| Archive for Catfish Group Big Ron's Carp & Catfish Group |
| carp-guru |
Bait flavoursWhat do you use for your fishing .The summer months I use squid and scopex. I have found this to be a productive bait and during the winter found Active 8 or maple 8 |
| Trish |
Well, carping wise I started out with seafood blend and blue cheese as my favourite flavours. Then I went through a Tropicana and maple syrup stage ... but hated the way they made my frozen peas taste. (And yes, I realise I'm showing my age...! I used to think Rod Hutchinson was God too and read everything he ever wrote about bait)
These days I don't mind so much what flavour I use ... we use quite a lot of halibut pellets so I tend towards meaty, spicy or fishy flavours. I enjoy pike fishing too but .... girly moment coming up....... I won't live bait. If they won't take a sardine , a smelt or a lure then they can stay in the water as far as I'm concerned! 
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| carp-guru |
Trying a new one out in the summer for the cats squid and lamprey. Mmmmmmmmmmm nice. Stinks like S***. |
| trevfish61 |
Shop bought boilies I have always found tutti frutti,pineapple and white choc productive,but recently I have been getting my boilies from Frank at Catcherbaits,they are brilliant and at a decent/realistic price, so far I have tried Crab'n'Fruit, Tigernut'n'nMaple and Scopex Squid. Homemades it's Nut and Chilli,regards Trev. |
| Big Ron |
I have used Franks bait also .....very good baits
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| kipper |
Don't like shop bought boilies much, but at the moment freezer maple8's are doing best for me, buuuut!, if the wife decided to start her boilie making again, i would definately use her Strawberry mix in the summer, they've caught a massive amount of carp for me. |
| Big Ron |
Here is my mates Bait company ....worth a look
http://www.friartuckbaits.com/ |
| trevfish61 |
Hi Ron, had a look mate ,the boilies sound interesting, have you tried any from the range?, if so what did you think & how did you get on? |
| Big Ron |
Hi Trev ...I have yet to try them ....but I can tell you ...that most of the lakes he fish's on ....he out catches every one elsh
is it the bait ??? or angling Skill ??? or a bit of the two ?
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| Dave Williamson |
Hello all,
THE GREAT BAIT DEBATE I love it
I have used 3 baits in the last fifteen years. That is give or take the odd pop up in the winter. I have also used particles and pellets but don't tend to use these to much as i always find the Biguns love a boilie. This is in the uk and on the types of water i fish. My feelings are that lots of anglers out there worry to much about there bait and don't look for the dinner plates to put it on. As Ron said it's got to be a bit of both, but cheap is definately not best. Not unless you can get the best cheap if you know what i mean. Dave |
| Big Ron |
Must admit not being a sponsered angler ( I have never been a big amount of bait man ) and for the last 3 years I have been using plastic ones on my rig 
I tend to use what ever is to hand ( as long as its good quality ) and I can get it at a good price ( Tight northener LOL ) but the one thing I do belive in ...is fresh will out fish shelf life on most waters as Im sure they can sence the preservatives in a shelf life
but at the end of the day its what ever gives you confidence
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| Dave Williamson |
Fresh every time as well
I do use a lot of bait through the course of a year, in fact i have 2 x bait freezers. This is mainly due to the types of waters i fish. Not much angling pressure with a low stock and plenty of natural food items. Bang the bait at them in the spring when they wake up and as the spring turns to summer i find less is more, if you get what i mean 
Get em looking for it. I to have been using plastic over the last few years and have had some great catches on it. I think it offsets the wieght of the hook nicely and behaves a bit more like a freebie. Dave |
| carp-guru |
Had a few nice fish on the new bait I am trying out at the moment. Krill and Fruit X. Nice fish based bait, with a hint of fruit as the bait suggests. |
| Dave Williamson |
I have been using a bait with no flavour what so ever for some time now.
Works fine and is cheap as chips. Good quality food ingredients and no chemicals like artificial sweetners. The reason for this is not that artificial are not as good as natural it's just some of the synthetics have been used for so many years now that i like to leave them out of my bait. Having said that if i am going to only fish a water on a one off or very occasionally( as l;ong as it is not a heavily fished water) i will use a low level flavoured bait. 
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| carp-guru |
Catcherbaits have a bait called "Veggie" No flavour nor smell and as it suggests 100% natural vegatables. Used a few times had a 20 but nothing else. |
| Big Ron |
here is an old article of mine from Carp Talk
as you can see from the bit about bait, I used to also use baits with little or no flavour
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| Dave Williamson |
Just like you said in that article Ron it's like a bait thats been in the water for some time.
There has been lots written about washed out baits but how many anglers actually bother. |
| CARPDEN |
MY baitWell i have spent the last few years making my own baits from home and i can honestly say my bait stands up in the crowd along side the best bait business's out there. Only wish i did this years and years ago as i can tweak my baits according to where i fish and what taste the fish like from venue to venue! My catch results have significatly improved since i went to the trouble of buying my huge mixer and compressor and the initial out lay was expensive but has payed for itself time over now. But also a few friends like my bait also and that is a great feeling when you see your mates with big smiles?
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| Big Ron |
Must agree mate ,,, its great to see other anglers with a smile on their face ...thats why I do the odd bit of guiding and took my coaching qualification ...so I can help others out and put a smile on their faces
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