Preston Innovations-backed England international Des Shipp explains why approaching your peg in contrasting ways is the key to successfully targeting a bag of commercial bream.
Commercial fisheries offer someunbelievable silver-fish sport allyear round, with skimmers andbream popular target speciesfor many pole anglers. Manor Farm Leisure in Evesham is no different and gives anglers a refreshing mix of target species, with skimmers often making up a large part of many anglers’ catches. We join Des Shipp on Peg 3 of Middle Pool as he shows us how to best approach a typical commercial fishery when targeting our slimy friends…
THE BAIT TRAY
The bait is nice and simple. I have 2mm Fin Perfect pellets that I have soaked for a minute, drained the water off and left for around half an hour. I’m trying to catch skimmers and bream, so I want them to be enticingly soft.
I also have 4mm Fin Perfect pellets. I’ve soaked these for 10 seconds and then drained the water off. I did this almost as soon as I arrived, meaning they soften right through and even allow me to use them on the hook.
I have also pumped 4mm expanders using the Preston Innovations Super Pellet Pump, probably half a pint in total, giving me plenty for the hook as well as being able to put them in as loose feed.
A few 6mm expanders also grace my side tray and make a great change bait. Even when it’s hard a 6mm can catch you a bonus bream.
In terms of groundbait, I like Sonubaits’ Match Method Mix when used in conjunction with pellets. It is a fishmeal mix with a lot of grounddown pellets in it, perfect for what I’m doing. This is going to be fed long on the more positive of my two lines at 14.5 metres.
THE RIGS
This story is from the April 2017 edition of Pole Fishing.
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