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CC Moore Pacific Tuna Pop Ups
Pacific Tuna Pop Ups — white, yellow and pink
High-vis colours, a meaty-shellfish flavour blend and claimed long-lasting buoyancy. These are built to make your hookbait stand out — just check the balance before you bosh it out.
- Available in white, yellow and pink.
- Listed pot counts are 55 baits for 12mm and 45 baits for 14mm.
- Highly buoyant hookbaits with a durable skin advertised to maintain buoyancy for 24 hours or more.
- Suitable for single-hookbait fishing and snowman presentations.
Make sure it’s the right one. This covers the coloured Pacific Tuna Pop Ups. The extra-firm skin and specific Chod, Ronnie and Hinged Stiff rig recommendations relate to the pink version.
Tackle Index Score
Tackle Index score
Scores based on the maker's stated features for the stated features and practical usefulness; value remains price-dependent and no catch-rate improvement is assumed.
- Product Quality8.8/10
- Performance8.8/10
- Impact on Fish Catching7.7/10
- Ease of Use8.8/10
- Value for Money8.3/10
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Who it suits
Is it right for you?
Great for
- Carpers wanting a bright single hookbait. You get a conspicuous hookbait with the Pacific Tuna attraction profile without needing to introduce a bed of feed.
- Anglers adding contrast to Pacific Tuna presentations. These bring a bright visual element while keeping the hookbait within the same flavour family.
Maybe skip if
- Anglers wanting a subtle, matching bottom bait. These are coloured floating hookbaits, not discreet sinking boilies.
- Anyone expecting a ready-balanced rig straight from the pot. The finished presentation still needs checking with your chosen hook, attachment and counterweight.
The lowdown
Introducing the CC Moore Pacific Tuna Pop Ups
High-vis colours, a meaty-shellfish flavour blend and claimed long-lasting buoyancy. These are built to make your hookbait stand out — just check the balance before you bosh it out.
- Available in white, yellow and pink.
- Listed pot counts are 55 baits for 12mm and 45 baits for 14mm.
- Highly buoyant hookbaits with a durable skin advertised to maintain buoyancy for 24 hours or more.
- Suitable for single-hookbait fishing and snowman presentations.
Quick verdict
A handy standout bait, not a shortcut to a bite
Pacific Tuna Pop Ups make sense if you want a bright, buoyant hookbait with a savoury attraction profile. They offer useful options for singles, snowmen and suitably balanced pop-up rigs.
We haven’t tested them on the bank. The advertised buoyancy is encouraging, but your hook, rig hardware and any booster still need checking together. Buy them for presentation options, not promises of a screaming take.
Scores based on the maker's stated features for the stated features and practical usefulness; value remains price-dependent and no catch-rate improvement is assumed.
- Product Quality
- 8.8/10
- Performance
- 8.8/10
- Impact on Fish Catching
- 7.7/10
- Ease of Use
- 8.8/10
- Value for Money
- 8.3/10
The durable-skin design and extra-firm pink option suggest a well-considered hookbait
High buoyancy and the advertised 24-hour-plus duration offer useful potential for pop-up presentations, subject to rig checks.
Colour and buoyancy give you presentation options, but there’s no basis here to promise more bites.
They fit familiar single-hookbait and snowman approaches, with the usual balancing work still needed.
The stated pot counts offer plenty of hookbait changes, although a firm value judgement needs the actual selling price.
Head to head
How it stacks up
Side by side with the closest kit we've reviewed. This updates as we add more reviews.
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The full rundown
Everything you'll want to know about the CC Moore Pacific Tuna Pop Ups
CC Moore Pacific Tuna Pop Ups are for those moments when you want the hookbait to stand out rather than disappear into the dinner. You get bright colours and the range’s meaty-shellfish flavour blend in a buoyant hookbait, giving you a savoury alternative to the sweet-smelling high-vis options filling plenty of bait bags. That’s the appeal in plain English, mate. We haven’t tested these on the bank, so this is a look at what they offer and how they fit into a sensible carp-fishing approach, not a tale about a made-up brace.
White, yellow and pink give you three ways to change the visual side of the presentation. That’s dead handy when you fancy trying something different without immediately changing the whole rig or baiting plan. There isn’t a universal winning colour, though. Water clarity, light, the lakebed and what the fish have already been seeing can all influence your choice. Treat the colours as options rather than a pecking order. A bright hookbait can draw attention, but attention and a confident pickup aren’t automatically the same thing.
The attraction profile is the other half of the package. These contain the Pacific Tuna meaty-shellfish blend, so the high-vis appearance doesn’t mean you’re switching to a fruity hookbait. If you already fish Pacific Tuna feed, that gives you a straightforward way to add contrast while staying within the same flavour family. You can also fish them as singles; there’s no requirement to buy the whole matching bait range. Location still comes first, mind. A cracking hookbait on an empty patch of lake is still on an empty patch of lake.
Buoyancy is where a pop-up has to earn its place in the tackle bag. These are described as highly buoyant, with a durable skin advertised to maintain buoyancy for 24 hours or more. That sounds useful for longer periods between recasts, but don’t confuse a floating bait with a correctly balanced rig. The hook, swivel, bait attachment and any putty all affect the finished result. Before casting, lower the complete presentation into the margin or a suitable container and watch how it settles. A little check now can save a lot of doubt later.
The pink version has a more specific brief: it’s extra firm and designed for Chod, Ronnie and Hinged Stiff rigs. Those details shouldn’t automatically be carried across to every colour as if they’re identical. With any of those rigs, you’re looking for the bait to support the parts it needs to lift while the counterweight controls the presentation. Don’t just add a lump of putty and hope for the best. Make small adjustments, check the hook’s position and make sure the rig behaves as intended before it goes anywhere near your spot.
There’s a simpler route too: use one as the top half of a snowman. Paired with a sinking bottom bait, the pop-up adds colour and can reduce the combined bait’s effective weight in water. The important word is can. Different bottom baits, hooks and pop-up sizes change the balance, so a snowman isn’t automatically a slow-sinking setup just because it looks bob on in your hand. Check the whole lot wet. If you’re fishing a single pop-up instead, keep the height and rig choice suited to the bottom you’ve found.
For buying, the listed options include 12mm pots containing 55 baits and 14mm pots containing 45. Pink also appears in a listing described as 13–14mm, again with 45 baits, so give the selected size a proper glance before checking out. Those counts help you compare cost per bait once you’ve got an actual shop price in front of you. There’s no need to stock every colour straight away. One sensible choice you understand is more useful than three pots you keep swapping between whenever the bobbins stay still.
The pink version uses CCM Pop Up Mix to encourage flavour and attractor leakage, and its surface texture is suitable for a matching Hookbait Booster coating. That’s an optional tweak, not another purchase you need before the bait becomes usable. If you add liquid, recheck the rig afterwards rather than assuming nothing has changed. Overall, these offer a useful combination of visibility, savoury attraction and presentation flexibility. Whether you’re flicking a single towards showing fish or fishing over a clipped-up baited spot, the basics still matter more than the colour in the pot.
Specifications
The nuts and bolts
- Hookbait type
- High-visibility, highly buoyant pop-ups
- Colours
- White, yellow and pink
- Sizes and pot counts
- 12mm: 55 baits; 14mm: 45 baits. A pink listing also describes the larger size as 13–14mm.
- Attraction profile
- Meaty-shellfish Pacific Tuna flavour blend
- Advertised buoyancy
- Durable skin maintains buoyancy for 24 hours or more
- Pink version
- Extra firm; designed for Chod, Ronnie and Hinged Stiff rigs
Specs checked with CC Moore, Oct 2026.
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Our take
Bright outside, savoury attraction
You don’t have to choose between a high-vis hookbait and the Pacific Tuna meaty-shellfish blend. These combine both, whether you’re fishing a single or adding contrast over a baited spot.
The useful bit is flexibility: pick a colour, balance the finished rig and adjust the presentation to the lakebed rather than expecting the bait to do all the graft.
What you’re buying
Closer look: colour and lift with a Pacific Tuna twist
These are dedicated floating hookbaits, rather than feed boilies or ready-balanced wafters. Their job is to add buoyancy and visibility to your chosen presentation. The Pacific Tuna blend supplies the meaty-shellfish attraction, while white, yellow and pink give you different visual options.
Pink gets the extra-firm description and the explicit Chod, Ronnie and Hinged Stiff rig recommendations. Its CCM Pop Up Mix is intended to encourage attractor leakage, with a surface suitable for a matching booster coating. Useful features on paper, but neither firmness nor flavour release has been independently checked by us.
Worth knowing. The 24-hours-or-more buoyancy claim concerns the bait. Your complete rig is a different proposition. Check it with the actual hook and hardware you’ll cast, and give it a longer soak-check if you’re planning to leave it out through a bite-time.
Your kind of fishing?
Who it suits: singles, snowmen and bright hookbait fans
These suit carpers who like carrying a bright single-hookbait option, including for short trips when finding fish matters more than building a big baited area. They also fit neatly alongside Pacific Tuna feed if you want a hookbait that contrasts visually without changing flavour family.
Snowman users get another way to adjust colour and buoyancy, although the right pairing depends on the bottom bait. Don’t choose a size purely because it looks tidy. Check how the complete bait and hook settle, then adjust the combination if it’s lifting more than you intended.
They’re less useful if your whole approach relies on a discreet bottom bait matching the freebies. And while a pop-up can help present a hookbait above some light debris, it doesn’t make an unsuitable spot clean. Find out what you’re fishing over and choose the rig accordingly.
Before you cast
FAQs in full: the practical bits
Which pot should you buy? Start with the hookbait size your rig needs, then pick the colour you want to try. The listed counts are 55 for 12mm and 45 for 14mm. Because pink is also described as 13–14mm in one listing, check the exact option rather than relying on the product photograph.
Do they need booster? No. They already contain the Pacific Tuna flavour blend. The pink bait’s textured surface is suitable for a matching Hookbait Booster, but that’s an optional adjustment. Follow the booster’s directions and check buoyancy after treatment; more liquid isn’t automatically a better presentation.
Can you trust one overnight? The advertised buoyancy duration is 24 hours or more, but that doesn’t settle the question for every rig. A soak-check with your actual setup gives you a better starting point. Recheck whenever you change hook size, hardware or bait treatment — boring little jobs, but proper useful ones.
On paper
Pros & cons
What we like
- Three bright colours give you useful visual options.
- Pacific Tuna’s meaty-shellfish blend offers a savoury high-vis choice.
- Useful across single-hookbait and snowman presentations.
- Clear bait counts make comparing pot value straightforward.
Worth knowing
- Bright colours aren’t the answer when you want a discreet hookbait.
- Advertised buoyancy doesn’t guarantee every hook and rig combination will balance correctly.
- Pink size descriptions vary between listings, so check the selected pot carefully.
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Your questions answered
What anglers want to know
The stuff you’d ask your mate on the next peg. Straight answers, no waffle.
01What sizes and colours are available?
What sizes and colours are available?
White, yellow and pink are listed. The stated pot counts are 55 baits in 12mm and 45 in 14mm. Pink also appears described as 13–14mm with 45 baits, so check the individual listing before ordering.
02Can I use them on a Ronnie or Chod rig?
Can I use them on a Ronnie or Chod rig?
The extra-firm pink version is specifically designed for Chod, Ronnie and Hinged Stiff rigs. Check that the actual bait supports your chosen hook and hardware, then balance the finished presentation.
03Will they stay buoyant overnight?
Will they stay buoyant overnight?
They’re advertised as maintaining buoyancy for 24 hours or more. That isn’t a guarantee that any finished rig will sit correctly for that long. Soak-check your setup, particularly if you’ve added booster or changed the hook size.
What anglers say
The word from the bank
Our read: a handy standout bait, not a shortcut to a bite. The strongest reasons to choose it are three bright colours give you useful visual options. and pacific tuna’s meaty-shellfish blend offers a savoury high-vis choice.; the main trade-off is bright colours aren’t the answer when you want a discreet hookbait..
Our take on the feedback
Why it appeals
Checked Sept '26 — “Three bright colours give you useful visual options.”
Best fit
Checked Sept '26 — “Carpers wanting a bright single hookbait: You get a conspicuous hookbait with the Pacific Tuna attraction profile without needing to introduce a bed of feed.”
Worth knowing
Checked Sept '26 — “Bright colours aren’t the answer when you want a discreet hookbait.”
Tackle Index’s take from the product details and fishing fit we checked. We haven’t found enough independent public feedback to call this an angler consensus yet.
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