| * âSweetâ ingredients in baits have | | | | aquatic plants and these provide a very important |
| always been successful, but what are the reasons | | | | part of the natural diet, in digestible cellulose; for |
| for this, and how can you exploit these to catch | | | | soluble fibre and energy providing sugars. |
| more carp? * | | | | Carp also feed on the most often abundant snails, |
| * The addition of concentrated sweeteners has a | | | | mussels, shrimps and aquatic insects etc. These apart |
| noticeable improvement on 'bites' over unsweetened | | | | from their protein fat and mineral rich soft part have |
| ones. Baits with 'taste enhancers' like sweet or milk | | | | shells. Now is the really interesting part. If you add |
| ones that promote the effects of milk sugars in your | | | | crushed shells to your baits, like cockles, mussels, |
| baits also seem more productive. | | | | prawn shells, you will open up the texture of your |
| On the subject of sugars, carp feed very much on | | | | bait releasing amino acids faster. |