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ULTRABITE
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We know
that Ultrabite will attract fish and
encourages them to feed, but as it is a brand new product the
most effective methods of use are yet to be evaluated.
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| My original experiments relied
on just dipping a bait in neat Ultrabite, in fact this proved to be quite
successful especially for Brill and Turbot. |
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The
next idea tried to keep a trail of Ultrabite
seeping out, just uptide of the bait. We accomplished this by wiring
a Ultrabite vial to a tube boom, the end was broken off to allow
the liquid to weep out.
The flow can be increased by puncturing the vial, the size of the hole
controls how fast it dispersed. |
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Matthew
Wright, with a Brill caught using bait dipped in Ultrabite
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I then used a swimfeeder stuffed
with cotton wool, which was then saturated with Ultrabite. This was
quite effective and we had some good Plaice catches using this method.
The main problem was deciding when the Ultrabite had been washed
out.
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This
leads to the latest idea, making Ultrabite into a gel and putting
this in a swimfeeder.This has the advantage that you can see when the
gel has been dissolved and needs topping up. This has been our main
way of utilising Ultrabite this winter and has been effective for both
Cod and Whiting. Although these have been the target species there
have been some exceptionally good catches of Rays and Conger when Ultrabite
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Dave
Higgins caught this Cod using a swim feeder loaded with Ultrabite
gel.
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Making
an Ultrabite Gel.
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| I use powder gelatine that
you can buy in any supermarket. The mix is 10 grams of Gelatine to 500
ml of water, This dissolves in about 20 minutes in seawater, the time
will vary according to sea temperature, current speed and the size of
the holes in the swimfeeder. If you want a really stiff gel that will
take much longer to dissolve up the amount of Gelatine to 20 grams. |
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Follow the instructions on
the Gelatine packet but YOU MUST ALOW THE MIX TO COOL TO 20 C BEFORE
ADDING THE ULTRABITE! If it is hotter the Pheromones can be damaged
and you will reduce the effectiveness.
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| A new idea that
I am just starting to try, is filling the swimfeeder with Oasis. No not
the pop group but the green foam that florists use for flower arranging.
This material soaks up liquids so should hold Ultrabite for some time. |
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Beach anglers on the
Isle of Wight have had such good results that there is talk of banning
the use of Ultrabite in competitions. One method of use that seems
to be working well is to spray the baited trace and allow it to soak
in before use. They are using travel spray atomisers from Boots that
hold one pack of Ultrabite and give about 500 shots from one full
atomiser.
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