" My target water for this year was the mighty Wraysbury One.

I knew these fish had seen pretty much every kind of bait available to man, so when choosing my desired bait I opted for a quality food source that contained quality ingredients. I decided to go with two different boilie mixes from the Perfection Ground Baits range. The first was the Choc/Orange nut mix that I had tested during the close season and the other was a new mix we called Red Krill.
This bait was going to be the 1, it holds all of the great big carp catching qualities needed to tackle old wise carp.
I based most of my baiting plans around the Red Krill, with only the odd area being baited with nut mix. I figured that having three rods to play with I could use the Krill on two of them a and experiment further with the nut mix on the other. P.G.B also supplied me with pop-ups, bespoke course fish pellets and ground baits to suit each mix to use in conjunction with the boilies. "
After just Fifteen hours on the lake I received a take, on the Nut! I had baited a shallow plateau from the bank during the close season, just to give them a taster. The spot was baited with 5 kilos of nut mix ground bait with chopped and whole baits added. I used a standard bottom bait straight from the bag on the hair.
My reward was a 21:04 linear. 1-0 to the nut.

My second capture came on the Krill. After spotting a fish roll I positioned a rig baited with the Krill onto the spot and baited with around a pound of bespoke Red Krill pellets and 20 or so chopped and quartered baits to get an instant leakage of the attractors. A new P.B and first 40 pounder. The King Fungus @ 40:12.
1-1 the Krill fights back.

My third capture came after baitng a spot for 6 weeks. I regularly baited with 14mm and 18mm Red Krill boilies. I also used a mixture of 4mm, 6mm and 8mm Red Krill pellets in quantities of upto 10kilos in one hit.
The fish were loving it, the bait started to dissapear daily indicating that I should get a rig on it.
I used an 18mm bottom bait on the hair.
Baby Mary @ 24:06.
2-1 C'mon The Krill.

5 days later, a different spot baited with 15kilos of nut mix boilies and 40kilos of hemp and nut mix pellets over a three week period, produced a spot that the carp visited daily to feed. After lowering the rig, sporting a Nut Mix bottom bait, I scattered a kilo of 14mm and 18mm baits over the area. The take came ten hours later.
3-Scales @ 33:04
2-2 The Nut scores again!

"My fifth and final capture for this calendar year came from another spot I had baited to its prime with Red Krill. I again baited with 14mm and 18mm boilies and the Red Krill pellet mix this time adding hemp. Again after selecting a bottom bait from the bag for the hair I lowered the rig onto the spot.
The Pug @ 39:08.
The final score 3-2. The Krill wins for this year."

Phil