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Specialized Hook Baits - Catch Reports Oct 2025
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ip100

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#24 15 Oct 2025 at 6.14am

In reply to Post #23
Something spicy, maybe along the curry flavours route. Fenugreek, tumeric,chilli that kind of thing?

TCarper

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#23 15 Oct 2025 at 5.24am

Holiday is nearly over. Going forward, I'm not going to be around much at all for the next couple of months. If you need to get hold of us, please WhatsApp message the work phone.

Karl has asked if we can do an exclusive hook bait for the forum, that's going to happen this winter. Any ideas what any of you would like to see?

Forum member Dean. Hutchie S2

Stoke Carl, GPB2

More from Roy that have not been shown here. GPB2, Fizz S2 or original S2 over Krill.

TCarper

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#22 13 Oct 2025 at 10.42pm

Roy again today, 42lb+, GPB2 over Sticky Krill.

Forum member Sam, big Kent mirror. TC1 balanced.

Forum member Andy, good looking Italian chunk. Fizz S2 over ABS K2

FishOn Ricci again, another upper 40lb common. ScopexPineapple S2 over shops fermented particle & Sticky Krill.

Dinton angler Lukes 6 year old son. Carp fishing obsessed already he is. He says the pink ones & the brown ones work best. He fishes them over Mainline Cell.

TCarper

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#21 13 Oct 2025 at 9.57pm

I know that I must come across as a right moaning git sometimes. It's often for things that you lot never know about though.

It's nice to inspire people. But there's also a line. The order shown is from 2014, it was for our S1 & S2. Three years later the bloke set up his own bait company. Thought it was a good idea to name his companies airball/cardboard pop ups SS1 & SS2. That crosses the moral line.

It's absolutely savage as far as I'm concerned.

They also approached an angler who had got free stuff from us, offered him free freezer bait straight off the bat. He'd been a long term customer of ours. That eventually progressed to him getting the stuff for free. Natural & honest. I was actually bigging up this bait company for said angler on our socials.... Including on here. To help the angler, not them. Then I found out about the SS1 & SS2 hook baits. So in my head, one of the only blokes at the time who got free stuff from us, was now promoting someone trying their best to rip us off. Or at least a play on our hook baits names. I wrongly on my part had to let the angler go in my head. It was a very bad/stupid decision on my part. We remained friends & spoke pretty regular. He jogged them on not long after this & we later laughed about it all. At the time none of it was funny whatsoever. I am sending John more kit tomorrow for the first time in a couple of years. It was never his fault. It was this bloke heres fault. Watching, trying to capitalise on the exposure John was getting with us. While also trying to pull a fast one for any new customer googling our hook baits clearly with those names. Not only the very close hook bait names, but targeting our anglers as well with instant free bait.... Just to try to get some exposure. John had rinsed White Swan to a level never seen before with our S2 over particle. Just particle. That attracts freezer bait firms, who also sell their own hook baits.

If it was you. If that was your life's work, something you put your heart & soul into for a long period of time... How would stuff like this make you feel? A little bit bitter? Would you just shrug it off? I often struggle to understand how to even deal with the stuff like this. There's so much of it goes on.

Arrestorhook

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#20 13 Oct 2025 at 11.20am

In reply to Post #16
Top angling as always Old Skool John.

TCarper

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#19 13 Oct 2025 at 6.36am

That advert is going up on SHB socials later for our new special gravel & magic water.

In all seriousness Andy, the missus will likely point at the £1 million + I've taken off the biggest bookmaker in the UK in 2025, all whilst sitting next to her & tell me to **** right off regarding SHB.

Roy with two more insane looking big carp. GPB2 over home rolled Krill.

TCarper

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#18 13 Oct 2025 at 3.31am

In reply to Post #17
Yeah, the wife will have to start pulling her weight the lazy cow! I will be needing all the staff I can get Andy. Very big things are coming.... I have finally worked out the most ingenious way to stop all these bait firms dishonestly showing endless fish on social media banked on our hook baits (that little thing on the end of the rig that gets the actual bite) whilst selling their own freezer bait or even hook baits off the back of it. I'm on Dragons Den next week, so this time next year Rodders....

We are soon going to start selling gravel as a feed bait. Just spomb out some of our new gravel.... Cast any one of our hook baits over the top..... Watch those bites come rolling in.
Gravel will become the new wonder boilie in 2026. We would prefer that you did not mention our hook baits anymore publicly.... There's more money in re bagging someone else's cheap gravel. All you need is a degree in plastic bag sealing. We'll be bringing out a mk2 version within a few months with a few extra tweaks.... 'Active Gravel' along with an all singing all dancing 'Cultured AirMax' version just for the Essex boys. We brought in a doctor to design this particular one. This version jumps up and down and shouts a lot, it's also coated with fake tears along with a special glittery glitter which sparkles like a really sparkly thing. But what about Yateley I hear you cry? It is after all apparently the home of carp fishing. We will also have the 'Virgin Gravel' for the Yateley boys... Just keep this particular one well away from the ladies.

For the ultimate added attraction, we will be bringing to market some extra special magic gravel liquid. This is a very special type of water. Carp can't actually survive without this one magic ingredient. Add it to your extra special gravel, spomb it all out, then just fish any one of our hook baits over the top. Watch those big carp roll in one after the other. To join our 'team' (your first steps to stardom)... Just help us to sell our re bagged special gravel and re bottled magic water on social media. It's that simple.

If you want to be the next superstar in carp fishing, or maybe set up your own bait company next week... Just buy some of our special gravel or magic water. Fish an S2 over the top and watch those big carp literally come rolling over the net cord. A few well worded posts for your new bait company, you'll be able to sell any old rubbish off the back that. You will have your name up in lights on TikTok in no time at all. Every podcaster in the land will want you on their show.

Just remember... (Please don't mention our hook baits, or none of this above will work)

#gravel #water #instadaily #instadailyphoto #tiktok

AndyClark

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#17 12 Oct 2025 at 3.38pm

In reply to Post #16
cant the mrs come to the UK for a holiday with you mate.....
I have in my mind a picture of you working when you're back in the UK, like walt and jessie cooking up a batch like in breaking bad lol

TCarper

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#16 11 Oct 2025 at 10.29pm

In reply to Post #15
Sorry for the late reply Dekay. We are still away, we've been travelling about and I've been on a 'no fishing/work' chat ban for the past few days. We have all been there, women really don't like us talking about fishing on their time haha. They will come mate. Only after our expansion though. Larger round bottom baits are coming too in all variations.

Anyway, currently, I hate all of you reading this. You're all carp anglers. I have had to cut short our holiday by two weeks to return to the UK. It's likely your fault. Slow down buying the stuff ffs!

If I miss out anyones photo or get a name wrong i am sorry in advance.

FishOn Ricci, top one is the biggest fish in Welly known as 'Willow' at mid 50. Fizz S2 balanced over shops fermented particle & Krill crumb.

Josh with a Snaggy Pit mirror. GPB1 over Krill.

You may remember I posted John last week, he'd already had three sixty's in France. Well he ended up with 5 x 60lb+ for the week, up to a new PB of 69lb12oz. He also banked more than a dozen 50's. John has being going to France for many, many years. He's never experienced a trip like it. Incredibly, he only fished the days. Partied with his pals at night. That's the way to do it John! Original S2.

Forum member Andy, two 60's from Parco. Fizz S2 over K2 freezers.

Chris, two from Woolpack at the weekend, both on GPB1 balanced fished as singles. You can see which one was in the water for less than ten minutes by the colour of the hook bait.

Forum member Tony. 42lb+ & 37lb+, GPB1 over Bug freezers.

Stoke Carl with a beautiful estate lake 32+. GPB2.

Forum member Dean, some of the better ones he's had past week or two. ScopexPineapple S2

David with a big common. Hutchie S2 over Wraysbury MC Nut

Forum member Lee with a Lea valley common. Original S2

Jacko with that fish from the comments below, we all know it was caught on a Fizz S2 balanced, just feel sorry for the poor folks who need to show fish caught on our stuff, while implying something different to their poor gullible customers. The day I need to do that, I'll give up. Many of the largest bait firms in the UK need to do this. Prayers for them all.

Dekay

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#15 9 Oct 2025 at 3.55pm

Mark, any plans to ever do the S2 bottom bait barrels in the new special editions ?
Perfect solid bag hookbaits for me. I’m not keen on anything wafting around.

Karlos

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#14 9 Oct 2025 at 1.11pm

In reply to Post #13
The bait certainly works...

I've not fished for over a week now which is odd for me, but I kinda lost my mojo a bit. I've been doing so well at the syndicate it all seemed a bit easy and I wanted more of a challenge...so I need to decide where to go next.
Anyhow, I can't fish for another week or so as I am off to Italy with the Mrs and friends for a break so decided to do a quick overnighter last night.

Copy/paste from my fishing log for last night...
20:00 16lb 10oz Common - TC1 wafter on multi rig
21:00 31lb 4oz Mirror (repeat capture, caught it on my last session 30 Sep) - TC1 wafter on multi rig
22:30 21lb 3oz Common - TC1 wafter on multi rig
23:00 18lb 12oz Mirror - GPB2 Cork Chip on Ronnie
01:00 21lb 10oz Mirror - TC1 wafter on multi rig
05:30 27lb 14oz Mirror - TC1 wafter on multi rig

I'm a little tired at work today!

TCarper

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#13 9 Oct 2025 at 2.22am

In reply to Post #2
Welcome to my world 😂

It’s not just them, it would seem to be pretty much ALL of them now except DNA. Nash Bait were doing same thing, with the same lad. They even tried to add a caveat to his contract earlier this year specifically about not mentioning us. He told them no chance. Imagine having to use fish to sell your bait, that you know were caught on another companies products? When Sticky do the same with Ricci’s & the rests fish, its so cringe. Everyone sensible knows what he catches them on. Thing is, so many others it has happened with, you lot don’t know. They rely on the masses not knowing. It’s morally, absolutely shocking. Some of the bait company adverts I’ve seen in 2025 selling masses of bait off results using our hook baits are just insane.

You will find so many great results for our customers on these threads (and not on these threads), selling tonnes of bait & hook baits for supposedly well respected bait firms, so very recently too! It’s totally misleading their own gullible customer base, who they must think very little of. It’s always gone on for us. In 2025 it’s got right out of hand though. It’s just going on constantly now. We should change our name to ‘Tiger Nut’. Just read the bait company blurb… If they are very carefully wording an advert in a way where they don’t mention their hook bait, which they flog…. You know that the company know full well that it was caught on someone eles product (normally ours), but they NEED to sell their wares off the back of that. What does that tell you about these companies bait though? 😂 Bait companies who get lauded constantly are doing it. Tells me personally that paying half of carp fishing to sell you lot a story is no longer enough to keep some of these firms afloat. Podcasts, underwater cameras for selling jank products, none of it is enough anymore.

Suppose all that above must mean that we are doing alright 🫣

TCarper

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#12 9 Oct 2025 at 1.51am

In reply to Post #9
All three shops will have the Fizz S2 back in stock next ten days or so. We currently only have pop ups done, completely sold out of balanced until I’m back from holiday. For pop ups WhatsApp message the work mobile with what you require, plus the full name which will be on the order. You will be told what to order from our website to cover the Fizz S2.

TCarper

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#11 9 Oct 2025 at 1.44am

In reply to Post #7
Well done mate that’s a cracking mirror 🥳

karmh

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#10 8 Oct 2025 at 10.08pm

In reply to Post #7
Awesome


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