Hi everyone i am going to be giving the korda goos a go. planning on soaking milky toffee pop ups in the supreme goos and doing 3 pots per season. one for yellows, one for pinks and one for white. what colours/ combos work best?
In reply to Post #1
Save yourself the money mate you'd catch without the Goo and just as many if not more.
Save yourself the money mate you'd catch without the Goo and just as many if not more.
In reply to Post #1
Dont bother buy some of Mark's s2 crushed cork specialized hookbaits and thank me later
Dont bother buy some of Mark's s2 crushed cork specialized hookbaits and thank me later
In reply to Post #1
If your going soak em use Proper jobs they still need 4oz leads to sink em.
If your going soak em use Proper jobs they still need 4oz leads to sink em.
In reply to Post #1
Did you not read/see the thread that says flavours don't work lol
Did you not read/see the thread that says flavours don't work lol
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Hi hunter.
I made up a couple of batches using the squid supreme. I applied it until it cut right through the white b5 pop ups I was using. Then before I cast out I applied the thicker squid goo.
I really wanted it to work as it looks and smells spot on. But in the end after about three seasons with them I've come to the conclusion it's made absolutely zero difference to my catch rates. In fact I've caught considerably more on my own corkballs and sticky buchu in the same time. The buchu, my corkers and the goo baits are all pink.
I often used all three during a session. The goo baits were by far the poorest. Which Is a bloody shame cos I really liked it.
Hi hunter.
I made up a couple of batches using the squid supreme. I applied it until it cut right through the white b5 pop ups I was using. Then before I cast out I applied the thicker squid goo.
I really wanted it to work as it looks and smells spot on. But in the end after about three seasons with them I've come to the conclusion it's made absolutely zero difference to my catch rates. In fact I've caught considerably more on my own corkballs and sticky buchu in the same time. The buchu, my corkers and the goo baits are all pink.
I often used all three during a session. The goo baits were by far the poorest. Which Is a bloody shame cos I really liked it.
In reply to Post #6
Funny some people swear by goo, never used it myself however have used my own homemade goo and never notified any difference tbh.I
I bet a lot of people do use it on here it's very popular .
Funny some people swear by goo, never used it myself however have used my own homemade goo and never notified any difference tbh.I
I bet a lot of people do use it on here it's very popular .
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The pink almond one appeared to turn a season around for me a few years back after I was put onto it by a mate that was emptying the place. It certainly seemed to make a difference on that particular water. Not sure if it was the colour, the flavour, or what, but it caught me most of the ones I was after that year. Not used it since but it certainly changed my views on the stuff.
The pink almond one appeared to turn a season around for me a few years back after I was put onto it by a mate that was emptying the place. It certainly seemed to make a difference on that particular water. Not sure if it was the colour, the flavour, or what, but it caught me most of the ones I was after that year. Not used it since but it certainly changed my views on the stuff.
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I wonder if it's very water and fish specific. Maybe a squid works on one, perhaps a nutty one on another water or maybe a zesty fruity one somewhere else. Perhaps water quality, strain of fish, depth/temp all have an effect on what result if any it produces on certain waters. But with so many flavours and at £13 a bottle I'm ****ed if I'm gonna wade through them to find out!!!
I wonder if it's very water and fish specific. Maybe a squid works on one, perhaps a nutty one on another water or maybe a zesty fruity one somewhere else. Perhaps water quality, strain of fish, depth/temp all have an effect on what result if any it produces on certain waters. But with so many flavours and at £13 a bottle I'm ****ed if I'm gonna wade through them to find out!!!
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For sure mate, I'll not be spending hundreds wading through them either lol.
For sure mate, I'll not be spending hundreds wading through them either lol.
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Have you seen the Ali Hamidi interview on Cypography? He says the same thing and that pushing it like he has was a labour of love and not about the money, he swears by the stuff.
Have you seen the Ali Hamidi interview on Cypography? He says the same thing and that pushing it like he has was a labour of love and not about the money, he swears by the stuff.
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I did see that mate. He clearly rates the stuff.
I did see that mate. He clearly rates the stuff.
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ive been using Goo for some time now and I believe that it has improved bites against non Goo baits.
I often have 1 or 2 of the 3 rods of a goo'd bait , my fav by far is the Almond Supreme, it has done prob 75% of my bites in the last 2/3 years.
I have found that certain waters have a reaction to one particular flavor , Especially when putting the liquid inside a Solid bag. If I changed the liquid the bites would dry up but as soon as changed back to the one particular flavour I got bites again.
If you are using them on popup's, make sure the pop up's are super buoyant otherwise you will be fishing with a wafter.
The main reason i starting to use Goo is from the korda under water DVD's ( got sold to the marketing I know ) but if the video's are true and not edited to much, you can see how much of a difference they can make at times.
ive been using Goo for some time now and I believe that it has improved bites against non Goo baits.
I often have 1 or 2 of the 3 rods of a goo'd bait , my fav by far is the Almond Supreme, it has done prob 75% of my bites in the last 2/3 years.
I have found that certain waters have a reaction to one particular flavor , Especially when putting the liquid inside a Solid bag. If I changed the liquid the bites would dry up but as soon as changed back to the one particular flavour I got bites again.
If you are using them on popup's, make sure the pop up's are super buoyant otherwise you will be fishing with a wafter.
The main reason i starting to use Goo is from the korda under water DVD's ( got sold to the marketing I know ) but if the video's are true and not edited to much, you can see how much of a difference they can make at times.
If your fishing for pressured / clued up carp leave it at home it won't do you any favours!
In reply to Post #14
That is not reflective of what I found mate.
That is not reflective of what I found mate.
In reply to Post #14
I'd agree with you, I think it does ok on a cloudy type of water and waters with too many fish in them but my experience on a gin clear gravel pit isn't great.
I'd agree with you, I think it does ok on a cloudy type of water and waters with too many fish in them but my experience on a gin clear gravel pit isn't great.
In reply to Post #15
Probably the same double hard, proper kipper, windswept, heavily weeded, long distance venues that floaters don't work on
Probably the same double hard, proper kipper, windswept, heavily weeded, long distance venues that floaters don't work on
In reply to Post #16
Carp aint that smart imo lads. I have only used Goo on one water and that was very much a gin clear weedy old gravel pit holding some proper Nene Valley originals. They didn't seem to mind it one bit.
I don't fish any cloudy overstocked waters so I couldn't compare any experiences on those.
I've caught tricky carp from clear water on day glow pop ups, yellow plastic, pink foam..... you name it. It's where you put it that matters boys.
I can't say I'm advocating the stuff, but it defo works on tricky waters in my experience.
Carp aint that smart imo lads. I have only used Goo on one water and that was very much a gin clear weedy old gravel pit holding some proper Nene Valley originals. They didn't seem to mind it one bit.
I don't fish any cloudy overstocked waters so I couldn't compare any experiences on those.
I've caught tricky carp from clear water on day glow pop ups, yellow plastic, pink foam..... you name it. It's where you put it that matters boys.
I can't say I'm advocating the stuff, but it defo works on tricky waters in my experience.
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I would have to disagree,
On the Syndicate I am on, one of the top guys on there 95% uses Goo and he hammers the place at times and there is only 70ish in 19acres and its crystal clear and rather weedy.
He is a very good angler anyway so this is more than likely the reason why he is successful.
I would have to disagree,
On the Syndicate I am on, one of the top guys on there 95% uses Goo and he hammers the place at times and there is only 70ish in 19acres and its crystal clear and rather weedy.
He is a very good angler anyway so this is more than likely the reason why he is successful.
In reply to Post #14
Don't Korda make most of their videos on pressured lakes?
Don't Korda make most of their videos on pressured lakes?
In reply to Post #1
Use with confidence,good for soaking hookbaits.Had some good results on pineapple and isotonic.You could try some of the follwing.
Yellow-pineapple or isotonic
White-buttercorn,wonderberry,almond
Pink-pinkberry
Orange-outrageous orange
Good luck
Use with confidence,good for soaking hookbaits.Had some good results on pineapple and isotonic.You could try some of the follwing.
Yellow-pineapple or isotonic
White-buttercorn,wonderberry,almond
Pink-pinkberry
Orange-outrageous orange
Good luck
In reply to Post #1
Its the same as most things in Angling, there will be days it gets you more bites and there will be days its counter productive. Personally i have never used it but if i fished highly stocked day ticket style waters i would be tempted to give it a go.
Its the same as most things in Angling, there will be days it gets you more bites and there will be days its counter productive. Personally i have never used it but if i fished highly stocked day ticket style waters i would be tempted to give it a go.
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Yeah they do, in a swim that's the best on the venue, roped off and pre baited for a week
Yeah they do, in a swim that's the best on the venue, roped off and pre baited for a week
In reply to Post #18
Don't you think it's too chemical for some waters and that it's also not the sort of thing we should be doing? Chucking any other sort of chemicals into a waterway would land you with a court appearance and a fine.
Don't you think it's too chemical for some waters and that it's also not the sort of thing we should be doing? Chucking any other sort of chemicals into a waterway would land you with a court appearance and a fine.
In reply to Post #24
Simply put no mate. Number 1 a company as huge as Korda wouldn't be endorsing a product without finding out what's in it and if there was anything harmful they wouldn't endorse it.
Plus it's the same thing ali explained in the goo video him, dove and spooner did that the amount of bottles you would need to empty into a lake at the same time is something like a million bottles in a 5 acre lake before it would even have a remote effect on say water quality
Simply put no mate. Number 1 a company as huge as Korda wouldn't be endorsing a product without finding out what's in it and if there was anything harmful they wouldn't endorse it.
Plus it's the same thing ali explained in the goo video him, dove and spooner did that the amount of bottles you would need to empty into a lake at the same time is something like a million bottles in a 5 acre lake before it would even have a remote effect on say water quality
In reply to Post #25
You drink it then.
Korda isn't a huge company.
Korda advocate the dropping of leads, lead is a poison, chuck lead into a waterway under any other circumstance and you would be charged.
You drink it then.
Korda isn't a huge company.
Korda advocate the dropping of leads, lead is a poison, chuck lead into a waterway under any other circumstance and you would be charged.
In reply to Post #26
Perhaps someone can remember but wasn't there a fuss made when Goo came onto the market. Something to do with it being similar to stuff they use to detect leaks in drains?
Perhaps someone can remember but wasn't there a fuss made when Goo came onto the market. Something to do with it being similar to stuff they use to detect leaks in drains?
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I haven't found it to make a noticeable difference on bottom baits or pop ups. But for surface fishing I have seen it be the difference between a “nearly taken” and “confidently taken” floater.
They don't seem to swim out of their way for the coated hookbait, but something about the Goo seems to stop them turning away at the last minute and turned interest into bites.
I haven't found it to make a noticeable difference on bottom baits or pop ups. But for surface fishing I have seen it be the difference between a “nearly taken” and “confidently taken” floater.
They don't seem to swim out of their way for the coated hookbait, but something about the Goo seems to stop them turning away at the last minute and turned interest into bites.
In reply to Post #20
I don't tend to sit behind a computer screen and watch many Korda videos I couldn't answer that one I'm afraid
I don't tend to sit behind a computer screen and watch many Korda videos I couldn't answer that one I'm afraid
In reply to Post #30
not used it myself but will admit I have thought about it. I have a friend who swears by one - and he catches more than most. (Not from an easy water either) A clear pit that is pressured all year round.
not used it myself but will admit I have thought about it. I have a friend who swears by one - and he catches more than most. (Not from an easy water either) A clear pit that is pressured all year round.
In reply to Post #27
Yes. I think internet warriors claimed it was Fluorescein. A dye tracer. Korda specifically repeatedly said it wasn't.
Yes. I think internet warriors claimed it was Fluorescein. A dye tracer. Korda specifically repeatedly said it wasn't.
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It sure looks like fluorescein. But would that be a problem?
Fluorescein is used in waterways all the time and I have not found any research suggesting it damages fish.
It is even used to detect skin damage in fish:
"Exposure of either nonulcerated or experimentally ulcerated hybrid striped bass to an excessively high concentration of fluorescein had no apparent effect on health or survival. Our studies suggest that fluorescein may be a highly useful tool for rapid health screening in fish populations."
"All the 20 hybrid striped bass that were treated with
fluorescein and observed for 28 days remained healthy.
These findings were expected because excessively higher
doses of fluorescein are required to induce toxicity in
fish. For example, Pouliquen et al.9 found that exposure
of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) to 700 mg fluorescein
per liter for 96 hours was not lethal."
It is also injected in humans:
It has also been used as a tracer in clinical studies of ocular blood flow (angiography),1 reflecting its
low toxicity
And it is used in eye drops to find foreign objects.
Just because it looks like something from a 80s horror movie does not mean it is poisonous.
It sure looks like fluorescein. But would that be a problem?
Fluorescein is used in waterways all the time and I have not found any research suggesting it damages fish.
It is even used to detect skin damage in fish:
"Exposure of either nonulcerated or experimentally ulcerated hybrid striped bass to an excessively high concentration of fluorescein had no apparent effect on health or survival. Our studies suggest that fluorescein may be a highly useful tool for rapid health screening in fish populations."
"All the 20 hybrid striped bass that were treated with
fluorescein and observed for 28 days remained healthy.
These findings were expected because excessively higher
doses of fluorescein are required to induce toxicity in
fish. For example, Pouliquen et al.9 found that exposure
of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) to 700 mg fluorescein
per liter for 96 hours was not lethal."
It is also injected in humans:
It has also been used as a tracer in clinical studies of ocular blood flow (angiography),1 reflecting its
low toxicity
And it is used in eye drops to find foreign objects.
Just because it looks like something from a 80s horror movie does not mean it is poisonous.
In reply to Post #32
I've got no idea if it would be a problem. I just remember a video of Ali, Tom and Neil doing a run down of Goo and specifically saying it not Fluorescein.
I've got no idea if it would be a problem. I just remember a video of Ali, Tom and Neil doing a run down of Goo and specifically saying it not Fluorescein.
In reply to Post #34
That is interesting then. In South Africa where Kiana Goo was invented it seems fluorescein is used a lot.
That is interesting then. In South Africa where Kiana Goo was invented it seems fluorescein is used a lot.
In reply to Post #26
You drink it then.
I've tried a few of them and I survived
You drink it then.
I've tried a few of them and I survived
When they turn the rivers green in Boston? For paddy's day they use Fluorescein. Pretty sure they use more than a couple of squirts of goo to achieve it too
Saying would you drink a bottle of goo is nonsense. Would you drink any of the thousands of other liquids, flavours, oils etc that are used in carp fishing
Saying would you drink a bottle of goo is nonsense. Would you drink any of the thousands of other liquids, flavours, oils etc that are used in carp fishing
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Yeah but da boyz sez it ain't, so demz not being economical wit da troof init, fam?
"Get in".
Yeah but da boyz sez it ain't, so demz not being economical wit da troof init, fam?
"Get in".
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Right that's stupid would you drink say a boilie glug from dna or mainline?? Nope so don't be an idiot.
Secondly in the fishing industry Korda are one of the biggest maybe even the biggest company going so shows what you know mate
Right that's stupid would you drink say a boilie glug from dna or mainline?? Nope so don't be an idiot.
Secondly in the fishing industry Korda are one of the biggest maybe even the biggest company going so shows what you know mate
In reply to Post #34
I have not seen the video but what did Ali and co actually say ?
Did they, as I suspect say that the attractor was not Fluorescein ?
I have not seen the video but what did Ali and co actually say ?
Did they, as I suspect say that the attractor was not Fluorescein ?
In reply to Post #34
I assume it is this video. They are not saying it is not fluoresceine in the green Goo's. They beat around the bush a bit, and say they have done research on fluorescein specifically.
Korda speaking about the dyes
I assume it is this video. They are not saying it is not fluoresceine in the green Goo's. They beat around the bush a bit, and say they have done research on fluorescein specifically.
Korda speaking about the dyes
In reply to Post #41
I understand it's the new Cypography people are referring to.
I understand it's the new Cypography people are referring to.
In reply to Post #42
Ok, is that available for all or just for subscribers?
Ok, is that available for all or just for subscribers?
In reply to Post #43
Available to subscribers or for a one off payment buddy.
Available to subscribers or for a one off payment buddy.
In reply to Post #41
Yes, there is that one (that should be watched!!) and I was referring to the Cypograpghy interview with Ali, he doesn't go into what it's made of etc it's more about how effective he thinks it is
Yes, there is that one (that should be watched!!) and I was referring to the Cypograpghy interview with Ali, he doesn't go into what it's made of etc it's more about how effective he thinks it is
In reply to Post #34
Ali has said a lot of things about it, many contradicting each other or meaningless. My favourite was him solemnly promising that it “contained no chemicals”
His colleagues facepalmed when they heard this!
Ali has said a lot of things about it, many contradicting each other or meaningless. My favourite was him solemnly promising that it “contained no chemicals”
His colleagues facepalmed when they heard this!
In reply to Post #41
Going completely off the subject, how do you copy a link out of a YouTube video so when someone clicks it, the video starts playing from the exact spot that's relevant, like the link below. That's a handy little trick.
Going completely off the subject, how do you copy a link out of a YouTube video so when someone clicks it, the video starts playing from the exact spot that's relevant, like the link below. That's a handy little trick.
In reply to Post #48
You have to do it in a browser you can't do it from the app as far as I can tell, there's a box to tick to get the video to start at the current position
LINK
You have to do it in a browser you can't do it from the app as far as I can tell, there's a box to tick to get the video to start at the current position
LINK
In reply to Post #49
Thank you. I shall give it a try.
Thank you. I shall give it a try.
In reply to Post #47
Where is that?
Where is that?
I have a mate that did very well on the bumble berry, would he have caught without it? Who knows but he did catch a lot and seemed to think the hookbaits without the goo got less bites
In reply to Post #49
link doesn't work for me.
I have very good reason to believe that the dye whether fluoresceine or not is not the main active attractor ,the colour in the water will be part of the attraction, just part of it.
The korda lot may not even know its there and probably have no idea what it is.
link doesn't work for me.
I have very good reason to believe that the dye whether fluoresceine or not is not the main active attractor ,the colour in the water will be part of the attraction, just part of it.
The korda lot may not even know its there and probably have no idea what it is.
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ok Jamie
ok Jamie
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I had visions of you with luminous lip's for weeks after.
I had visions of you with luminous lip's for weeks after.
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