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Article #37: ADVANCED CARP FISHING BAITS -- Carp ESSENTIAL VITAMINS for MAXIMUM Attraction and Nutrition!

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* Vitamins are ESSENTIAL proven TOP carp anglers are adopting a "more bulk oils in
attractors and additives! * my bait, equals more fish on the bank"
Vitamins are essential for healthy carp mentality. But this is a very damaging to
and this applies whether they are fish!
commercially farmed or wild carp! Farmed * Fat levels and carp induced vitamin E
carp are given a vitamin supplement deficiency:
mixture, usually combined with the Fat levels incorporated via the dry base
essential minerals and trace elements mix, especially containing high-fat, oily
that are also required for optimum carp fish ingredients, are often enough to
growth and weight gain. satisfy basic carp dietary needs.
These nutrients are essential to a carp's 'Overloading' with fish derived, or,
health, growth, and 'sense of 'bulk food', or 'fish feed inducing', or
well-being.' They may exist in an other oils, can be detrimental. The
environment rich in natural food, recommended usage rates are 15 to 30
possibly supplemented frequently with milliliters maximum per pound of dry
anglers' baits. But if a carp is boilie base mix.
deficient in a particular nutrient even Pure salmon oil is particularly
like one essential vitamin, it may well recommended, especially for lower ware
eat your bait instinctively to fulfil temperatures in the winter. This is
that dietary need! because this oil has extremely healthy
* The vitamins most essential to carp, effects on the body and processes of the
and carp baits based on carp nutritional carp, and is very easily digested.
trials: * Other carp essential vitamins and their
Vitamin A ('IU' with antioxidant sources:
effects,), A ('RE') also has antioxidant B vitamins are listed repeatedly in
effects. Vitamin B1 (thiamine), B2 commercial feeds. Often it's B1, B6 and
(riboflavin), B3 (for growth), B5, B6, B12. This seems to reflect the carp
and B12. Other B vitamins are responsible catching success of carp bait ingredients
for metabolism of amino acids and fats. which are high in these vitamins!
Vitamin C is for good digestion and Brewers yeasts, deactivated bakers
antioxidant effects. D, E (an yeasts, and yeast extract, are excellent
antioxidant,) H (for blood cell sources of B 'complex' vitamins. They
formation), K (for blood clotting.) Then also provide essential minerals and trace
there are vitamin M, niacin, folate, elements, and are very well proven
pantothenic acid and inositol. attractors! Brewer's yeast is, even used
All these can be excellent carp as an important food supplement in the
attractors, being essential for a healthy health industry.
carp. They are either included in your Yeasts are full of the 'palatability' and
bait by using ingredients that are rich taste enhancer, L-glutamic acid, one of
in them, or by adding a vitamin the most abundant amino acids found in
supplement in powdered or liquid form. nature. It is also used in 'monosodium
Seafoods are very rich in vitamins, such glutamate', another famous taste
as the easily digestible crustacean oils. enhancer.
Fish liver oils, like cod liver oil, are Pure ('pharmaceutical grade') liver
an excellent supplier of vitamins A and powder is another great source of B
D, and these are fat soluble. Seafood has vitamins that catches carp extremely
good levels of niacin, particularly well; and it smells really pungent!
water-soluble B vitamins, including B12, Corn steep liquor and molasses are often
B6 and thiamine. (They are also an used in baits for their vitamin, mineral
excellent sources of minerals!) and trace elements nutritional
Vitamins, minerals and trace elements are attraction.
best used in fresh, natural form for the The proficient angler will often cover
best absorption and synthesis in the all nutritional bait angles over a range
carp's body. A few successful commercial of baits and frequently in a single
spray-dried fruit juice baits have been bait.! A single source of easily
designed around vitamin C, and it is a obtained, balanced nutrition, in boilie
very important, essential vitamin to form is often most successful. It often
carp. has the long term 'edge' in producing big
Like vitamin E, vitamin C has protective carp captures over lower quality baits
antioxidant properties; very healthy! with little biologically available carp
Carp seem to love these. In aquaculture nutrients.
feeds, vitamin C is 'phosphorylated' However, even a low food value boilie
(stabilized with phosphorous,) so getting soaked in a mineral and vitamin
the best from this important combination supplement, will prove much superior to
of phosphorus and ascorbic acid! the same bait without! You too may well
Carp need vitamin C especially, and in discover that minerals and vitamins are
'carp rearing stew ponds,' where algae actually great attractors in their own
are not available vitamin C is especially right!
supplemented for healthy carp growth. A It has been observed that certain
Spirulina phytoplankton, (blue-green vitamins like niacin, vitamin B6 and B12,
algae,) is commercially produced used as folic acid etc, and essential minerals,
a supplement! along with betaine and amino acids in
Vitamin D has a possible role in calcium baits, seem to promote very good
absorption in carp. Deficiency of vitamin results...
E in carp has been caused by excessive The author has many more fishing and bait
oil levels in carp baits in some UK 'edges' up his sleeve. Every single one
fisheries; carp liver damage was the can have a huge impact on catches.
result! Sadly, many UK anglers have seen (Warning: This article is protected by
many big carp with a bulging body, where copyright, but reprints with a link are
the carp's liver has been damaged and OK.)
swollen. By Tim Richardson. 'The thinking angler's
Fish meal baits have dominated the UK fishing author and expert bait making
bait scene for 20 years plus. More guru.






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