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Hi all,

I started making my own boilies, but a bit confused at to which flavours to use at which time of year,1 person told me fish flavours in winter and frutti in summer, then someone else told me the opposite. Any suggestions welcome

thanks all

Mike

Shaun Harrison answered:

Hi Mike,

The actual flavour has little bearing on the time of season to use it as most flavours are man made synthetics which don’t really alter the bait.

The important thing and the deciding factor is the base ingredients – the actual food content.

Basically you want to be avoiding anything that is oily during the colder months as these will congeal and trap in any attractive leakage they may have had and also make digestion of the said very difficult.

I designed all of the Quest Baits range to be effective and safe to use for 12 months of the year with the exception of Special Crab which does have quite a high oil content – this one really comes into its own during the warmest periods of the year.

The baits which have been truly outstanding during the colder months have been Fruity Trifle, Rahja Spice and Magnum White.

Hope this helps – the base ingredients are what make the difference – not the flavours they are labelled with – most artificial flavours smell of something but don’t taste of it.

Regards
Shaun Harrison

By Roy van Goor

A few hints and tips for tackling summer carp;

When fishing the warmer periods in the summer its gets harder to catch carp on most venues.
Natural food sources, less oxygen, lots of weed, competition of other species are a few factors that are responsible for less action and more batteries life.

My personal approach for catching fish in the summer is active fishing. Not just sitting behind the rods and waiting for things to happen, or in a lot of cases don’t happen. Walking around on the hottest moment of the day and look for the fish.

Often you can see them hanging around in the upper layers above weedbeds or hanging around underneath bushes. When you found some fish in a particular area the next thing to do is check out the bottom profile around that spot.

The important question is ….is it fishable?

A lot of weedbeds normally hold fish for instance.. and are in a lot of cases above gravel patches or gravel area’s…perfect for presentation.

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by Shaun Harrison

Stalking Fun
This trip down memory lane ( see previous post) also triggered further thoughts. Due to my present circumstances (single with a dog and nowhere to fish where I can take her), I have spent most of this summer fishing very short stalking sessions. My beloved Free Spirit ‘S’ Range 10-footers have never had so much use, and some great fun has been had with proper eyeball-to-eyeball situations. Most of the carp I have caught this summer have fallen to hookbaits just a few feet out. In most of the cases I have actually watched the carp take the hookbait, which is all good heart pumping stuff, and I have really enjoyed doing this. From what started out as desperate measures in order to be able to actually wet a line, it has resulted in one of the most enjoyable summer’s fishing I have had for many years. I am positive the tackle I have used has heightened this pleasure. I love using short, soft rods and I get a big kick out of catching carp on centrepin reels.

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