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In reply to Post #552
It’s definitely going to get bigger. It was 55 before spawning last year. 55 after spawning this. It has been a 6-7lb dropper after spawning previously. Everything in there is piling on the weight so fast. Im convinced this common was over 60 a few weeks before. Brutes, is a great description for the fish in there.
There’s two mirrors that have always been bigger than her. All putting on a steady 5lb+ per year.
Incredible.
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In reply to Post #551
That's a brute of a common! Looks like it could easily go bigger too.
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Looking at some recent photos today on a rare day off this year where I'm not working or fishing. Some photos of that common off of my phone, that I’ve not even looked at previously.
The unhooking mat, is a Cotswold Aquarius Le Graviers XL mat. It’s 4ft x 2ft. That common is def wider across the back than 1ft.
23lb scaly Thames fish laying in exactly the same mat for comparison.
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Turns out I am allowed to post these after all.
All balanced S2, with a small fermented tiger on top from last couple of weeks… All since he first tried the fermented maize, tigers & peanuts using the high fructose corn syrup I recommend on the fermented maize thread. This is only the biggest ones he has caught. He’s absolutely ripped a pretty tough lake to bits to be fair.
40lb4oz
44lb15oz
41lb14oz
36lb15oz
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In reply to Post #544
Yes mate. We always do loads of special orders from around the end of October.
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In reply to Post #543
That sounds really interesting mark 
What's the crack with custom orders? Is it possible to get different shapes?
I like to use pillow shaped bottom baits on the rivers, when you just squash the sausages on the table rather than roll them, is that something you'd do at a quieter time of year?
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I've written a quite extensive piece for our bait page.... It's coming up to a decade now that the S2 has been on sale. It's literally decimated lakes all over the UK, over and over again.
I spoken about the S2, the sugars, blah blah blah in the past. But there are still many secrets about the S2 that have never been mentioned. I've never spoken about the fat content in the S2. How those fats are made water soluble.
It's actually one of the biggest secrets, of the S2's success. It encompasses why hemp, tiger nuts, peanuts, fish meals and natural oils are all so attractive to carp. I stubbled across this long before SHB was ever created, by the curing of hook baits for my own fishing. One of the greatest byproducts of this process, is fats being made water soluble. Although it was never the intention, it was the ultimate prize.
Did you know.... Hemp contains virtually 40% fat. Peanuts are nearly 50% fat. Two of the most attractive things there are for a carp. Carp love fat. The tricky part is making that fat more water soluble.
I might post it up on here now things have calmed down in this bait section.
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You’re welcome mate.
Sam is still clubbing them. A common he really wanted to catch. GPB1 crushed cork.
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In reply to Post #540
Cheers for the detailed answer, I have put in an order today for a couple of pots, look forward to giving them a go.
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In reply to Post #537
As Gregg said you can trim or pierce the crushed cork.
First off, we only made cork balls. Being a 4mm skin of food around a solid cork ball. You cannot really pierce them, and if birds attack them constantly, being a 4mm skin they are susceptible when softer.
That was the whole reason I came up with the crushed corks. They still need to be individually palm rolled like a cork ball, as they are full up with 5mm lumps of cork, which as you can imagine is a nightmare to roll. What this produces though, is a solid ball, which can be pierced or trimmed... But retains all of the long term buoyancy of a cork ball, which is durable enough to be left out for a week if needed. (cork dust is rubbish).
Like a super cork ball as such.
They outsell the cork balls 5-1 now. The only people who still use the cork balls, are our older customers. I can see a time eventually when we stop selling cork balls altogether. The crushed corks are vastly better IMO.
For a start, they take on nearly twice as much of our liquids as a cork ball does. Twice as much goodness.
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In reply to Post #538
Lovely ta, that makes sense
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