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Berkley - Power Naturals - Carp Bait
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Gaffer on 16 November, 2002 04:00:00
 
Well, this has got to be the first review that Ive done for AnglersNet where I
didnt want to share the results with anyone!
I had been looking for a hookbait for about two years that Carp would just
love, yet would stand up to attentions of Crayfish.
Ive tried everything from painting and drilling pebbles to carved wooded
boilies, Solars Jail Baits to injecting paste into drilled ping-pong balls
before boiling them, but nothing worked consistently enough for me to feel
confident in using.
Then in a chance conversation I got to hear about a new wonder bait from
Berkley called Power Naturals Carp Bait that would solve all of my problems. 
(If Id got a quid for every time I heard that Id probably be a millionaire!)
After a few phone calls to those in the know a parcel dropped on my doorstep
containing the Carp Bait.  On opening the jars of hookbaits I was shocked to
find that they had a firm rubbery feel to them, and werent rock-hard as I
thought theyd be, totally the opposite.  Carp Baits are very tough, so tough
that they wont tear, rip or be crushed to destruction by hand.  Even my
fingernails couldnt make an impression on them.
That weekend saw the Carp Bait fished along side my usual rock-hard boilie
hookbait.  Immediately the tell tale two-bleep lift followed by a two-bleep
drop-back on both rods signalled the unwanted attentions of a Crayfish.  After
20 minutes of double bleeps the alarms sat silent telling me that the Crayfish
had consumed my hookbaits, or so I thought.  By the way, on this particular
water for a boilie to last an hour is pretty damn good!
Both rods were reeled in and sure enough the boilie had gone, but the Carp Bait
was still on the hair, I was most impressed, the Crayfish just gave up on it! 
I now had a massive edge over other anglers on this water, no more setting of
alarm clocks every hour through the night, all I had to do now was catch!
That night resulted in two Tench, one just over 7lbs and the other just over
8lbs, both caught on the same Scarpex (Scopex) flavoured Carp Bait hookbait,
which went on to last all night smelling and looking as good as it did when it
left the jar.
It wasnt long before a Carp fell to the Carp Bait Hookbait in the shape of a
feisty Mirror weighing 14lb 2oz.
Not the biggest fish Ive ever caught, but pleasing all the same, especially
when the angler in the next swim commented that itd been 3 years since hed
caught his last carp on this difficult Cray-filled water!
Both baits after 30 minutes of Crayfish attentions! Carp Bait, left.  Rock-hard
Boilie, right.
The Power Naturals Carp Bait is biodegradable and wont harm the Carp
internally should one be swallowed.  Unfortunately because of their
biodegradable make-up they can only be used once. Having said that, one tub of
Power Naturals still lasts me at least twice as long as a tub of my usual
pop-ups!
Carp Baits come in a variety of flavours and complementary dips such as,
Strawberry Hit, Scarpex (Scopex), Fish Protein, Asian Spice and Natural
Organic.
Berkley Power Naturals Carp Bait can be bought from most good tackle shops at a
price of around £6.50 per tub. The dips should be around £4.99.
Garth 'Gaffer' Barnard
November, 2002