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BOBBY
STEVE
LEE
BILL
DICK
CRAIG
GRIFFIN
PHILLIPS
GAYNER
BRIGGS
McEVOY
COOTE
f rom the spot , leaving a love ly are a to p re se n t a b a i t .
What I d o next is drag the le a d t he l e n gt h o f th e c a n al . T h e
l e ad is attached to a 3 lb we ak li n k i n c a se i t s n a g s s o yo u
c a n break free easily. T his w i ll i d e n ti f y any s n a g s t h a t m ay b e
p resent that you need to b e awa re o f wh en yo u h o o k a f i s h .
T h ere’s nothing worse tha n h o o k i n g a c an a l c ar p , o n ly fo r i t
to do you in a Tesco shop p i n g t ro l ley o r a n o l d s tol e n r u s t y
m otorbike!
Right now it’s time to app ly t he b a i t . I a lways s t ar t w i t h u s i n g
t h e classic combinati on o f h em p an d co r n w i t h a m i x t u re o f
h a libut pellets thrown in, a c o u p l e o f p i n t s o f wh ite ma g g o t s
( very visual) and some cru s he d an d wh o le b o i l i e t h at I w i l l
b e using later as my hookb a i ts . I ap p ly t he ha l i b u t s to t h e mi x
a b out 15 minutes b efore b ai ti n g , a s th i s g ive s t h e m t i m e to
s o ak in the hemp and sweetc o rn j ui c e s b u t no t l o n g e n o u gh to
t u rn to mush. Now for the cl eve r b i t : I a d d ro c k s a l t , b et a i n e
a n d green lipped mussel to e n s ure th e c arp a re g e tti n g a l l t h e
v i t amins and minerals they n e ed ( es p e c i al ly i m p o r tan t p r i o r
to and after spawning). I t he n a d d my c h o s e n f l avo u r to t h e
m i x to give it a label and to h el p th e c a r p as s o c i a te t h a t f l avo u r
w i th food… and good highly n u tr i t i o u s fo o d . T h i s i s i m p o rt a n t
fo r the next stage of my bai t i n g p l an .
Once I have chosen my sp o t s I f i rs t i n t ro d u c e th i s b a i t c o mb o
i n the hope of attracting eve r y t h i n g t h at sw i m s . T h i s d o e s two
t h ings: firstly the feeding a c tiv i ty wo n’ t g o u n n o ti c e d by t h e
c a rp if they are near, and s ec o n d ly t he fe ed i n g a c tiv i t y w i l l
h e lp clear your spots o f any n e w s m al l d e b ri s l i ke t w i g s , we e d
a n d silt . I like to ap ply t he b a i t ove r a t wo - we e k p e rio d i f
p o ssible. The first week I w i ll b ai t u p eve ry o t h er d ay w i th
a kilo of t his mix. T he se c o n d we ek , I d ro p t h e p a rt i c l e an d
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