Bells Of Hythe - Carp Food Bait Range.

Hi Folks

The time is nearly upon us for the release of our own bait company. The name is Carp Food and that is exactly what it is. We aren't trying to re-invent the wheel, all we wanted to do was produce a bait system for all anglers that contains ingredients that will add to the quality of a carps diet. 

Buying in clean baits is fine but I never actually know what exactly is in the bait (it's none of my business really) so this way I can be sure that we are selling pure product and no filler.

The Carp Food range consists of:

18mm Fishmeal + Frozen Boilies.

16mm Fishmeal + Frozen Boilies.

16mm Fishmeal + Powdered Cork Pop Ups.

12mm Fishmeal + Powdered Cork Pop Ups.

1kg Bag Fishmeal + Easy Roll Base Mix.

5kg Bucket Fishmeal + Easy Roll Base Mix.

100ml Fishmeal + Dip/Glug.

1kg Bag Of 4mm Fishmeal + Pellets.

10kg Bag Of 4mm Fishmeal + Pellet.

The bait is made from a pure fishmeal and has produced many fish from around the country. It has been designed to act as a long term bait that will not “Blow” as it does not contain any distinctive flavours that can be easily located by carp, instead its attractor package is made up from powders and soft oils that are very good for the digestive system.

The bait is now available on line at 

http://www.bellsofhythe.com/products.asp?catid=189

CC Moore - Headquarters.

HI Folks

Just had a very successful on tour visiting Ian at CC Moore baits.

As you can see they are very well stocked indeed.

I had the pleasure of a good talk with Ian Moore and he explained a few important points to me about what the boys at CC Moore are trying to do as a bait company, in short they really use their heads and make some fantastic bait.

I was really impressed with their stocks of Boilie and Pellet (and also very happy with my freebies! Cheers Ian)

Ian has tried to utilise information and feedback from some of the best carp angler across Europe and with the likes of Gaz Fareham now on board he hopes to do to carp baits what Korda have done to carp tackle.

Cheers.

Phil Rudd, Environmental Agency.

Hi

Ever since I can remember I have been drawn to water, of all kinds, from the smallest forest stream to the open sea. This fascination shaped my life through fishing in my spare time and led to me taking an environmental science degree at uni and getting a job with the Environment Agency about 18 months ago. Fishing almost meant I didn’t get to uni though, and a commute to Brockenhurst college past hatchet pond didn’t always result in me resisting the temptation to stop and get the rods out!

My work at the EA, at least during the summer months, involves a lot of fisheries survey work. We carry out surveys on all of the major rivers in the Hampshire area, including the Test, Itchen, Meon and also some of the New Forest streams. In addition to freshwater surveys we also carry out sampling of fish species in Southampton water, with sites from Goatee beach at Eling, right down to Calshot. 

I thought I would quickly focus on a couple of the more interesting things that we found last year. Our river surveys involve the use of an electric current which we can put through the water to stun the fish and then net them, this doesn’t harm the fish and is really effective at sampling the entire fish population in a stretch.

When looking at a small section of river it is amazing at just how many large fish there are in it. One survey that we did on the river Test last year produced 15 roach with the biggest measuring 38cm long and the smallest 25cm! To put that into context, one of the smaller fish which was weighed pulled the scales round to 2lb 2oz! Some of the larger fish were close to the magical three pound mark and this was from a 100m length of river!

We also occasionally see some oddities that you wouldn’t expect to find, a tench of about half a pound, more at home in an old estate lake, was found in a fast running stretch of the Itchen alongside brown trout and salmon parr for example!

One of the most interesting types of survey we do is estuarine netting for juvenile sea fish around Southampton water. This autumn we captured 17 different fish species from sites ranging from Goatee beach down to Calshot spit. The largest fish captured was a thick lipped mullet at Calshot which measured 60cm. We also had some big flounder from Goatee beach (see picture).

Cheers for reading,

Phil

Greg Alexander with his recent captures.

Hi Folks

Sorry about the lack of recent posts but what with the Bells Of Hythe Facebook account and www.bellsofhythe.com Plus the shop I have been a little busy!

I managed to catch up with one of my old friends the other day, CC Moore consultant Greg Alexander. Greg (for those who are not in the know) is in my opinion one of the country’s finest carp anglers and has recently been fishing some very tricky waters in Ringwood.

Greg is really not one to shy away from some of the nation’s hardest lakes.  So as not to get him in too much trouble we will refer to this particular water as RF.

These fish were sent to me by Greg following his recent successes in November/December.

I believe these fish came his way while he was using CC Moore’s Odyssey XXX available at Bells Of Hythe (http://www.bellsofhythe.com/products.asp?catid=6)

So without further ado…..Here we go, and don't forget to click on each image to get the best results!

We start here with the first fish at 33lb 9ozs

Next we see one at 33lb 10ozs

Stepping up now to 34lb 4ozs

This next fish is at 35lb 15ozs

And finally this whacker at 38lb 15ozs!!

To view more of Greg's fantastic captures check out our new Facebook site designed purely for our customers fish pictures.