The trip to Jo Jo's looked like it was going to be tough from the word go but it looked more and more like a blank for the whole lake as the week progressed. With high pressure, bitter cold north winds and nights that got colder with every passing one the run-less days added up. By Wednesday I had gone through about 20 rigs and the fish were active and looked to be catchable. My fishing friends Steve and Malc had taken 10 gallon of maggots and could not even get a take on these and would wind in after 12 hours to find them untouched.
I had decided to stick with the new A+ for the week and to carry out pH tests at regular intervals. The results for these were a little suprising but not as suprising as what was to come!
Initial pH test 5.2
12 hours in the water 5.2
24 hours in the water 5.3
36 hours in the water 5.3
48 hours in the water 5.3
The lake water was recorded at 7.3 and during the trial dropped from 14 degrees C to 11 oC . After removing the sample from the water it was allowed to air dry for an hour so as not to take the reading from the lake water. As the additives are very soluble it surprised me that there would not be a greater leakage into the water and I now believe that you cannot influence the pH of the water with a big bed of bait.
With time seriously running out I knocked up some paste as following; 1 part neat additive, I part casein, 1 part tiger nut ground bait mixed with eggs.
Ground bait was put together with water with 4 parts ground bait to 1 part additive.
I have never tried introducing the additives in these concentrations but the result was immediate!
A brace of 30's on the mat within 4 hours!!! The other lads used the paste and ground bait until it run out and 10 fish were banked in 36 hours including a 100lbs+ catfish to Malc.
After the additive was gone the fish were as well and the last 24 hours were again un-productive.
A completely surprising but quite conclusive all the same.
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