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Share your experience of using ESP sweetcorn.
There are two types of plastic corn from ESP: with large grains and small ones.
I'm going to use corn on size 6 and 8 hooks but don't know how buoyant it is.
Please tell me which pack of grains should I take: large or small?
Perhaps someone also has experience with plastic lures from KORDA. I would be grateful if you share your experience
Share your experience of using ESP sweetcorn.
There are two types of plastic corn from ESP: with large grains and small ones.
I'm going to use corn on size 6 and 8 hooks but don't know how buoyant it is.
Please tell me which pack of grains should I take: large or small?
Perhaps someone also has experience with plastic lures from KORDA. I would be grateful if you share your experience
In reply to Post #1
I'm not familiar with the ESP corn, I think I have some Korda pop up corn which I use in conjunction with one real piece of sweetcorn. This gives a nice wafter effect on a size 6 or 8 curve shank.
I'm not familiar with the ESP corn, I think I have some Korda pop up corn which I use in conjunction with one real piece of sweetcorn. This gives a nice wafter effect on a size 6 or 8 curve shank.
No one but Bobstains admits to using plastic corn or other plastic baits. Probably everyone is afraid that they will be cursed by opponents of plastic baits. 
In reply to Post #3
I've only ever used the ESP plastic corn as a topper and used both sizes depending on the size of my main hookbait. Never used them as a standalone hookbait and every lake I've been fishing for the last 2/3 years has banned the use of plastic baits, so no idea of the old baits I have are the same as the current offering.
I've only ever used the ESP plastic corn as a topper and used both sizes depending on the size of my main hookbait. Never used them as a standalone hookbait and every lake I've been fishing for the last 2/3 years has banned the use of plastic baits, so no idea of the old baits I have are the same as the current offering.
In reply to Post #3
I'm not keen on using plastic and was looking at making my own small hookbaits instead of using it. That's a little irrelevant now as I've just got some cornz to try as an alternative to plastic.
See how I get own
I'm not keen on using plastic and was looking at making my own small hookbaits instead of using it. That's a little irrelevant now as I've just got some cornz to try as an alternative to plastic.
See how I get own
In reply to Post #1
I've used Enterprise fake corn over Vitalin and fake corn as a visible topper on bottom baits and caught.
I did stop using it after a few incidents, seeing and retrieving a dead bird attached to a crack-off in a tree that had attempted to eat the corn and got hooked, retrieving other crack-offs with fake corn caught in snags and weed.
In fact I stopped using plastic baits altogether as I'm not keen on the environmental issues.
I'm sad enough to take all my plastic food packing and excess carrier bags to my local supermarket for recycling rather than bin it.
I've used Enterprise fake corn over Vitalin and fake corn as a visible topper on bottom baits and caught.
I did stop using it after a few incidents, seeing and retrieving a dead bird attached to a crack-off in a tree that had attempted to eat the corn and got hooked, retrieving other crack-offs with fake corn caught in snags and weed.
In fact I stopped using plastic baits altogether as I'm not keen on the environmental issues.
I'm sad enough to take all my plastic food packing and excess carrier bags to my local supermarket for recycling rather than bin it.
In reply to Post #6
That's not sad mate, it's responsible. We do the same. I agree with you on the questionable environmental impact of using plastic baits and the risk these pose if a crack off occurs which is why I've not worried about them being banned on my lakes, and in hindsight I will probably not use them again as prefer to use a whittled down popup as a topper
That's not sad mate, it's responsible. We do the same. I agree with you on the questionable environmental impact of using plastic baits and the risk these pose if a crack off occurs which is why I've not worried about them being banned on my lakes, and in hindsight I will probably not use them again as prefer to use a whittled down popup as a topper
In reply to Post #6
get a bag for life rather than use carrier bags, saves having to take them back.
Ive had some good success on plastic baits although dont use them much, got some enterprise fake boilies and have worked well using as a single bait.
Something to do with the esters found in the plastic or summin is attractive to the carp.
get a bag for life rather than use carrier bags, saves having to take them back.
Ive had some good success on plastic baits although dont use them much, got some enterprise fake boilies and have worked well using as a single bait.
Something to do with the esters found in the plastic or summin is attractive to the carp.
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reply to Post #6
get a bag for life rather than use carrier bags, saves having to take them back.
I do have a bag for life and most of my shopping goes in it. Its the extra plastic packing for pasta, oats, sugar and the occasional carrier bag I get from the grocer's or butchers that go to the supermarket for recycling.
I think that it was Lee Jackson or Shaun Harrison who originally came up with the thought that fake corn was so attractive because they were made with a fish oil.
Just checked the rules on my lake and plastics and other fake baits are banned anyway.
The only plastics I have now are those that have been retrieved, and next time I clean my tackle box out will go in the recycling.
reply to Post #6
get a bag for life rather than use carrier bags, saves having to take them back.
I do have a bag for life and most of my shopping goes in it. Its the extra plastic packing for pasta, oats, sugar and the occasional carrier bag I get from the grocer's or butchers that go to the supermarket for recycling.
I think that it was Lee Jackson or Shaun Harrison who originally came up with the thought that fake corn was so attractive because they were made with a fish oil.
Just checked the rules on my lake and plastics and other fake baits are banned anyway.
The only plastics I have now are those that have been retrieved, and next time I clean my tackle box out will go in the recycling.
Personally, I think all plastic baits should be banned from everywhere, especially as a few companies make real food versions which look just like plastic corn. Can be used on their own or as a topper, jobs a good un.
In reply to Post #10
I will second that.......no need for them nowadays!
I will second that.......no need for them nowadays!
In reply to Post #10
Totally agree 👍
Totally agree 👍
In reply to Post #10
All banned where I fish. Zig foam and Cork balls too.
All banned where I fish. Zig foam and Cork balls too.
In reply to Post #13
Totally agree about plastic baits, etc, but some of the airball and other non-food bait mix pop ups last for ages too. Nut baits. Hardened hookbaits. Where does it end?
Totally agree about plastic baits, etc, but some of the airball and other non-food bait mix pop ups last for ages too. Nut baits. Hardened hookbaits. Where does it end?
In reply to Post #10
Have you seen the Mainline Quads? £15 for a tub in my local. A tiny little handful of tiny square pop ups
Have you seen the Mainline Quads? £15 for a tub in my local. A tiny little handful of tiny square pop ups
In reply to Post #1
I've never managed a single bite ever using plastic bait. Tried Enterprise and the Korda stuff. Never again.
I've never managed a single bite ever using plastic bait. Tried Enterprise and the Korda stuff. Never again.
In reply to Post #1
I use the korda fake maize pretty much all the time as the crays on my syndicate are savage. Meshed baits, hard hookers, and sometimes even tigers just aren't up to the job. I have plastics soaking in a dip all the time and I've caught my share on them.
I use the korda fake maize pretty much all the time as the crays on my syndicate are savage. Meshed baits, hard hookers, and sometimes even tigers just aren't up to the job. I have plastics soaking in a dip all the time and I've caught my share on them.
Caught loads on both enterprise and esp slow-sinking corn, fished over spomb'd corn and 10mm cell on my syndicate, 3x fish over forty on this method in 2022,
I did experiment with the fruity flavoured plastic corn and normal flavour, both caught and I didn't notice a difference.
I did experiment with the fruity flavoured plastic corn and normal flavour, both caught and I didn't notice a difference.
In reply to Post #15
Make your own
Make your own
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