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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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In reply to Post #537
Crushed Cork you can trim down were as a Cork ball you can't
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What’s the difference between the crushed cork baits and a cork baller?
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In reply to Post #529
Sam, who I posted all the photos of the other day, is on a Stoney & Friends charity social on the Car Park lake at Yateley. First ever night on the lake... Lovely fish. GPB1 crushed cork pop up. Sam is absolutely buzzing.
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In reply to Post #534
Yes mate. It's granite, but there are some cracking fish in there. He'll have them now I rec. He only started back over there a few weeks ago.
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In reply to Post #533
Sam's I gather was the first carp out of there for 14 months too. One hell of a capture!
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In reply to Post #532
To be fair, the lad at the bottom has been absolutely clumping them since Spring mate. The next bloke up is his mate. Sam & Craig. They fish one of the Yateley pits not sure which. All GPB1. They seem to catch tonnes every weekend, both have smashed their PB's this year.
Top photo is my close mate Sam. Him and his Dad stocked Mary, Mallins etc into Wraysbury... He's the same bloke who had that 32lb pike from the Thames with me. That fish is from the same poaching place as I caught that 40+ ex Thames fully four years ago. That fish of Sams is ex Thames too, they all are. That top one is 45+, again GPB1. The pit is not a poaching pit anymore, there's a very small syndicate on there now.
As far as I know that fully has not been caught since.
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In reply to Post #531
Busy month Mark for customers
Very nice.
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