Carp Bait Secrets Do Not Exist - But the Unbiased Truth is They Do!

Whatever anyone says to the contrary - you willsensitive to substances carp need to survive (like
always keep on catching fish despite your baits notamino acids and trace elements minerals etc) and
being sorted down the first, second or third limitingwhich are able to cross adapt in order to exploit new
amino acid! In fact the proof of this is absolutelysubstances or to detect new threats. Transduction is
everywhere now and down the decades as verythe bio-chemical electrical nervous responses involving
few bait companies have ever been sophisticatedspecial proteins in specialised receptor cells in the
enough to design their baits this way! There willnose (or nasal openings) of carp for instance.)
always be carp bait secrets both in terms of yet toI contacted many of the biggest UK bait company
be discovered scientific discoveries, substances thatbosses and not one of them could answer me
work despite a lack of scientific basis and thoseprecisely how flavours really work in terms of how
things that work more due to the fact that carp arethey are detected except Rod Hutchinson who
dynamically associative learning individuals each with aindicated as much. But you would think they would
unique capacity for adaptation to new opportunitiesactually know how the most basic thing as exactly
for available energy - and able to avoid threatshow their products work! This is because they
because their greatest instinct is for survival!definitely give you that impression by using all those
So obviously anyone who is arrogant enough toflashy techno names like B-this, G-this, K-this and T-
state that there is nothing new in carp baits today isthat!
very severely deluded! Science is only based on whatYou see my big problem relates to this kind of
science knows today yet science knows virtuallyexample: Water is the worlds most efficient ioniser
nothing about most things despite what school booksmeaning that our bait substances dissolve into it
might pretend to condition us to believe! If you areextremely well and these substances can then be
feeling some resistance here it just proves you havedetected as they wash around the sensory cells on
been very well-conditioned - just in the same waythe microscopic cell-covered hairs right? After all
we ideally would condition fish to our baits!! Howthese guys insist that the carp detection of
many of you realise that subtle electrical fields aresubstances, from flavours to quaternary ammonium
detected by carp around your rigs and in the waterbases, to amino acids and organic acids like butyric
around your leads, hooks, swivels and even youracid must have something to do with the exchange
boilies (full of ion exchangers and electrolytes etc!)of ions at the receptor cells. Betaine and salts are
On this basis what can you deduce might be going ongreat examples of ion exchangers of course. Carp do
in the detection of inert rubber or plastic fake baitsnot even detect all the same stimulatory amino acids
too - regardless of whether they reflect or give offin their smell organs as they do using their internal or
ultraviolet light in daytime in turbid waters or at night?external taste (gustatory) organs and senses. When
Carp being predominantly suction filter feeders spendtested, the set of amino acids that most stimulates
much of their time with their heads buried insmell causing feeding differs from the set which most
suspended particles when actually actively feeding; sostimulates feeding via the gustatory senses...
is it any surprise that carp are sensitive to both theThis should really make you think what the heck is
infrared and ultraviolet ranges of the light spectrum?!going on when a carp senses your bait using all its
Certain proteins in natural aquatic food itemssenses at once. It is my feeling they can see the
fluoresce or give off electrochemical light energyultraviolet given off by certain aquatic-born proteins
which I have no doubt carp naturally exploit intoo - time will tell but we still know very little about
detecting food; but carp science has yet to catch upcarp senses because lets face it we know barely
on this point (and which is precisely the point of thisanything about the human brain yet so how can we
article!)possibly know about the in-sentient carp brain?! For all
And the trouble with pretty much all but one of thethose carp anglers who think they know that carp
carp magazines (Carp Fisher) is that they are verysmell their protein food using the water-borne ion
much blatant advertising vehicles - so how can youexchange that occurs in the nose at the cillia in the
possibly spot the real unbiased truth about baits fromolfactory membrane, so resulting in nerve
these today?! It could be argued that most articlestransduction - I will let you into a little secret. Carp
about carp baits 25 plus years or more ago werecannot possibly depend on this to smell their most
much more aligned with integrity and truth with veryessential amino acids that keep them alive!
little bias in the commercial sense than is seenThey must have some other unknown sensory
universally today in carp fishing magazines! It is nomechanism occurring; the evidence is clear! (Refer to
wonder someone will write over-hyped magazinethe Oxford chemistry journal volume 14, number 2
articles on bait saying there are absolutely no secretsand the abstract from the twenty-second
in carp fishing baits, while offering his own biasedsymposium on taste and smell entitled: Odor
opinions on bait-making and trying to give thediscrimination and transduction mechanisms in olfaction
impression no other bait than a limited aminoby Makoto Kashiwayanagi.)
acid-sorted nutritional bait is up to the job and by theIn this leading Japanese experiment on olfactory
way his bait company sells such baits.) Such rubbish istransduction via cillia all the carp olfactory cillia were
all a fallacy because it aims to brainwash you into oneremoved, yet a highly significant transduction
very narrow approach and way of thinking. Anythingresponse to amino acids occurred during testing. How
that narrows or constricts your thinking is in effectcan this be - all the carp anglers are claiming that ion
brainwashing and is simply geared to get you to buyinduced transduction is how flavours and amino acids
his bait!etc are detected?! Not only this, but in related
Science (or pseudo-science) is not the ultimateexperiments in the bull frog and stink turtle, the
answer nor limiting factor to potential carp baitsolfactory membrane was stimulated using substances
because it is always out of date! For instance, untilcontaining no ions at all! (But remember -There is
this month - scientists thought we need both sidesnothing new in carp baits is there?!)
of our brain (present and intact,) to enable us toNone of these bait guru guys will tell you much of
have full left and right fields of vision in our left andthis stuff simply because of one fact - they do not
right eyes. But no, in July 2009 science was provenknow it all; and they hate to admit being ignorant and
wrong - yet again! In this instance a girl has recentlythat their baits are ultimately only designed on
been specifically scientifically tested because she wasconjecture and guesswork! And as one biochemist
born with only her left brain hemisphere - and yetonce said to me; there are few scientific absolutes in
she lives a normal life! Even more incredibly, her opticcarp baits!
nerves connecting hers eyes to her brain haveSure you might think no because you are attached
connected to the single hemisphere she has, her brainto carp needing those vital 10 amino acids for
adapted and miraculously she has normal left andinstance, but there is more to fish than being
right fields of vision!stationary robots - they are actively evolving
Now before this case scientists stated this was alldynamic beings responding and adapting to every
impossible - but they are so arrogant trapped in theirsingle threat and opportunity for new energy sources
entrenched ego-locked career-driven microcosmsin their environment. They are obviously far more
they cannot let go and see the truth of just howsensitive than science has yet proven! I think carp
little they really know. Todays science has come abait gurus egos are simply too sensitive unfortunately
long way in the last 100 years especially but forto admit the truth. Is the statement there is
everything we know it just shows us more that weabsolutely nothing new in carp bait, true - what do
don't yet have a clue about! More is known aboutyou think?!
space than our brains, minds and consciousness. InYou can fool carp into thinking they are going to get
fact we know more about space that the deepmore from a bait than they really get yet they can
oceans; yet no-one can tell us exactly where eelsbe fooled time and time again with baits that are far
mate! Until literally months ago even the mythicalfrom complete limiting amino acid-sorted HNV baits.
existence of giant squid was denied by science - untilThe major palatability factor in fish meals (and in fact
a real giant estimated by experts at the famousrelated to the immensely nutritionally-rich sea weeds
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute to be at leastand spirulina) is the amino acid called glutamine.
60 to 90 feet long was photographed. This was donePalatability is extremely important in carp baits
by using a tiny camera on the back of a live 5 footbecause it dictates the willingness of carp to actually
long squid that was sent down as natural bait for theconsume and swallow baits - repeatedly; so giving
monsters below! On average 37 new species areyou the maximum potential for the highest number
found in the deep seas every - week some over 6of times your hook baits get picked up and actually
feet long!taken back into the mouth and hooking carp. Sure
There are many life-saving new potential drugyou can cheat and add MSG or monosodium
substances being lost by the mass clearance ofglutamate to your baits just like they do in Chinese
rainforests for planting of soya bean, coffee, cocotakeaways but this leaves a bad after-taste and
and castor oil plants and other bio fuel crops etc. Thedigestive problems too, like eating hydrogenated
plants themselves will not even have been identifiedvegetable oil or the oxidised oils like those in less that
as new species and substances they offer will neverreally fresh high oil marine pellets.
be identified by science - because they will already beFor instance, in just once test packed my homemade
extinct! I think it makes great sense here to statebaits with a really special abalone extract extremely
bluntly that we need to stop using fish meals in carphigh in glutamine and the response in all my baits
baits if we have any realisation of just how fast fishincluding my fish meal, milk protein and much cheaper
are disappearing from our seas and oceans - manychick pea and maize flour type baits for instance
areas are completely barren today. In fact thehave all improved. (Pretty much all maize products
reason that the commonly used fishmeal LT94 fromhave very high palatability because one of the most
Norway is in such short supply is due to thepowerful stimulators of the carp palatial sensory cells
Norwegians and other nations fishing the North sea,is betaine - and this is in abundance in maize and
having their yearly catch quotas cut because the fishincidentally in all the related sweetcorn strains etc
stocks are simply not able to replenish themselvestoo.) But then 2 baits we all know that are addictive
fast enough to recover without danger of beingto carp - hemp seed and peanuts have chemicals
completely wiped out.that hit the basic carp brain and hit the more evolved
Like any other creatures, you need a minimum genehuman brain with that just one more effect so more
pool in existence, below which a species is extremelycan be leveraged than mere amino acids or betaine.
vulnerable to extinction. It is no justification sayingA koi feed formulation expert from Holland with 22
that LT94 is made from fishing bye-catch as theyears experience agreed with me that a mere 1
existence of all species in an ecosystem are allgram of betaine in a kilogram of boilie base mix is
related and that means to us humans too! In fact theenough to make all the difference in bait palatability
reason that enzyme-treated fish proteins became sotowards achieving repeated swallowing of feed or
incredibly important and became added to carp baitbaits (while enhancing the taste other substances
armoury was because South America need anincluding flavours of liquid and dry ingredients and liquid
efficient protein source for poorer populations. I hateamino acids complexes etc.)
to say it but the record porbeagle sharks thatLactose is milk sugar many anglers swear by and in
roamed off the Isle of Wight are few today - whenfact our adult human systems find it an irritant even
apex predators like that are over-fished it prettyin some extent to fatal over-sensitisation over years
much indicates whole ecosystems are in danger. It isof being exposed to it. You may have noticed it in all
like the krill populations being massively over-fishedkinds of foods wandering why it was included;
yet the earths biggest creatures the blue whalebecause it is addictive. In fact sugars of many kinds
depend upon them to survive.not only provide an instant energy boost but are
Ethically it is better to use alternative protein sourcesproven to alter DNA. This is to the extent that if you
like maize protein products and grain produced poultrydid not have a sweet tooth, but developed one
meals for sustainable protein than fish proteins, LT94perhaps by getting into the habit of having a high
or krill meals and extracts - does the pleasure ofsugar Snickers bar or sugary drink like Coke or Fanta
helping wipe out whole species taint the pleasure ofvery frequently your grand children will be born with
landing one more big carp?! The availability of basica sweet tooth due to the DNA alterations your habit
commodities of earth has just recently past a tippingbrought on.
point where the earth cannot sustain human demandEveryone knows food producers pack sugars and
by replenishing itself; this should definitely be takensalts into foods as much as possible. Taste receptors
into account when choosing bait ingredients!adapt and change to become even more sensitive to
All the global warming and excessive carbon footprintmany substances including these. The result is your
stuff is part of the problem of course but the bigbody ends up craving foods with these in preference
problem is that constant consumerism is the lifebloodto those foods without these, such as wheat or
of capitalism and it needs you to keep on buyinggluten free natural heath bars without sugar, salts
stuff. The earth simply cannot keep providing withoutand packed with coconut and sesame seeds etc.
it changing big-time and making our lives a hell of lackAll is not quite what it seems in carp baits and their
of vital resources and deadly weather extremes inworkings and impacts on carp and it is very easy to
return! Much of the crazy record weather patterns ofmake your conjectures and assumptions fit whatever
recent years are related to de-forestation andmental picture of how things fit together using the
carbon emissions from jet planes trails which magnifyknowledge you know right now. Unfortunately this is
the suns radiation in our atmosphere, plus thewhere so much science gets lost in translation; as in
exhaust from 4 by 4 vehicles etc, magnify effectsquantum physics, it's a bit like the act of observation
much closer to the earths surface. (The holes in thethat can actually skew results. The criteria you use to
ozone layer and radioactivity in our atmosphere fromanalyse data, teamed with any particular
nuclear arms tests have far more deadly andpre-conceptions even at the unconscious level will
profound consequences than most people have beeneasily mangle objective scientific conclusions of
led to believe.) It is bad enough that we are alreadyscientific tests or even real life fishing catch results
bombarded by radioactive radon which naturally isfeedback!
formed from the decay of uranium found inNot only this, but not all parameters of tests cannot
abundance in areas of the UK and northern Europe -be completely and utterly removed in every case -
but which is kept quiet of course!especially in the case of live adaptable creatures so
Everything is connected and happening at once todaytests can easily provide misleading results. Think
yet science can only measure what has happened inabout it; you see a classic case of a breakthrough
the past not truly in real time because results takeexperiment in your school books and take that as
time to compile and evaluate accurately and thus arescientific absolutes, as the truth, yet such results can
consistently and reliably out of date! I can state sucheasily be flawed! The periodic table is certainly far
things as I have 2 relations who are sciencefrom complete and the odd new atom has had to be
professors; one is a quantum physicist and the otheradded along the way...
is Professor Catherine Rice Evens head of theYou can fool carp into responding to what would in
antioxidant research group at Kings College London,the past be termed crap baits by the specific choice
University of London - check her out! She is a worldof particular additive or ingredients that will make all
name in antioxidant research into things like flavonoidsthe difference. (This includes at least 2 substances in
and free radical research. Such research andthe quaternary ammonium bases group which most
conversations with her have led me into investigatingleading bait designers should by now be very well
applications and uses of potent bioactive substances,aware of!)
both the familiar and unfamiliar ones for use in baitsI could mention there are more stimulatory types of
because it is very clear carp are very attracted tochlorophyll than that green stuff you see so
potent antioxidant substances. Examples range fromobviously in green algae like spirulina or in seaweeds
betaine, Carophyll forms, cantaxanthin, lecithins,like kelp for instance. On this point the umami taste
omega oils and an incredible variety of otherof the Japanese is something else to ponder as is the
substances from yeasts, plants, animals, fish anduse of innovative ways to use seaweeds such as my
marine life, algae and bacteria and other things too!idea of using Suchi Nori seaweed sheet around rigs
Even amino acids have antioxidant properties butetc. The limit is also not the Chlorophyll Red that
why should this be a surprise?! The most potentsome claim is in the legendary additive Robin Red. (I
antioxidant vegetable is garlic but its potency hashave read a statement from the originators stating
nothing to do with any garlic smell in water but withthis is not and never has been a part of the formula!)
its internal impacts. In the early Nineties bait masterThe antioxidant pigment called cantaxanthin is a great
Rod Hutchinson creator of Scopex, Monster Crab andstimulant that grows in effect the more carp
many other legendary baits and flavours whom mostconsume it; it is that red pigment you see in krill,
everyone copied to some degree told me somethingprawns and shrimps, lobsters and other surprising
very interesting. He said his favourite flavour was hisplaces too. But this is just one form and other
own blueberry flavour - this was regardless of all thesynthetic ones also exist and are yet to be exploited!
other great flavours including Mulberry Florentine,Much talk of energy-efficiency in terms of biological
Megaspice and so on.values are expressed but frankly it all comes down
Above even goji berry and acai berry the mostto metabolism and so many known and obscure
potently bioactive fruit is blueberry. Think too aboutsubstances boost metabolism and have very
other carp greats - cranberry, mulberry, blackcurrantsignificant thermogenic effects in many ways every
etc; bioflavonoids are just a part of their power - butbit as impactful internally in carp as amino acids for
there is far more than fruits. What about spices - isinstance. (Poultry protein, tiger nuts and salmon meal
there any coincidence that you find probably theamong many others for instance, all have significant
most potently bioactive spice substances such as thethermogenic effects besides all those high protein
phenylpropanoids class of chemical compoundsingredients that might immediately spring to mind!)
including the polyphenol called eugenol is found inNutritionally dense foods are thermogenic.
many of the best carp bait flavours?The fact is carp live for the moment and although
From clove, nutmeg and cinnamon, to basil essentialthey have memories they still eat when their
oil, and even according to my sources in the thymolhormones, nutrition and energy levels and gustatory
(from thyme oil) used in certain top Tutti Fruittisenses biofeedback etc tell them to feed. Even if the
flavours. Everyone and their dog must have heardbait in front of them has only 12 percent digestible
about the bioactive impacts of black pepper oil andpercent protein and severely lacking in lysine or
chilli oils components (e.g. capsicum oleoresins,tryptophan or methionine or cysteine for instance,
piperines etc.) But there are many potent groups ofbut is pounding their carp senses with biofeedback
compounds and combinations besides just the onesloops resulting from all kinds of various potent
being utilised in carp baits today! (But there is nothingbioactive substances; they will succumb!
new in carp baits?!) Just combining vanillin (vanillaThe legendary Richworth flavour called Tutti Fruitti is
oleoresin) with geranium terpenes and clove terpenesprobably the most well-known example of a complex
for example and you have something new - its easy!thermogenic booster most effective in winter
It seems that certain aggressively shaven-headedbecause it boosts carp metabolism, (perhaps this is
magazine article writers do not factor in such things -besides the Rod Hutchinson legendary flavour
perhaps because they think flavours do not work or-Scopex, which is also a winter great!) Yet one of
more likely are actually ignorant of such substancessubstances within the Tutti Fruitti formula used over
mechanisms of effect in carp (not that they woulda certain level would be toxic, but then that can be
ever admit it publically God forbid!) The samesaid of almost any potent drug - even alcohol of
ignorance may be argued of the effect mechanismscourse!
of addictive sweeteners and palatants among a goodAnyone who has ever caught a carp on anything less
number of other examples. Aging is caused primarilythan a complex high nutritional value bait (sorted for
by DNA damage by free radicals and oxidisation (thefirst and second even third limiting amino acids so it
use of oxygen in the burning and releasing energy incontains optimums of essential amino acids for carp,)
the body,) plus other reasons, which can be stoppedwill know carp are trained by anglers baits, tackle and
or massively reduced by the intake of very potentby angler presence at a water; resulting in both
antioxidant substances - which carp happen to bepositive and negative carp behavioural effects! All
drawn to instinctively although some writers seem tothese keep changing, but survival is the major instinct
completely ignore such aspects of bait! (Just onefor carp first and foremost. It is inevitable that
example is that cantaxanthin becomes progressivelycertain bait formats once sussed by carp can often
more addictive the more it is consumed by carp.)never be taken by certain more wary carp ever
I myself studied plant sciences, soil science, plantagain even if they offer great energy-efficient
genetics and commercial horticulture for 5 years atnutrition! This is one reason I hate using very popular
Writtle and my aunt has a PhD in soil science. Myreadymade baits - you never know when any
other (good) half Debs is a PhD biochemist who hasindividual carp might have already been messed-up by
edited the un-published proofs and manuscripts ofalready being hooked on that very same bait! Why
leading books and science papers around the worldreduce your chances straight away by being lazy
for decades - many of which I have read myself. 3about bait; being unique pays you back with 100
other relatives of mine went to Oxford or Cambridgepercent personal confidence - and homemade baits
Universities and I have had their inputs in forming mycannot be beaten in this respect!
bigger picture of the reality of things beyondIn contrast to stimulant-packed boilies and pellets etc,
conventional media too.the wariest of all carp can fall to a bait with no food
Carp fishing involves the appliance of science yetsignals or hormones of any kind. Carp are acutely
much of how baits actually work is based onsensitive to changes in their environment and actively
guesswork. Any simpleton can state that you do notinvestigate anything new, whether it be food or not.
need to know any secrets about carp nor carp bait(And items stimulating curiosity feeding certainly do
to catch carp, but then that will reflect what little henot need to glow in the dark to be detected either!)
catches because the use of normally hiddenIt sometimes seems like some carp bait makers think
knowledge is true power! It pays to know reallycarp are just a load of nutrients stuck together by
powerful facts such as using certain semi-essentialelectrical fields and not the supremely adapted
and non-essential amino acids in baits even in lowdynamically learning and actively evolving individually
doses can certainly out-fish baits designed to provideunique diversifying DNA-carrying beings they really
all 10 essential amino acids using biologically availableare!
ingredients and additives and liquids, crystals etc!Carp are extremely efficient at getting their needs
In other words your bait does not absolutely have tomet through the digestion of amino acids - after all,
be a standard HNV bait based on milk proteins suchthey cannot hop onto land and chomp on a primarily
as whey protein and casein. Neither does an HNV baitcarbohydrate - based diet unlike humans. It has been
have to based on something like LT94 fishmeal ornoted that very many bigger carp are hooked during
substitutes such as United Fish Industries Irish Organiccertain key moon phases. Although this is connected
68 percent fish meal (or UFI 68 for short.) you doto subtle energies that affect all life on earth to
not always have to boost your baits with somethingvarying degrees, one of the direct manifestations of
such as a soluble fish protein concentrate likethese is the way that aquatic invertebrates hatch
Sopropeche CPSP 90. (CPSP is the brand name, as infrom the larvae or nymph stage for example into
Concentré de Protéines Solubles deadults. When this occurs en-masse those
poisson and has a protein digestibility of 90 percent -energy-efficient carp get munching big-time as such
similar to LT94.)natural food items are extremely essential amino
One of the high profile God-almighty bait gurus of theacid-rich and easily digested by carp. In fact cultures
moment in fancy magazines cannot even explainand tribes around the world still depend upon
precisely how flavours work any more than explainsoil-borne grubs and larvae and even adult insects and
how amino acids actually work at first contact withspiders for protein; from worms and caterpillars, to
carp! They might know parts of the mystery oflocusts, from traditional Australian Aborigines to South
what happens to amino acids once inside a carp butAmerican rainforest tribes and those closer to home.
such paragons always choose to omit all those otherBoth carp natural food items and carp are affected
things they do not know, do not understand, or haveby the moon phases just like we humans are
never even thought of until someone else hasbecause we are predominantly composed of water,
enlightened them!(consider what happens every month with tides.)
For instance, can one of these HNV bait Gods explainJust think of the female monthly ovulation cycle
how it is that carp olfactory membrane involved inwhen normal, corresponding to moon phases. Big carp
the sense of smell still indicates extremely significantare well known to feed rather more enthusiastically
transduction when all specialised receptors on the cilliaduring certain moon phases - I personally have no
have been removed?! The surface of the carp nosedoubt about it. Electromagnetic fields. the light
(just like ours) is permeated with densespectrum, ambient light etc are not the only
concentrations of hair-like projections called cillia,mysteries to exploit to catch more big carp however.
covered in millions of specially-adapted receptor cells(For more information see my website and biography!