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Karlos
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Karlos
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   Old Thread  #1 31 Jan 2025 at 11.42am  0  Login    Register
In order to keep the SHB thread nice and fast (to load) I'll create a new thread every now and again. All threads (new and old) will link to each other so that no information / photos are lost

Links to past SHB threads...
1 - Specialized Hook Baits - Catch Report and Q+A
2 - Specialized Hook Baits - Catch Reports Jul 2024
3 - Specialized Hook Baits - Catch Reports Oct 2024
4 - Specialized Hook Baits - Catch Reports Feb 2025 (This thread)
AndyClark
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   Old Thread  #354 2 Sept 2025 at 7.13pm  0  Login    Register
which one should I opt for fishing singles in winter??
Cam
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Cam
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   Old Thread  #353 2 Sept 2025 at 10.21am  0  Login    Register
In reply to Post #352
Cannot do links.
Here you go Mark.

LINKY POO™ Johnson Ross - Specialized Hookbaits

LINKY POO™ Tacklebox - Specialised Hookbaits - S2 Fizz

LINKY POO™ https://Fishontackle - Specialized Hookbaits - S2-Fizz<
TCarper
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   Old Thread  #352 2 Sept 2025 at 9.48am  0  Login    Register
Cannot do links. If you currently need any Fizz S2 copy & paste into your browser....

Fishon Tackle have our Fizz S2 (nut) & our ScopexPineapple S2 in store & online in all variations.
The Tackle Box currently have stock of our Fizz S2 (nut) & our Garlic ProBiotic 1 (nut) in store & online in all variations.
Johnson Ross Tackle now have stock of our Fizz S2 & our Garlic Pro Biotic 2 (fishmeal) in store & online in all variations.

https://johnsonrosstackle.co.uk/1974-specialized-hookbaits

https://tacklebox.co.uk/bait-and-additives/pastes-liquids-hookbaits-and-pop-ups/specialised-hookbaits-s2-fizz/

https://www.fishontackle.co.uk/specialized-hookbaits-s2-fizz
TCarper
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   Old Thread  #351 2 Sept 2025 at 9.40am  3  Login    Register
Forum member Sam, 'The Beast'. I was never lucky enough to catch this fish when I fished this historic Kent venue. Has to be one of the oldest carp in the UK now surely. Looks well. Fizz S2 with Poacher Tigernut & Maple.





Dave, Northey Park, GPB2 barrels tipped with tigers along with 20mm Shrimp.







Forum member Gary, his target 'Nelson' 47+, S2 over K2.





Brian with son, 40+, S2 over Cell



Forum member Andy, Fizz S2 over K2, 35+



Forum member Alan, StrawberryPineapple S2 over DNA Bug



Chris Hutchie S2 over Creamino/Atlantic heat



Dean, ScopexPineapple S2 & Hutchie S2











Forum member Ben, Kingsmead Hutchie S2



FishOn Ricci, Belgium canal, Fizz S2 over shops particle & Krill.



Ritchie & son. S3







Jude GPB2



Mark, Fizz S2



TCarper
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   Old Thread  #350 19 Aug 2025 at 8.38am  6  Login    Register
FishOn Ricci, Belgium canal. What a gorgeous big carp!

JohnsonRoss will have plenty of stock on shelves in the next couple of days.





karmh
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   Old Thread  #349 18 Aug 2025 at 7.08pm  1  Login    Register
In reply to Post #347
Some lovely fish and shots there. Especially for Roy, awesome.
AndyClark
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   Old Thread  #348 18 Aug 2025 at 8.04am  1  Login    Register
In reply to Post #346
cheers for replying mate, where im fishingbjave a good head of silvers and bream but is low stocked for carp. ill give some armour mesh a go or tights and go from there.
TCarper
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   Old Thread  #347 18 Aug 2025 at 7.42am  4  Login    Register
I've been so busy. It's been hard to get on here recently. Have so many photos that have not been posted. If I missed your photo today, I'm sorry.

Forum member Jay 43lb8oz, Hutchie S2 over cell. Second trip to new venue, two of the bigguns already. This one is over 40 years old. Well done Jay.



Ricci, Fizz S2 balanced over shops particle & Krill crumb





Roy, various S2 over homemade freezer baits











Forum member Richard, Fizz S2 over homemade freezers





Clint, S2 over Cell



Stevie, Wraysbury 2 ScopexPineapple S2



Forum member Andy, GPB2 over K2 freezers



Chris, Fizz S2, what a gorgeous carp.



Alfie, Fizz S2 Essex Manor



Stoke Carl & his son Jude. GPB2









New pb for son of forum member Alan. GPB1 over DNA Bug



Forum member Martin, Fizz S2





Forum member Mark, TC1 & TC2 balanced over FishOn fermented particle







Forum member Ben. Hutchie S2 balanced



Adrian, C Scale 45lb+. 7th forty + in three trips. S2 balanced.



Albie's first fishing trip. Biggest fish in the lake landed on his own. 25lb+ CherryCola S2



Forum member Gary, biggest two 40+, GPB1.







Chris, Belgium, Fizz S2



Tom, 138lb+ Siamese. TC1 13mm balanced

TCarper
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   Old Thread  #346 18 Aug 2025 at 6.56am  1  Login    Register
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Unfortunately Andy you can't make something that is irresistible to carp, that's not also irresistible to all other coarse fish. Small roach can be an absolute nightmare mid summer. I've fished so many venues in my fishing life, the only place I've ever experienced what you speak of was on Sutton 2, where the small roach and bream were like piranhas. Freezer baits and the hook baits would get whittled down pretty rapidly in Sutton, for around a month midsummer. Eels can also be a similar problem with our hook baits.

Some venues like Sutton for a month or so in the summer can be a nightmare. So easy to get around though. Little squares of women's tights & a bit of floss will stop the little piranhas. Just wrap them in tights and tie with floss.

It's always baffled me as the river Thames & Medway are absolutely full of small roach, but I've never suffered the same problems on the river. They leave them alone It seems to be very specific to certain well stocked lakes with a large biomass. Places where the small fish have learned that boiled baits are the best food. Our hook baits are so attractive in a food sense, so the small fish will hammer them if they are really abundant.

Wrap with tights to stop that. In a few weeks it will stop anyway. They only seem to act like that mid summer. Take it as a great thing that what you are using is super attractive.

bigjim001
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   Old Thread  #345 17 Aug 2025 at 11.42pm  0  Login    Register
In reply to Post #342
The garlic 2s had the same mate very soluble and attractive
Scot-chegg
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   Old Thread  #344 17 Aug 2025 at 7.10pm  0  Login    Register
I fished a lake in Lincolnshire which was roach soup the tc wafters were getting mullered
Pretty quickly, switched to s4's and they were much more resilient.
Spike
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Spike
   Old Thread  #343 16 Aug 2025 at 8.03pm  0  Login    Register
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My one lake I can’t use them the roach and tench destroy them. But it’s a seriously loaded silver water.
AndyClark
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   Old Thread  #342 16 Aug 2025 at 7.53pm  0  Login    Register
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hmm thats weird, no crays in here.
wagtopus_7
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wagtopus_7
   Old Thread  #341 16 Aug 2025 at 7.36pm  0  Login    Register
In reply to Post #340
I've never had this ssue with any of the hookbaits and fish waters with lots of silvers in.. Only had this issue with crays on certain venues, but they destroy nearly all hookbaits. 👍
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