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I've put all those things (barring aloe, yeast, peanut oil, coconut milk and peanut butter) in groundbait, but I have used peanut butter and coconut milk and curry powder in boilies. Ground star anise or 5 Spice Powder is good too. One thing I don't see mentioned is chilies, and I like a hot element so Sriracha sauce or chili-garlic sauce (sambal oelek) would be easy to incorporate. I have sesame oil and on the strength of Nick recommending peanut oil wouldn't hesitate to try it in a dip or glug. As far as I'm concerned the sky's the limit; go through the fridge and try to find something a carp won't eat, and good luck. People have aloe vera growing like trees in pots in their houses so I'd just strip it out of a fresh plant and blend it in. The mad scientist angle is one of the things I like about it. I read that carp follow ducks and geese waiting for them to poop, so I went to the park and collected goose poop (the old couple out for their early morning walk were horrified) and made boilies with it. Oh it was terrible, labeled the jar with a skull. A week or so later I was fishing on the river and they weren't biting, but I noticed some geese swimming by. Took out those boilies and caught immediately then caught like a bandit all night, but I swear I'll never do that again. For what it's worth Saskcarp was a few miles away at the dam and he caught just as well on different bait, so it may have just been the time. My cooking groundbait mantra is something salty (the fish sauce carries enough for me), something sweet (molasses), something hot (anything from hot sauce to chili powder, don't care), and something fruity like drink crystals or outdated soft drinks I got from the bar, juice or even old Red Bull. We've soaked corn for hookbaits in oconut extract or liqorice extract and dyed it red, rubbed 5 Spice Powder on boilies, and corn, pieces of pool noodle and foam ear plugs.

It will all be fine if stored properly the hook length materials just try to break them if it’s easy bin them no rust on the hooks then they will be fine I have hooks and materials over 6 years old lol

Hi guys, I've decided I am fed up paying silly money for liquids and have been looking at alternatives, but I do love a liquid liver, fish hydro being among the favs I've seen things like the squid brand fish sauce and oyster sauce etc and chilli sauces, garlic sauces,loads of oils there are a lot of options, but which ones to go for??? I've used Molasses and don't like the stickyness of it although I can see the benefit of using it 😊I still have a 5l Container that doesn't seem to go down but mixed with a thinner liquid might be great ingredient I want to make a 1 off concoction that's garlicky, fishy and maybe marmite yeasty, it's mainly to be used to soak pellets and boilies but being Pva friendly may also be useful, As usual I may be setting myself up for massively over thinking it but here goes 😂

The supermarket oyster and fish liquid are great additives, I’ve used them in spod mixes, as a soak to rehydrate air dried baits, soaked nuts in it, groundbait, pellets just prior to feeding etc. I used to hair rig a boilie or nut stack then push it all into a pot of marmite so it was covered in it before casting. That used to be a right winner!

Has anybody suggested Hemp Oil yet ? The oldies are the best .

Pigeon poo works as well https://willyworms.co.uk/products/van-den-eynde-pigeon-sh-t-1kg

I’ve always been as deaf as a post anyway . Do Ritchworths still happen ? If memory serves the orange ones were pretty good . venues ? Dunno yet tbh , most of the half decent Carp lakes have turned members only or syndicate from what I can find out . Im gonna feel my way back into slowly anyway , probably float fishing or feeder on a commercial I used to frequent over Brentwood , teach my little un the basics and see where we can go from there . If anybody knows of anywhere in the Thurrock area maybe they can point me in the general direction . when I get round to overnighters and or session fishing I’ll probably hit the Chase at Dagenham till I can find somewhere nearer . Well run and some big fish there too .

They are two of the very best right there imo, don't underestimate them Elmo.

https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/cooks-ingredients-nam-pla-fish-sauce/419876-59072-59073 This is good stuff I use to flavour my pop-up's/wafters and also add it to groundbait I use to plug my spod. If someone dropped a bottle in the warehouse, it stunk for a week!

It's a very good glug poured over pellets and boilies not bad for a short term bait soak. (Overnight)

Ok … I’ll ask … what’s a Ronnie rig when it’s at home ? 😂

Here’s a pic of one of the best liquids can’t recommend it enough highly recommended …

Wow thanks guys some great ideas there, I saw how you thinned the marmite earlier on a previous thread good advice thanks, and it goes well with peanut butter I think I will have to read this one when I've got time to digest it but thanks 👍 I hadn't even thought to use peanut butter and I've made some lovely dinners with it tbh, I've used it to make satay sauces and in curries and all sorts, I think that could be a great additive tbh would go nicely with coconut milk, or maybe creamed coconut if using a fish sauce or similar, in the mix, I was thinking about trying a nut bait alongside the one I've been using, I might have to make a nut liquid to enhance it further, I love peanut butter it's one of my favourite things, that's probably why I hadn't considered feeding it to the fish 😂 Thanks will check those out, Thanks guys certainly given me some options to think about 😂

Double strength Tamari soy sauce. Vecon & Fish Sauce

This. maggi liquid seasoning is good too. if you want a nutty liquid then buy organic peanut butter (myprotein is good for bulk) and thin with hot water before use.

You are spoilt for choice mate, unfortunately most run a waiting list it takes time to work you way up the list, while some are first come first serve but they don't have many drop tickets. If you are looking for a weekend ticket you really will struggle. to get you started on the A45 waters, Stanwicks do a very good anytime ticket for around £280.00 for all year or £160.00 for the winter. Guy near me has a mid-week ticket for Irchester lakes, I think the mid-week price on there is around £700.00 for the year and the anytime ticket is a lot more than that with a very long waiting list to go on.

Delepre or Ransome road pit is a nice place, some proper old uns in there. It should see more anglers there over the comming months now. Just a couple things about the place, it used to be a little risky at times with your gear and the people in the area. the car park was at you own risk and the guys who did any real time on there carping wise would boat out to the islands and fish from there as it was better to go home with a million mozzi bites than have your gear stollen or have to defend it against the local yobs. I fished the place in the past but mainly as a tench water, its brilliant for them. I must say though, i have done nights on there quite a few times and not really had much issue other than the late night ramblers and couples the odd weirdo standing watching me at 2 in the morning probably checking if i was sleeping so they could do the off with me gear but in the main was a pleasant place So much water around here you will find plenty to go at and most have tickets available each year.