Underwater Carp Video ~ A Capture Using Bread
I could’t wait to put this video clip by David Edwards (TheUnderwatersecrets), as he has managed film an amazing take on good old humble bread! With the growing popularity of branded bait, old fashioned and more traditional carp baits like worms, sweetcorn, and of course bread, have become less popular with session anglers. The reasons for this are obvious, such as nuisance fish nicking your bait, and anglers not wishing to frequently rebait... [Read More...]
The Better Boilie Company
~ Boilies Now Available In Australia ~ Wow, now there’s a headline I never thought I’d be reporting! For the first time in Australia high quality BNV boilies are now commercially available, thanks solely to the foresight and innovation of Sydney based carper Luke Dixon of OzCarp. When it comes to carp bait, this country is so far behind current trends found in Europe, North America and other parts of the globe, its not funny. For years... [Read More...]
Too Much Bait?
… Are You Loving Your Carp To Death? I recently had a conversation with Fish Hugger about the amount of bait being piled into commercial fisheries these days, as well as the long term effects of banning boilies on some waters. Clearly, some anglers had gone ballistic hurling in boilies to lead to these bans being placed. Starting their session by perhaps lunking in a hundred quids worth in one go before sitting back on their rods to wait…... [Read More...]
More Twenties On Tourist Boilies
I should manufacture these boilies commercially I think? 18lb 12oz Aussie common, taken 22/03/10 Jeff’s lake has been producing well in the last couple of days, with yet more twenty pound Australian commons falling to Tourist Boilies! This recipe has proven its effectiveness time and time again, and if there were some way I could market them, I reckon I’d be on to a winner. Ironically, I don’t even use them here on any of my... [Read More...]
Tourist Boilies Nail Oz Twenties
I was overjoyed to hear from Jeff Maskell this week, with the fantastic news of his capture of an Aussie twenty. Not only was I very pleased to hear of Jeff’s success, knowing he’s gone through some lean times of late. But, the fact that the carp had fallen to a boilie recipe of mine, made the news even sweeter, with the good old Tourist Boilie coming up trumps yet again. This lovely looking common came to his right hand rod after... [Read More...]
Victorian Lumps?
[Thumbnail photo is one of the handful of singles I caught] Well, all good things eventually come to an end, and as I sit in front on my computer at home back in the land of ‘sand dwellers,’ I have a lot to think about and digest from my five-weeks of Victorian carping. And as always when returning from an adventure like this it is only natural to ponder, “could I have done better?” Perhaps I could’ve done, but... [Read More...]
Big Balls ~ Do Yours Size Up?
I mentioned earlier about questioning my sanity…er…well, I think I have to again? And you will too when you see the size of these suckers pictured below, they are about 40 – 50mm in diameter! But firstly, let me emphasize that I am not an advocate of ‘big baits for big fish,’ sure, they do work sometimes, as does any bait I guess on the right day and in the right circumstances. However, all my PB’s have fallen... [Read More...]
Happy Sacks :-)
Any doubts I’ve ever had about using PVA bags have now completely evaporated with this trip. I’ve used them many times before, but to be honest have not always persisted with them , when perhaps I should’ve. However, I’ve found that treading lightly, with a minimalist approach to baiting (as opposed to hurling in a 100kgs of bait, like we did last weekend! What a couple of Twonks!!) has come up with the goods. At three... [Read More...]
Niblet’s Tourist Boilie Recipe ~ Version II
Again this is not rocket science, and the variations one can make to this very basic basemix are infinite. The crunch is, like my first recipe, most of the ingredients are easily obtainable from a supermarket or stockfeed supplier – the only exception to this being sweeteners and flavours. Personally, I can’t be arsed fannying about with anything other than the real thing – which is why getting some sent out from the UK mail-order... [Read More...]
Niblet’s Tourist Boilie Recipe
Well, I made it to Melbourne okay, and I’ve just whizzed up my first batch of bait. Travelling with made up boilies can be a huge problem when flying. Over the years I’ve had all sorts of dramas with their importation into Australia, as well as trying to take them on fishing trips within the country, either by road or air. In Europe and the rest of the civilized world boilies are not treated as if they are ‘weapons of mass destruction,’... [Read More...]
