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My bait for our upcoming trip to Le Q has just arrived. All I can say is...WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The whole house smells of strawberries
Many thanks, Gav. 
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In reply to Post #584
Better off soaking in another more attractive liquid. That’s one of the positives about our little pop ups, they will take on some nice things and still float. Betaine solution, minamino, squid sauce…..world is your oyster 😉
The carp will find your hookbait easily. Last summer I was catching lots from a silty spot on herb 15mm Wafters. They were bulk standard off the shelf Wafters, fished in silt that stained them grey but it was a productive spot for a few weeks. Even the lead and leader smelt awful but for some reason it was a good place to get a bite from. Not my first choice ideally but that’s where they were.
There has been a U.K. 51 sent in today that was caught on a single quid 12mm pop up on a chod over thick silt. It’s visual, it’s made from powders, hydros, flavours and the carp love them! But let me be clear here, the baits do everything I ask them to do but we as anglers need to get them into the right location every day! No hookbait will drag them from 20 acres away!
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In reply to Post #582
Wouldn't pre soaking them in lake water help prevent them taking on the fowl smelling stuff?
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In reply to Post #582
Thanks mate
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In reply to Post #581
Hi mate, I think there are several options that are strong and there is something you can do to help repel it further.
Tutti, sting, pineapple, and deep c are pokey
Two dressings of the matching booster liquids over a two week period, that will be a strong old mix!
I often take the hookbaits off my rigs after 24 hours (if they haven’t produced anything 😂  crack them in half and do a sniff test! Because they are made with nice powders and liquids in the pop up basemix, they always smell nice in the core!
One other thing
Goo……..some of them are really strong and will do the same thing. I am very nervous about very strong overpowering hookbaits at this stage of the season and I’m very aware that no matter what we smell, the carp can sense your hookbaits even among the horrible lake bed!!
Loading up pop ups with liquids is the best way to stop them taking on foul lake water.
Two coats and then dry them out.
Gav
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In reply to Post #579
Hi Gav, What pop-up from your range would you recommend for silt, eg less likely to get tainted by the smell of the silt?
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In reply to Post #579
Need sting dark wafters
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In reply to Post #578
It’s funny how the catch reports follow certain trends but the sting is popular (Herb is constantly popular 😂
I had a message on Friday from one of the biggest names in angling saying that he uses or tips every hookbait with sting and he has having it off big style! I’m having good results on the deep c at the moment and the only bite this weekend was on the deep c pop up…….the bugger fell off 😂
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In reply to Post #577
I lost a nice fish on a sting wafter last night,just could not stop it getting into some lillies
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Had 4 sessions in the last month or so. Each one I’ve had a minimum of 4 fish all on sting wafters fished over Herb. Last week I had 7 upto high 20s in 24hrs, Bloke next to me didn’t have a thing in two days
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Had a lovely 18lb mirror last night on Tricknut wafter and Phil had a mid double on The Herb straight out the bag
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In reply to Post #574
Fist play fella!! You lads have scored well.
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Another mid 20 park lake common
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In reply to Post #572
3 U.K. 40s sent in today and one was the hardwick lake record at 46.9
Sting 12mm pop ups doing the business
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In reply to Post #571
And what a beauty she was mate
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