AGM Dekoj 2.5ins Baby Bream Shad
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£2.75
Another hand-poured lure custom made for AGM by Dekoj of Slovakia, the Baby Bream Shad is a super-realistic baitfish imitation with a supple, flexible body, striking 3D eyes and scale/gill details. Whether used on a drop shot rig or jig head, this lifelike lure is a pure predator magnet. Five per pack.
AGM Dekoj 3ins Swordtail
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£3.25
These premium quality, hand-poured lures, are custom-made for AGM by Dekoj of Slovakia. The body features a scale pattern and big 3D eyes, which give them a lifelike appearance.
The head of each lure is dipped in a clear plastic, to ensure that the eyes stay firmly in place, while the extra-long, thin tail provides plenty of action, reacting to even the smallest twitch of the rod-tip. The Swordtail will catch its fair share of fish when rigged on a jig head, but really comes to life when used on a drop shot rig. Six per pack.
Ringer Baits All Sorts Banded Pop-ups
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£3.99
England Feeder international and king of the Northampton night spots Phil Ringer has added these dumbbell-shaped All Sorts pop-ups to his match baits range.
Approximately 7mm in diameter, they have a shellfish aroma and come in many colours. A free packet of bait bands is included in every pot.
These pop-ups are Ideal for use as balanced hookbaits with Method set-ups. I rather fancy the black ones will be ideal for use with zig-rigs.
Browning Quantum Specialist Drop Shot Lure - Crawling Jack
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£4.25-£6.25
This double-tailed twister flounders wildly in the water, and two sickle-shaped lateral arms drive fish into an attack frenzy. Said to be ideal for perch, pike and zander, these bizarre crayfish imitations come in two sizes and eight colours.
Browning Quantum Specialist Drop Shot Lure - Sneaky Shad
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£6.85
This realistic lure features an integral hook and weight in the head that ensures it makes no noise on hitting the bottom. Such a ‘stealth’ approach alleviates the suspicious of wily predators on heavily fished waters.
Browning Quantum Specialist Drop Shot Lure - Dangler
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£4.99
This brilliant small-finned shad can be used in conjunction with light jig heads as well as for ordinary drop shotting. It has a proven track record, especially in summer, when juvenile fish are on the move.
Browning Quantum Specialist Drop Shot Lure - Slendry
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£5.75-£5.99
Made from an extremely soft plastic, this lure features holographic eyes, a glitter effect body, and a split tail movement, as well as a natural fish scale pattern that is a magnet to predators.
Browning Quantum Specialist Drop Shot Lure - Smelt Shad
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£3.95-£8.95
This innovative rubber fish is designed to imitate a smelt. Even the fins match those of the fish, with the dorsal folding tantalisingly up and down with a slight pull on the line. Surprisingly stable when cast, the lures come in four sizes and seven colours.
Browning Quantum Specialist Drop Shot Lure - Ari’s Pin
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£4.65
These pin tails come in three sizes and seven colours. Their long tapering tail is said to emit erratic impulses as the lure is moved. It is proved to be very successful on rivers, and its unique body shape leaves the hookpoint exposed at all times.
Enterprise Tackle CC Moore Pop-up Sweetcorn
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£3.10
Fake-bait pioneer Enterprise Tackle has teamed up with CC Moore to produce a range of flavoured pop-up corn hookbaits.
Featuring plastic sweetcorn soaked in a range of classic flavours, they are perfect for topping boilies with, or fishing on their own.
Our favourites are the ultra-sweet blackcurrant and the fishy belachan versions.
Other flavours include salmon, frankfurter and chocolate malt.
Mistral Smelley Wotsits
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£3.99
We’ve been hearing good things about this cheekily-named new bait range from Mistral Baits.
Part of the company’s Specialist Carp Food range, Smelley Wotsits have a strange sweet and savoury smell with background hints of fish, cheese and cream all rolled together – but carp, tench, bream chub and barbel appear to love it!
Available in high visibility orange 15mm bottom baits RRP £9.99 per kilo bag or £3.99 for 325g) 15mm pop-ups (£5.99 per pot) and Booster Dip (£5.99).
Fox Rage Loaded Zander Pro Shad and Loaded Mini Fry
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Loaded Zander Pro Shad £5.99
Loaded Mini Fry (pack of four) £5.99
The popularity of predator fishing with soft plastic lures is growing at breakneck speed, and these latest offerings from Rage are sure to prove deadly for pike, perch and zander.
The 10cm and 12cm loaded Zander Pro Shads, with a choice of 10g or 12g jig heads and perfectly placed barbed single hooks, are ideal for targeting bigger fish from rivers and lakes. They can be worked from the bank sink-and-draw style to imitate a wounded fish.
The loaded 7cm Mini Fry come in four colour choices. Fished on a 5g jig head they can be vertically jerked and retrieved, or alternatively presented on a drop shot rig, where their hammer-shaped tails have proved irresistible to big perch on canals.
Nash Zig Bugs And Critters
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£4.99 and £5.99
From relative obscurity not that long ago, zig rigging has become a huge part of carp fishing all year round.
While many anglers use nuggets of foam to trick their quarry, Nash has gone for realism in its Zig Bug range. This year sees the launch of another selection of expertly crafted imitation creatures that wouldn’t look out of place in a master fly-tyer’s tin.
As before, the range is available with or without hooks, and in barbed and barbless versions.
Sticky Aqua Amino
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£9.99 a litre
This thin but potent ‘fish soup’, as the lads at Sticky are calling it, is the ideal bait soak.
It’s made from 100 per cent whole marine fish proteins, broken down by an enzyme-treatment process. Reeking of fish, Aqua Amino contains 18 different amino acids.
Sticky Signature Pop-ups – Mixed Colours
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£6.50 a tub
Finally available to the masses, these special pop-ups contain 10 liquid additives and two powdered fruit palatants. They are designed to leak attraction instantly and for a prolonged period of time.
Sticky Vor-Tex+
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£9 a kilo
First off the Sticky production line is a new version of the successful Vor-Tex range. The original was designed as a summer bait – this new one, with an overhauled base mix and nut-based ingredients, is for year-round use.
A key addition to the bait is chia, a little black seed rich in vitamins and Omega 3 fatty acids.
Nash Bait 4G Squid Salt Dust
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£1.99
This is rock salt fortified with amino acids and taste enhancers for the strongest feeding response. The unique 4G Salt dust is boosted with a combination of powerful taste enhancers.
Nash Bait 4G Squid Snowman Pot
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£6.99
Snowpots contain everything you need for making balanced snowman rigs without the need for putty, wire or trimming baits to the desired sink rate. They can also be used for chopped and halved baits and zig rigs.
Nash Bait 4G Squid Bait Soak
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£8.99
Designed for both short and long term bait soaking, this PVA friendly liquid has a lingering Scopex note which is instantly effective when added to any feed or hookbait. It can be used in any amounts and any water temperatures.
Nash Bait 4G Squid Frozen Paste
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£2.99
A paste with the pulling power of Scopex Squid but with the addition of Squid Salt Dust- a rock salt compound exclusive to Nashbaits and fortified with vitamins, minerals and taste enhancers.