| rp anglers also target barbel and both these hard | | | | garlic, or the blue cheese powder for example; |
| fighting exciting fish can be caught on homemade | | | | your fish will certainly notice these new additions. |
| baits with the same ingredients and effects. | | | | Add 20 to 30 millilitres of trout and halibut marine |
| Certain ingredients are particularly successful for | | | | oil for warmer temperatures. Substitute this for |
| both so read on... | | | | 30 millilitres of liquid betaine if under about 15 or |
| Here are details of a beginner recipe for carp and | | | | 16 degrees. |
| barbel; this is not especially scientific at all and is | | | | Betaine is a potent feeding trigger which can |
| based on making a pound of base mix; simply | | | | literally turn off fish receptors in effect, if included |
| double everything to produce nearly a kilogram of | | | | at too high a rate; just like concentrated solvent |
| mix instead: | | | | based flavours. This is despite it being a naturally |
| Mix all dry powders together thoroughly and mix | | | | abundant substance; even we contain it and |
| the liquids and eggs separately before adding the | | | | benefit from it nutritionally and in other healthy |
| powder to the liquids and eggs bit by bit to make | | | | ways too. |
| a bait dough; baits can be used on a hair-rig as | | | | If you make a mistake with your mix, just add |
| paste or boilies. | | | | more base mix powders or more of your liquid |
| You could start off with a bait that is simply 8 | | | | mixture. I have even been known to simply add |
| ounces of white or brown fishmeal or halibut (or | | | | plain wheat flour, (or maize flour or semolina) and |
| other fish pellet powder,) with 4 ounces of | | | | eggs, plus a little salt, into a bait mix gone wrong; |
| semolina and 4 ounces of soya flour with 4 eggs, | | | | perhaps when it was too sticky, runny, dry, |
| and 30 millilitres of trout and marine halibut pellet | | | | crumbly or whatever. |
| oil for instance. | | | | I then really remix the bait extremely thoroughly |
| The bait mix below takes things a little further: | | | | with whatever is needed whether dry powders or |
| 4 ounces of semolina. | | | | binding eggs and extra liquids; to be honest the |
| 4 ounces of soya flour. | | | | fish do not seem to notice because these |
| 4 ounces of low temperature fish meal (e.g.LT94) | | | | messed-up baits still catch! |
| or of trout or halibut pellet powder. | | | | Having a bait mix go wrong at the mixing stage is |
| Add a heaped teaspoon of sea salt or half an | | | | a fact of life for everyone in experimentation |
| ounce per pound preferably of a specifically | | | | whether you are just staring to make your own |
| designed mineral, vitamin and trace elements | | | | baits, or have been doing it over 30 years like |
| source; such as Cyprivit from Ccmoore (per | | | | me. When it happens to me when making |
| pound of dry bait powders.) This seriously boosts | | | | homemade mixes (and even some doctored |
| nutritional attraction and feeding stimulation both | | | | commercial mixes,) it is rarely if ever a disaster |
| short and long-term! | | | | and such mixtures will catch even if not exactly |
| Add 2 ounces of blue cheese or parmesan | | | | the bait that was planned; some are even |
| powder per pound of bait. The yeast, salts, | | | | solutions to other bait and bait application |
| predigested proteins, flavours, aromas, butyric | | | | problems. Crumbly baits and even sloppy baits |
| acid content and so, on make these cheese | | | | have their uses of course! |
| additives and ingredients very good particularly in | | | | The liquid content of your bait is absolutely |
| low temperatures. | | | | paramount and these are a bit like magnets |
| Try Ccmoore for blue cheese powder; it’s | | | | charging up the water and lighting the way for |
| cheaper than getting parmesan cheese from | | | | fish not only to locate your baits but to even find |
| supermarkets! | | | | them too irresistible to avoid consuming |
| (When making a bait with cheese powders it is a | | | | ravenously, in an already greatly excited state of |
| great idea to add anchovy extract too from the | | | | mood! |
| supermarket or even better, Ccmoore supply a | | | | Using liquids in baits, ground baits, and particles, |
| concentrated anchovy extract which is excellent; | | | | pastes, and even pellets and chunks of fish and |
| try half an ounce or an ounce and it can really | | | | meats etc, all offer you great opportunities to |
| boost things.) | | | | multiply the performance of your baits with liquids |
| Add an ounce of garlic powder per pound of bait | | | | to multiply your catches. Even using just one liquid |
| to your dry powders. You will find it is especially | | | | can make all the difference. |
| good in cold weather and it is packed with | | | | The Ccmoore product called Feedstim XP has |
| antioxidants which like wheatgerm, reduce blood | | | | proven to be outstanding. Or you might choose to |
| cholesterol levels, and effect release of energy | | | | combine liquid lecithin, predigested salmon protein |
| more efficiently for example. (Such effects are | | | | and pure salmon oil from Carpfishingpellets for |
| especially vital in low temperatures when fish are | | | | instance. These examples are unique and are |
| especially lethargic and generally unwilling to feed...) | | | | exceptionally well proven bait additions (and new |
| (Garlic salt in my opinion is not as effective as | | | | to most fisheries at this time!) |
| pure garlic powder teamed with Cyprivit or natural | | | | This bait will catch big carp and big barbel (and big |
| sea or rock salt because these are richer in | | | | catfish,) although adding Newfields Bait’s |
| nutritional stimulation.) | | | | unique grade of green lipped mussel extract, or |
| Have you noticed people with a healthy heart and | | | | Ccmoore’s squid powder and marine amino |
| circulation system tend to be far more active and | | | | compound, are extremely very productive and |
| energetic? Countries where the diet includes high | | | | well proven too. Bait is so much more than it first |
| levels of antioxidants from fish oils, garlic, onion, | | | | appears and this simple bait mix is far from a |
| and curry spices for example have much lower | | | | truly balanced nutritional bait mix made to appeal |
| rates of heart disease. This is one of the most | | | | to all fish senses and nutritional requirements. |
| common diet related common killers in mankind to | | | | You might have noticed there is no added flavour |
| do with diet, excluding alcohol, (and smoking, | | | | in this particular bait but thinking again you will |
| among others.) | | | | realise it is really flavour-packed. The ingredients |
| Add 4 hen eggs. | | | | and substances within this bait are all very well |
| As a nutritional alternative you might add 2 | | | | proven. Why not try it or at least a version of it |
| ounces of purified blood meal and 2 ounces of | | | | and really enjoy a new personal best on your |
| whey protein concentrate instead of either the | | | | very own unique homemade bait... |