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EXCLUSIVE
l a ctalbumin and both ren n e t
a n d acid caseins, th e spe c i a l
i n gredient was kelp pow d e r !
T his was meant to hel p k e e p
the
fishmeal
ingredie n t s
p r eserved for a longer pe r i o d
d u e to the salt an d o t h e r
p r operties
it
c ontai n e d .
T he previous season u s i n g
t h e fishmeal’s the lads h a d
k i l o s we t we i g h t a s l a r g e e g g s
w e re u s e d . I k n o w q u i t e a f e w
a n g l e r s f i sh ed w e e k e n d s a n d
t h e f i sh i n g w a s sl o w d u e t o
o u r T h u r sd a y n i g h t b a i t i n g
r i t u a l . S o , I’ m n o t s u r e e x a c t l y
what captures occurred on
t h e we e k e n d s b e t w e e n J u n e
a n d Au g u st o f 1 9 9 0 . I f y o u
w e re f i s h i n g i t a n d i t w a s
n o ticed after a short peri o d i n
t h e water the bats wo ul d t a k e
o n the silt smell and taste d u e
t o the lake being acidi c i n
p h . The introduction o f k e l p
i n to the mix with Ro bin R e d
m ade a big difference a n d
e v en after 48 hours th e b a i t s
s i t ting in the silt, wo uld c o m e
b a ck smelling and tasting O K,
a mongst other group of l a d s
u s ing it.
The bait dominated f i sh
c a ptors amongst all the gro u p s
f i s hing there. We woul d f i s h
w eekdays mainly and c o m e
T hursday night, we woul d p u t
o u t a big, scattered bed of b a i t s
n o rmally around A 50 eg g m i x
w hich was roughly aro und 1 0
h a r d g o i n g, a p o l o g i e s a s t h e
T h u r sd a y b a i t i n g w o u l d n ’t
h a v e h e l p e d t h e F r i d ay t o
S u n d a y f i s h i ng i f y o u w e r e n ’t
using our bait!
The
corner
swim
field
s i d e, o p p o s i t e t h e p o s t s w i m
t h e r e wa s a t y p e o f w e e d
like
Canadian
pondweed
introduced to help give the
carp some cover and to try
and promote natural food for
t h e m . T h i s we e d h a d g a t h e r e d
on the field side and in the
c o rn e r, th e r e w a s a c o u p l e
of thick beds of it. Placing
my baits not too far in front
o f t h e we e d I s c a t t e r e d s o m e
hand
rolled
2 0 -m i l l i m e t e r
h o o k b a i ts a r o u n d t h e a r e a
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