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In reply to Post #1300
Clint Miller had another incredible session this weekend on his Devon syndicate. This time 2 x 40’s & 2 x upper 30’s 👀.
All S2 crushed cork pop ups.
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GPB2 balanced
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Last year, the old man in Portugal who made all of the quality cork balls for UK carp fishing unfortunately died of Covid. Ever since his death, obtaining large quantities of quality 12mm cork balls, which we use in our 16mm cork ball hook baits has become impossible. For months this past summer, they were literally impossible to obtain in the quantities we require. All year our cork supplier has been promising us that the situation would be resolved... But it has not been. Prices are increasing at a stupid rate now because supply is very limited. Between myself (who speaks fluent Portuguese) and Gary Peet of the Tackle Box, we have been trying every supplier of cork in Portugal ourselves too, all to no avail.
I have made the decision that we are going to stop selling 16mm cork balls. These are all being removed from our website this week. The crushed cork pop ups, are a far superior hook baits anyway... We can get far more of our liquid cures into them than we can the cork balls.
The 12mm cork balls will remain on our website in all variants, because we have a very large supply of the cork balls required to produce these, that will last a long time. But unfortunately the 16mm are all being removed now. In comparison to crushed cork pop ups, we now sell a fraction of the amount of cork balls anyway. Although the 16mm cork balls are being removed from our website... There are some new versions of our products being added.
S3 page... Red S3 crushed cork pop ups to be added. White S3 crushed cork pop ups to be added.
GPB page... GPB1 13mm crushed cork pop ups to be added.
These above, are being added this week, or early next as soon as the developers can get it done.
After Xmas, balanced S3 in both red and white, pink balanced S2, plus GPB1 & GPB2 bottom bait barrels are being added as well.
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In reply to Post #1323
I don’t really get enough runs to notice patterns like that 
But last summer at a runs ish water garlic won 9 - 2
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In reply to Post #1324
See I find GPB2 always out does anything else I put out, I like using the s2 and the gpb1 aswell but the GPB2 always seems to do more for me
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In reply to Post #1322
Interesting to put different SHB baits on the three rods. I have done that a few times and found that on any particular day the bites tend to come from one bait, even when fished in different parts of the swim. Last time out it was S3, while others baits didn’t get a beep. Is that your experience too?
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In reply to Post #1322
Will get it online and make an order. Thanks again
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In reply to Post #1321
No problem. Personally at this time of year I’d go pink or white s2, or an s4, in warmer weather I cant resist either GPB1 or 2…..my mate only buys s3 and occasionally nicks my s2’s.
They are all very good, I tend to fish 3 rods with a different hookbait on each as I can’t decide my favourite.
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In reply to Post #1320
Very kind of you to offer some Thankyou, but I think your right I’ll just buy a pot and stop being a tight arse! What have been your favourite crushed cork out of interest
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In reply to Post #1319
I’m not sure if they do samples but I would say just buy a pot, once you see them you will want them. I currently have pop up’s, wafter’s and bottom baits of all the varieties in various colours apart from the S3’s. At one point I had 22 pots.
If they don’t do samples, I expect they may as they are very helpful, PM me ur address and I’m happy to send a mix.
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In reply to Post #1318
Hi does anyone know if you can pay for a few samples of these hookbaits? Having never seen any in person don’t really want to spend £40 on a couple of pots before having a look. Times are hard😐
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In reply to Post #1317
Great help, many thanks.
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In reply to Post #1316
No mate, there is absolutely no need to change after every fish, or every 24 hours. The white S2 you have ordered will last days in the water and remain attractive. I've had so many fish on the hook baits, after they have been in the water for 3 days. I know many, many customers fishing incredibly tough venues who leave them out for 72 hours plus and are still catching. That 55lb+ common I caught from Theale Lagoon last year came on a hook bait that had been in the water for 48 hours plus.
One of the biggest advantages of our hook baits is the natural cork, and how we utilise that cork. It is not just about buoyancy, it is also there to retain liquids, and leech them out at a much slower rate than the base mix does. It's kinda like a two stage release of the liquids. Long after there is no smell in the bait to your nose, there is still liquid in the outside edge of every bit of cork inside the baits.
I cannot stress enough, they were never created to be sold to you. Think about that for a minute because it is very important. No one here decided one day.... "I'm going to start a business selling pop ups"... And ten minutes later created a range to be SOLD to you as a punter. Our hook baits were purposely designed for fishing on the toughest of venues in the UK. Never to be sold. That was just a natural evolution, because they caught so many more fish than anything else, and good anglers notice these things. Whilst fishing venues like the Ocean in Kent twenty years ago, long before SHB was even a thing, I needed a hook bait that could be left out for days on end, and remain attractive. That was the S2 which you have ordered, it just did not have a name back then.
Leave them out for days if you have too. Even when every bit of liquid is long gone, they are high grade food... Not some two bob milk protein crap mix, that goes into 99% of pop ups on the market. Which needs to roll like a dream en masse, float and remain like a rubber ball... Powders, that you would never put anywhere near a quality freezer food bait as a bait maker. Feed them filet steak, but cast out a baked bean. Never made any sense to me. But they are big money spinners with big profit margins for the bait firms. Roll em for pennies and sell them for big profit margins.
Leave any of our hook baits out for days in confidence mate. Fishing a prolific venue I would expect to catch two or three fish on every hook bait personally.
Later when I get a chance I will replace the photos lost in the recent forum crash.
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In reply to Post #772
Hi, I've just ordered a pot of these and wondered how long each bait would typically last.
Is it a case of changing after each fish or 24hrs etc.
Thanks in advance
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Tony kindly just sent me a photo. He’s also had 5 x 30’s up to 37lb+ since he won some GPB2 a few weeks ago.
52lb6oz, ‘Mikes Pet’ from Wraysbury, new pb GPB2. Well done Tony 🥳
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