Monday 30 April 2012


Anyway i have had my first fish on your crustaceans boilies on a rig i like to call the halo rig and had two hook pulls on your ss boilies also abit gutted about that and i will attach a pic of the 19.4lb common.

Many thanks Anthony Bryant









Hi i am relatively new to fish been doing it just over 5 years started off slow but i have learnt quick but still have plenty more to learn both my pb common and mirror carp are at 35lb. I am going to be fishing a small club in staffordshire while on waiting list for redesmere.




Sunday 22 April 2012

Just put more tackle up on www.celticbait.com tell me what you think!

Friday 20 April 2012

Hi Brian , not sure why its taken me so long to look at your website www.celticbait.com , but
let me congratulate you on a very professional looking site ! nice one ! i
won that match not with a huge bag of fish ! 21lb and few ounces second place
was only 9lb and few onces . twelve anglers turned out and did well to fish
through wet and windy conditions ! so i was well pleased m8 and g-nut did
the trick ! thats my first match win ever ! am i hooked on match fishing
ermmmmmmmmmmm nope im a carper at heart and i hope to one day return to my
first love of fishing and test some of your baits ! keep up the good work and
chat soon !

Its things like this that make it worth while!

Monday 16 April 2012


On the 12th April i went to a new water in coastal suffolk armed with 3kg of G-Nuts dumbell. I did the usual bank walk for about an hour or so scanning for signs of fish. I decided to settle on the north bank on the 4th swim up giving me a lot of water with two gravel bars in front of me and an island to my left. Clipped up two rods to a spot just off furthest bar. I then catapulted about a kilo of G-Nut out over the marked spot. The third rod i used as a roaming rod with pva bags of boilie. Traps set i settled down for the evening with a brew and dinner. About 11pm right hand lets out a couple of bleeps and then a gentle steady take. Picked rod up and knew instantly it wasnt a carp. It came in easy and as it came to the bank i saw a tench of about 3lb. Safely in the net unhooked and safely released. Not what i was after but my confidence was growing as at least fish were feeding. Rod back onto spot, back to bed i think.
4am ish the other rod on baited spot went off. It was a better take and thought it must be a carp.
Sadly another tench. Didnt bother putting rod back out. About 5am or just after the rod left on baited spot was off and i hit into what i knew was a carp.
Safely in it was a lovely little common of 11lb.
The next day the wind swung round and i moved to be in teeth of the northerly. Settled into new swim and found a large spot between the canadian weed.
5am one of the rods on the baited clear spot was off and hit into what felt like a good fish. It stayed deep for most of the fight but eventually into my net went a lovely 20lb common.
The G-Nuts had done me proud. Celticbait had done me proud.
Thankyou guys.
Apologies for poor quality of pics. Phone packed in i have now a camera in my armoury.
Cant wait to be back on the bank.



Sunday 8 April 2012

Now I don't want anybody laughing at me or taking the piss! my first fish in 12 months, on the bait with no name yet!

Thursday 5 April 2012






Well just a couple of pictures from the lake! the season as is has ended so get on to www.celticbait.com and get all you fishing tackle and bait sorted for this season! roll on june the 16 (for them that now about the closed season)

Monday 2 April 2012

Now go to: www.celticbait.com and see what you are missing!!!

Sunday 1 April 2012


John Gets a new PB on celtic bait! 27lb 4oz common & 18lb 10oz mirror
On Sunday the 25th of March I found myself at home with nothing planned, this was a perfect opportunity to get the rods out and head down to my local syndicate for my last session on there. I arrived at the lake in the evening sunshine and set about finding some carp, within 5 minutes I found most of the lakes stock at one end of the lake, near two islands. I unloaded the car and began the mission round to the furthest away swim on the water. Once I arrived at the swim, I fished one rod to a gravel bar just off of one of the islands at 6ft deep. On this rod I fished a 14mm Crustaceans Boilie and used the throwing stick to put about 15 freebees around the spot. On the other rod I fished a 14mm G-Nut Dumbbell and cast 5 metres up my left hand margin to a small gravel spot, I then decorated the spot with around 15 freebees and 2 handfuls of Celtic Baits Pellets. Within 15 minutes the left hand rod rattled off and I connected with an angry fish, another 15 minutes later and the fish was worn out and lay in the confines of the net.
17lb Common caught on a 14mm Crustaceans Boilie After a few photos and weighing the fish, it was slipped back to safety, for another angler to enjoy sometime. I placed the bait back on the spot 5 metres away and topped the spot up with a few free baits. No longer than 10 minutes after, the right hand rod had a belter and the fish seemed to just swim in towards me on the bank, when the fish realised what was happening it began to fight back, while playing the small mirror carp the left hand rod I had just cast out was off again, line peeling from the spool while I played another fish, luckily the mirror was ready for the net so I scooped it in and lifted into the other rod. As I lifted into the fish, I struggled to stop the surging run and after steering the carp around the island it put up a good account of itself in the deep margin, ploughing up and down for a good while. When the fish rolled on the surface I saw the orange flank of a fish I have caught before, I then had to net the Koi in the same net that the small mirror was in, which thankfully was a successful move.
2 in the net! Get in! After grabbing a quick breather, I took some snaps of the fish and returned them back to the lake with no fuss.
11lb Mirror caught on a 14mm Crustaceans Boilie.
17lb Koi caught on a 14mm G-Nut Dumbbell (And I’ve got my eyes shut!) Once the rods were placed back on the spots with some bait around them I set about putting the bivvy up, I unzipped the bag and lifted the bivvy out, as I did this the right hand rod had a drop back, the rod had been out for 5 minutes and was once again in on the action. I tightened down to the fish and began the scrap in the evening sunset, I kept steady pressure and eventually got the better of the common.
16lb Common caught on a 14mm Crustaceans Boilie After the fourth fish the temperature suddenly dropped and the night time weather was freezing, the bites had slowed down but faith was restored when I had a slow take on my left hand rod, the fight was strange as the carp didn’t move much but it wouldn’t stop shaking its head, luckily the lead clip system had worked a treat so I was in direct contact with the fish and within ten minutes the fish was on the landing mat.
14lb Ghostie caught on a 14mm G-Nut Dumbbell After this, I returned to the warmth of my sleeping bag, but comfort was soon interrupted but a one toner which unfortunately ended in a lost carp due to a hook pull. I placed the bait back on the spot and got my head down for a bit, 2 hours later the rod cast towards the island was off, I had cast the rod slightly past the gravel bar I was fishing earlier as the water is a little deeper at around 9ft. I landed the common with no problems and after weighing I slipped it straight back as my phone was out of battery….no photos…. typical! The common registered at 14lb on the scales. The morning came and as I took my first sip of a nice warm brew the right hand rod had another drop back, I clambered out of my bivvy and reeled into a fish, the fight was short but spirited and resulted in a 12lb Common.
12lb Common caught on a 14mm Crustaceans Boilie This fish drew the session to a close, I was chuffed to bits with the results as only one other carp had been caught all weekend and as this was my last session on the lake, it made it all the more special and certainly one to remember. The night temperature was ridiculous, even my sleeping bag frosted over! I packed up and left for home knowing once again that Celtic Baits had done the business! Get on the Celtics!