Hi all - I’m delighted to report my PB UKcommon at 37-8. I’ve been after this fish for a couple of years and as you can see from the photos it’s a truly stunning fish.
The estatelake I’m fishing is very weedy and it can be difficult to find areas to put a bait on. I’m always looking out for areas in the weed that are clearer than others, but with the weed already thick in front of me finding what I was looking for took some time. I found a couple of areas I was reaonably happy with but after 24 hours I’d not had a bite and not seen any signs of fish showing anywhere. (more…)
I’ve been playing with salt for a long time now, here I’m going to show a tip on how to use it. Going back to my days when working at Dream Lakes in the beginning of the summer months, when the weather was just starting to warm up, I would use a salt tablets in my PVA bag with chopped up boilies. This method worked well and helped put some good size fish on the bank. When I returned to England I tried to source the best salt to use, and after a long time playing with all different types, Maldon salt was the best by far. You can now get this in most supermarkets; I even use it in all of my cooking. When I placed sea salt into lake water, the polar water molecules cluster around the salt and this gives off a charge from the electrons in the salt and with the flavours of the bait coming off at the same time it results in a good feeding frenzy for any fish in the area. (more…)
Wintercarping can be one of the most sole destroying pastimes imaginable. What with the long cold nights, freezing days and with little chance of a fish anyone would be mad to fish through the winter months-wrong wintercarping can be one of the most rewarding and exciting parts of carpfishing, if you get it right. The fish are normally at their best weight and in excellent condition. The million dollar question how do you get it right in winter?
Firstly my definition of a wintercarp is one caught between 1st November and 1st March just to make it clear. Now that has been cleared up what makes the difference between success and failure?
I have winter fished for carp for well over 20 years, with some spectacular successes and some dismal failures. The problem with wintercarping is that there are few rules. (more…)
I’m going to have to get down and dirty with you on this Top Tip. As anglers we come into contact with water every time we fish. Water is the very place that many pathogens (those nasty germs that cause diseases) are at their happiest, just waiting for their next victim to contaminate. Yet it amazes me how careless and sloppy most anglers are when it comes to hygiene while they’re fishing. It’s a case of ‘it will never happen to me’ type scenario. Think so? Think again.
Paul Prescott wrote:
Hi
Recently came across your website and really like it and will be looking to use some of your baits this year. Can you give me some more details about your QuestMethod Mix in terms of what it consists of and what it smells of. Any other tips on its use would be great too.
Cheers
Paul
Shaun Harrison replies:
Hi Paul,
Thank you for your query, the Quest Baits Method mix is a very complex mixture full of various ingredients nuts, seeds etc and can be cut to make it go further or used neat. It binds together very well and can take up to 40% pellet when you mix it up. Take a look at this short video clip below I filmed recently where I explain a little about this very versatile Quest Method Mix.
Best Fishes
Shaun Harrison
Karl Hollandt wrote:
I fish the Kennet and Avon canal. I’ve just started to use RahjaSpiceboilies the inline lead is dipped in the glug and then I wrap paste on top, the boilie is topped with plastic corn, I cast to the far bank and scatter approx 10 boilies around my hook bait. I’ve had some success with carp to 24lb but I only seem to catch 1 carp per session any help would be great.
Regards Karl
Roy Van Goor replies Hi Karl,
I don’t live in England,so I don’t know the canal you’re fishing. But I fished on several canals in Holland, so maybe I can give you some pointers.
You had some success on the Rahja Spice so I would not change that. Over here in Holland one of my most successful tactics is pre-baiting. I start to pre-bait a stretch of the canal 2 days before I go fishing. The stretch I talking about is 250 meters to the left and 250m to the right of my swim. Try to just flick out some bait in small quantities, ..a few in the margins, some further out. Spread a few boilies and pellets to intercept fish that come through that area. The idea is that not that one carp eats everything, but more fish find the bait and come back for it. (more…)
Hi all - I’m delighted to report my PB UK common at 37-8. I’ve been after this fish for a couple of years and as you can see from the photos it’s a truly stunning fish.![[del.icio.us]](http://www.questbaits.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/delicious.png)
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I’m going to have to get down and dirty with you on this Top Tip. As anglers we come into contact with water every time we 
Hi Karl,