SONU
BAITS TUNA SPOD MIX AND TUNA WRAPS
I'm
not a great believer in wonder baits, so the arrival of some pre-release samples
from Sonu Baits saw me sceptical. However, I had been thinking of using some faster
breakdown pellets in my mesh bags, so I mixed some of the Spod Mix into a bucket
of small halibut pellets. Testing
the Spod Mix in a tub of water showed that the various sizes and types of pellets
do break down at different rates, and they certainly have a strong fishy aroma. In
use the mix certainly didn't put the barbel and chub off. In fact I had some good
catches using them. Not conclusive in itself, but one thing I did notice was that
I caught on baits fished in spots that were not the ones I expected to produce.
Most of the season I had been fishing with one rod because the swims weren't conducive
to fishing with two, or because there was only on spot in them that was likely
to get a bite. In a couple of the latter such swims baits
cast in unlikely places produced fish when used in conjunction with the
Spod Mix. Again not conclusive, but a nice confidence boost. The Spod Mix has
now become the basis for my bag mix, laced with small halibut pellets to provide
a longer lasting bit of feed around the hookbait when leaving baits in place for
a couple of hours. The
Tuna Wraps, on the other hand, I have had less success with. Admittedly they haven't
often been used in banker swims. I'm not a great fan of shelf life boilies for
one thing (although I have used them successfully), and these are particularly
hard. Not that hard baits worry me either, having caught barbel on air dried baits
in the past.
As
the name implies, Tuna Wraps are what looks to be a bird seed boilie with a gelatinous,
tuna flavoured outer wrap. This wrap washes off the bait to provide an flavour
trail. Despite
fishing the Tuna Wraps with the Spod Mix I have yet to have a barbel pick one
up. Chub, on the other hand, love them! On slow days the Tuna Wraps have saved
the day by producing the only fish of the session - always a chub, including some
nice ones. As
can be seen from the accompanying photos both the Spod Mix and the Wraps are supplied
in sealed plastic buckets containing 3kg and 1kg respectively. Dave
Lumb Posted
December 2007 |