Quest Baits Blog

Ron with a 12lb 7oz winter barbel

Words and picture from Ron Key:

I’ve  just checked out the 14 day forecast on Myweather2.com and its looking very promising. After this weekend, atmospheric pressure will start to drop and air temperature will slowly start to climb for a few days at least.  From past experience this is an ideal time to grab a bag of boilies and head for the river. So if you as suffering serious withdrawal symptoms from an ice induced lack of carp fishing; head down to your local river for a spot of barbel fishing or have a go at the ever obliging chub.

My preference is for open ended feeders crammed with Quest Baits Maximum Action Pellets, Micro Feed, and crumbed boilie.   The Quest Glugs are an ideal additive to increase the pungency of the swimfeeder contents and create a flavour trail in the current.

This is all held in place with plugs of fish meal or marine halibut groundbait.  Fished this in conjunction with an apple cored boilie on the hair wrapped in paste and you ready to go.

My favourites Quest flavours for chub and barbel are Rahja Spice, Special Crab and Chilli Chocolate, there are Maximum Action Pellets to match them all and I really like the Spicy Micro Feed too.

So what are you waiting for get down to the river, it’s got to be better than the telly

Cheers Ron

Words and pictures by Patricia Boer:

English based company Quest Baits Ltd supply bait in many different countries but up until now have not really pushed to get a foot into the Dutch market but this is now about to change.

I was talking to Quest Baits owner Shaun Harrison about this and he explained that Quest Baits had been very fortunate in its growth and have always been able to sell everything they make so haven’t had to go out to find new markets.

He explained he had websites in different countries but now felt it only right to start exploring some of the other countries close to the U.K. Quest Baits now have a much larger production and storage capacity than ever before.

So, having struck a deal to allow F.N.E. Trading in Amsterdam to distribute the range through the Netherlands he was delighted to hear that they would be showing a good selection of the Quest Baits range at the mighty Carp Zwolle fishing show.

With visitors from all over Europe this is the place to be, if you want to promote your bait.

Being a Quest Baits consultant Frans Nestor from F.N.E. Trading invited to come along and help out at the show. I travelled through a very icy Holland to get to Zwolle and be at the Carp Fishing Show on the 4^th & 5^th of February.

My job? Share my experiences on Quest Baits with the many visitors.

Together with a couple of other enthusiastic people we worked hard throughout this weekend in an effort to make the visitors more familiar with the boilies, pellets, pop-ups glugs & dips of the Quest Baits range. A range of baits which is distinguished by the use of pure ingredients, as you yourself would in the kitchen.

The reactions of visitors to the stand were very positive and resulted almost every time in interesting conversations on people’s individual view on carp angling.

The highlight of the weekend was the introduction of Quest Baits newest addition to the range, the Magnum White. Tested in England with very good results by Shaun Harrison and a few selected friends.

Looking back on this weekend, I think it is safe to say that Quest Baits made a great debut at the show and we’ve made good progression on promoting it!

Best wishes

Patricia

Question from Bev Anglerqueen

Hi,

We are off to Lords lake in May, and was hoping for some advice on what bait to use and the size you think best, ?

Also I am looking to re-line my reels, have you any recommendations on the best line to use, all help greatfully recieved.

many thanks,

Bev

i caught this one on Ghurkka Spice in Slovenia. I'd use it anywhere in the world.

Hi Bev,

It’s a refreshing change to receive a question from a female angler.

I’m afraid I haven’t fished Lords Lake but if I were visiting it in May I would take a couple of baits with me so that I could ring the changes. Almost certainly in May I would have a  fish based bait with me. Something like Special Crab or the new Squid Berry which will be released in March.

As an alternative bait the two most instant ones on waters where they are used for the first time seem to be Rahja Spice and Ghurkka Spice. Both are very different to each other. The Rahja utilises human grade spices and smells like an Indian Curry whilst the Ghurkka Spice is more coca nutty with a more gentle spice blend. I would be happy to use either of these spice baits anywhere in the world at any time of the year. Here is a link telling you a little more about the boilies. http://www.questbaits.com/results.php?category=1

I did a Google search for Lords Lake and see that Angling Lines have it on their books. I’m guessing you have seen this on their site http://www.anglinglines.com/Lords/ continue reading…

Trevor Reece asks:

Which bait and size do you think I need for my Laroussi trip in April?

Shaun Harrison answers:

Definitely take some Rahja Spice with you. It has been a firm favourite at Laroussi for many years, particularly in the smaller sizes too. The Laroussi fish like 10mm’s but it is worth mixing the bait size a little. The lake record has fallen to Rahja Spice on more than one occasion. If I were going this coming year I would also take an alternative with me to ring the changes and that would probably be the Ghurkka Spice. I know they both have ‘Spice’ in their names but are very different to each other hardly sharing any ingredients at all other than the obvious eggs and chilli.

Hope this helps
Shaun

Romuald BAYON:

As a child, I would follow my father every time he went tracking pikes by boat on French lake or when he went fishing roaches with live bait that smelt so lovely that it made you feel like tasting them. Being at the water’s edge makes me feel good and have a huge breath of air long ago.

Then came that famous day on the river bank where we had settled for carp. There was a dazzling, start, a magnificent fight. This moment will be engraved in my memory for ever and that was the first of countless nights spent tracking Dame Carp on the water’s bank. I started on little brooks with superb fighting common carp, and then went on angling on great lakes with the lake of SALAGOU, PANNECIERE in France.

I am still looking forward to spending time at the water’s edge. Learning new techniques again and again, living new fishing situations. I am very proud of bringing my contribution to Quest BAITS and being next to great anglers such as Mr. Shaun HARRISON and the whole team. I am addicted to Rahja spice and Special crab, which have brought me many fish over the year.

See you soon at the blog Quest baits. Email: romu.bayon@free.fr

Romu…

From:

Marwan Abed

maali-saleh@hotmail.com

Message:

Hi all,

Being lost two years in the web sites I realized that there is a lot of talk around Fishing but there is a little about fishing process itself . As a river carp and barbel angler in the Euphrates ( Euphrates is a large river pass through Syria) I face a problem when legering with fairly heavy lead (let’s say 1 to 1 3/4 onz ) With soft bait ( as a paste or luncheon meet), the problem is that after one or two Tugs (short bite, thirty or forty CM ) the bait break apart and the hook becomes Bait less so there is no chance for long pull witch might enable me to strike and set The hook, , Can anybody tell me how to deal with this or where to find such tactic information.

I know that maybe a hair rigged boilies is a kind of solution but what if I still like To fish with paste and luncheon meat ,also I cannot resort to bolt rig because it require Heavier lead ( above 2 onz) .

Best regards