportunity.
NATRUALS: A spri nk l i n g
B OAT S O R C A S T I N G
Bait
boats
or
casting?
Although Bluebell allow the
u s e o f b a i t b o a t s o n Sw a n
l a k e, I’d u r g e y o u t o c o ns i d e r
i f i t ’s n e c e s s a r y i n t h e s w i m
/ situation you are in to use
o n e. I’ m n o t a g a i n s t b a i t
boats but I would much
r a t h e r c a s t i f i t l e n d s i t se l f
t o c a s ti n g a s I b e l i e v e t h e r e
is less disturbance and effort
r e q u i re d i f y o u a r e g o o d a t
c a s t i n g & s p o d d i n g.
I ended up with 91 bites on
s wa n i n 2 0 2 5 o f w h i c h 7 w e r e
4 0 ’s a n d o f t h o s e 9 1 b i t e s , 7 3
of them came from casting
and 18 came from using a bait
b o a t . I f y o u d o n ’t l i k e b a i t
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