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Article #152: EASY CATFISH AND CARP FISHING BAITS - Making changes to standard baits that keep bites coming!

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Pellets have various consistencies, likelihood of more water soluble oils
textures, permeability's, solubility, being used which can be extremely
densities, and buoyancies before and attractive.
after soaking in liquids and oils, and so These are very simple ways to use or
on. Experimentation is the key and trying treat pellets and there are so many more.
a range of various cheaper end and more Pellets make an ideal soluble 'background
expensive pellets with a range of dips feed' to hold fish in a swim feeding for
and soaks can produce surprisingly longer, without fish becoming to full-up
effective 'edges.' with free bait before you getting bites
Dips can be bought as proprietary fishing and the fish moving away. Confident
products, or from any supermarket like feeding is often easier to achieve where
'Wal-Mart' or 'Tescos.' One simple bait is constantly dissolving and
example is anchovy source. Liver pate breaking down on the lake or river bed
with water is another. Liquidized liver and is very desirable. Pre-soaking of
and squid too. So many oils and fats pellets in water for example is a great
work, including chip fat that practically edge in itself on more 'pressured'
anything is worth a try! intensively fished waters.
Some anglers swear by 'general purpose' Grinding trout pellets up to make a
oils which are not meant for animal powder and form a boilie with eggs often
consumption and I'd always aim to at incorporating yeast extract or yeast
least pay the fish back in some mixtures were very popular for carp years
nutritionally rewarding way for the ago and still very effective today for
stress of being hooked, played and both carp and catfish. Fashions change.
landed, although of course many readers Often there is not a great difference in
will take their catch home for tea as nutrition supplied by fish based dog and
with guys in the States and Eastern cat foods when compared to many of the
European countries! Just as a note for UK cheaper trout pellets and combining these
readers, yes catfish are bred for the 2 in a bait perhaps adding an additional
table in the States just as carp were binding ingredient like 'CLO' or just
distributed and used originally for this plain corn flour works.
purpose historically, as a protein source Flavours seem often just an added
in our diet. ingredient for the angler's confidence -
Pellets can be scorched with boiling so he can smell the bait. Many pellet and
water to make a paste and many with bind pet food baits without flavour can seem
well enough to make a paste bait to use 'bland' by comparison to the highly
on the hook. Some will even bind with the flavoured boilies and dough baits of
addition of cold water! Where pellets today, but they are still potent even so.
have become almost a staple food on more In the States, soda pop, supermarket
heavily stocked waters where pellets have brand and 'Jell-O' type flavours are
been used intensively, the obvious next still in predominance, but there are far
bait is a boilie or paste / dough bait to mightier flavours available so do not
take advantage of this fact. miss out! Garlic, black pepper,
Many creative and effective trout pellets strawberry, vanilla can be 'topped' in so
paste baits can be made even by beginners many massively potent ways and not simply
just getting into the exciting and just by using 'flavors' either.
fascinating world of bait making. There Flavours today are not simply a couple of
are thousands of flavours to choose from ingredients like alcohol, isopropanol or
and so many attractors, additives and propylene glycol with added glycerine or
stimulators and so on. Those wishing to ascetic acid. You really can make your
'play it safe can visit their local baits 'dynamite' upon the discovery of
fishing shop and use products designed true gems available now from fishing bait
for fishing and also risk the negative companies. You can even make outstanding
effect of competing with anglers on the flavours and combinations yourself
very same bait. completely unique to you, even rivalling
Often it is wiser to do it your own way. those very popular but expensive ones in
Use a less popular flavour for example, the fishing supplies stores and online,
or one that was popular a few years ago. but that's for another time...
Fishing bait flavours often go in Pellets are a 'catch-all' type bait but
'cycles' of success and need changing or can be manipulated for a variety of fish
adapting. For example, take a kilogram of and to keep you ahead of the game, the
pellets, add 5 milliliters of flavour to fish and even fellow tournament or match
a half pint of your lake water and soak fishing competitors and win you much
your pellets for anywhere from 15 minutes bigger prizes than just the fish! Go on -
to an hour or more to let the flavours be creative with your additives, flavours
penetrate. and added ingredients...
This can vary enormously depending on the The author has many more fishing and bait
pellet and experimentation with small 'edges' up his sleeve. Every single one
amounts of pellets is sensible. Soaking can have a huge impact on catches.
in oils makes pellets last longer in (Warning: This article is protected by
water, although proprietary brands of copyright.
oils are probably best due to the






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