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ASH GEDEN
f rom at least two or thre e d i f fe re n t c a r p a n d h a d me n t a l ly
l o gged a couple different zo n e s th ey se e me d to b e favo r i n g
where I could see them fizz i n g u p th e m o s t . T h ey we re d e f i n i te ly
fe eding on something dow n t he re . W i th t i m e n ow g e t t i n g o n
a n d the river starting to b ec o m e b u sy a s t he n e w d ay s t i rre d ,
I quickly deposited the co u p le o f ki l o s o f Co m p l ex-T b oi l i e I
h a d on me with a catapult , a m i x tu re o f 1 2 m m , 1 5m m , 1 8m m
a n d 20mm baits that had b e e n he av i ly gl ug g e d fo r a c o u p l e o f
weeks in b oth a rehydratio n l i q ui d an d Swe et T i ge r L i q u i d to o
fo r extra p ulling power an d a tt ra ct i o n . I d e al ly I d i d n’ t wa n t to
b e putting any particles an d p e l le t s o u t i n a ny o t h e r a re a s , as
I was investing it all into my o ri g i n a l s p o t I wa s c a m p a i gn i n g
a t the time, so I chose to a p p ro a c h t hi s n e w fo u n d a re a a b i t
d i fferently and spread th e b a i t a cro s s t he r ive r i ns te a d o f
b a iting a tight area. T here wo u ld b e n o l ea d i n g a ro u n d a n d
f i s hing highly accurately fo r c er ta i n dro p s . I a l re a dy k n e w i t
was pretty weedy and uneve n g ro u n d d ow n t h e re , an d a s l o n g
a s I got a good drop, my ri g s wo u ld b e p re s e n te d , ju s t n i c e
a n d simple, and by app lyi ng j u s t bo i li e a n d a fe w Ch i l i T i g e rs
w i th a catapult or s poon, b a i ti n g u p o n ly to o k a fe w m i n u te s
e a ch time. I continued to v i s i t a n d wa tc h t h e are a fo r h al f
h o ur or so each time befo re b a i t i n g u p wi t h a c o u p le o f k i l o
o f mixed boilie and tigers eve ry t h re e d ays ove r t h e n ex t fo u r
weeks, conditioning the ne w a re a wh i ls t f i n i s h i n g up o n my
o t her baited area on the o t h er st re tc h. It wa s 1 2 th S e p te m b er,
a n d I was on my way to h i t th e are a wh ere t h ey we re giv i n g
t h emselves away.
I arrived about an hour b e fo re i t wa s d u e to g e t d a rk a n d h a d
o n ly just started getting th e ge a r o f f th e b ar row wh e n t h e f i rs t
o n e poked its head out half way a c ro s s th e r ive r. “I ’ l l b e h av i n g
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