Your summer bait bag
Whether you’re fishing a two-bites-a-year venue or bagging on Linear’s B2, this collection of carp produce from CC Moore will see you successfully through any session/campaign
1. Roasted nut extract
Even the best pellets in the world can sometimes do with a quick splash of liquid attractant to make them even more attractive and this is simply the best of the best – Roasted Nut Extract. Produced exclusively for CC Moore, this smooth-tasting, deep, roasted nut aroma and creamy-sweet nut taste can be used in everything from boilie and spod mixes to soaking boilies and top-glazing your pellets.
“GIMME”: £8.99 for 500ml; ccmoore.com
2. Chod Bitez
Although these are the lightest pop-ups CC Moore has ever produced, they’ll still compete with any corkball pop-up when it comes to holding up Chod and Hinged Stiff Links. And just like Gaz Fareham’s recommendation in this month’s Rotary, these come in a slightly smaller 13/14mm size and in five different washed-out colours. They’re also biblically attractive too, thanks to a combination of Betaine, N-Butyric Acid and a mixture of Geoff Kemp’s legendary flavours.
“GIMME”: £6.99
3. Steeped Black Tigers
The Dorset-based bait brand is revered for flying in the face of expectations – and these jet-black tigers are no exception. Now whilst we should all be reaching for a tub of tigers this summer, the average nut doesn’t always cut the mustard when they’ve been hammered on a venue, but thankfully, due to their dark pantone, it means they’re a lot less suss to the carp and yet still as attractive as ever. Available ready-to-use in 1 and 2.5lt tubs.
“GIMME”: £7.99 and £10.99
4. Sweet Nut Cloud Spod Mix
You want to spod slop over Zigs, but the idea of carrying ten ingredients to make the mix isn’t appealing. The Sweet Nut Cloud Mix has everything pre-mixed: just add lake water (and a couple of big glugs of the Roasted Nut Extract for even more oomph) and you’re ready to start spodding (and cover everything in said mix).
“GIMME”: £8.49 for 2.5kg bag
5. Equinox Liquid and Pop-Ups
The perfect foodbait hookbait/glug combo for when everyone else on your lake is throwing brightly coloured hookbaits out. The liquid is packed full of spices, esters, feeding triggers, amino acid-rich proteins and powerful attractants.
“GIMME”: Liquid, £9.99 for 500ml; pop-ups, £6.49 for 50
6. Duo Floater Hookbaits
This summer, your go-to floater hookbait should be one which is packed full of attractors, pliable enough so you can trim them to suit your needs, and give you the option to switch colours – a lighter one to match the tried-and-tested Chum Mixer you’ve been feeding or a dark version should you be firing out floating trout pellets. The Duo Floater Hookbaits are like the 21st Century version of the humble Chum Mixer.
“GIMME”: £6.49 for 50