I am visiting a small lake for a week this Autumn which is hired exclusively. The person who owns the lake also owns an up and coming (but still fairly minor) bait company. All the literature about this lake from the owners recommends the use of one of their own baits, becuase that is what the fish are fed on in winter, and I guess because most anglers use it for their week on his recommendation. He would, however, obviously say that to boost profits.
I am not convinced on the quality of the bait recommended. There are some negative comments on a specialist carp site for a start.
So my predicament is this: Do I accept that, regardless of bait quality, this one bait is the one to use because it has gone in all summer and all last year? Or do I take the opposite approach - this lake is quite hard and not too many fish come out - that the fish will now associate that bait with danger. In that case I would take a bait I am comfortable with.
What would you do? I have a week to establish a quality new bait. Or what you hedge bets and take a quantity of both?
I am not convinced on the quality of the bait recommended. There are some negative comments on a specialist carp site for a start.
So my predicament is this: Do I accept that, regardless of bait quality, this one bait is the one to use because it has gone in all summer and all last year? Or do I take the opposite approach - this lake is quite hard and not too many fish come out - that the fish will now associate that bait with danger. In that case I would take a bait I am comfortable with.
What would you do? I have a week to establish a quality new bait. Or what you hedge bets and take a quantity of both?