| How would you like to know how to get your fishing | | | | to your hook, with a mesh bag containing crushed |
| bait on the cheap, from the local supermarket? You | | | | nuts should do the trick. |
| can occasionally find some gems tucked away on a | | | | Tuna flakes in oil. |
| shelf at your local supermarket. By the time it gets | | | | Tuna flakes in oil as apposed to brine is best as this is |
| to late summer most fish would have had enough of | | | | good to make a ground from. |
| the ordinary bait so what if you could go round your | | | | This works well for bream so I do not see any |
| local Morrison's or Sainsbury's armed with £10, | | | | reason for not trying it for carp and tench. |
| could you find an alternative. Fishing at ponds in | | | | Sweet corn. |
| particular and with tench and carp on my mind here | | | | Sweet corn is just as good for fish as it is for us. |
| are some alternatives that I think would work. | | | | Sometimes the bright colours can put the fish off so |
| First I came to chickpeas. Dried chickpeas used to be | | | | its always a good idea to have a tin of black cake |
| very fashionable carp bait, but now they no longer | | | | die. Put a teaspoon of die into the sweet corn and |
| feature and at 69p they looked a bargain. This time | | | | stir in well. Leave over night to soak, This should |
| though I was going to go overboard and buy a | | | | change the colour and will not scare off the fish. |
| bottle of oyster sauce. Soak the peas over night, | | | | Dog Chews and Dog Food. |
| then let them simmer for about an hour, then soak | | | | Everyone knows how good dog chews and dog |
| them in the oyster sauce for a day. This makes the | | | | food can be. Frolic is very good for barbell, it's very |
| peas go a darker colour when soaked. | | | | tough so it will stay on the hook when casting. A |
| Next came the baked beans in tomato sauce. Try to | | | | packet of bacon flavoured dog chews are also a |
| find a brand with a high salt content. Forget the | | | | good thing to have in tour bait tin, they can be cut |
| healthy choice, fish like their food salty, so I would | | | | up into small pieces to look like pellets. |
| buy a bag of salt as well and sprinkle on the beans. | | | | Last thing on my list is a tin of dog food, a chicken |
| Salted peanuts were next on the isle, cashew nuts | | | | flavoured large sausage. This could be flavoured up |
| are also good for carp bait but as I was looking for | | | | with some spicy curry powder for extra zing. |
| cheap bait I went with the salted peanuts. Soak the | | | | Well that's it for now, time to put this lot to the test, |
| peanuts in salty water for two days, then simmer | | | | good luck. |
| for about 30 minutes. Attach a couple of whole nuts | | | | |