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The last time I took baileys with me fishing in winter I drank it all in my coffees. Never did get round to using it as a glug.

I used to this with the red pepperami as a kid. Caught loads on it. I mentioned thinning peanut butter before, I’ve done the same with Nutella. I was looking at a jar of biscoff spread in my cupboard just now and wondered if they’d like that! 😂 I think the best supermarket liquid though, is baileys or any Irish cream liquor. I wouldn’t fish any birdfood or nut bait without using this as a glug for it. Especially through winter.

when you are sorting a bit of new tackle out and you hear the, oh you have had one of those before...yes petal. never been one for sneaking tackle into the kit but i've a feeling a deeper may turn up in the barrow bag at some point, never had one of them before. Nice solid bit of kit still prefer the look of the fox one got that curve to the arms think they are all missing a trick be not adding a screw hole at either end of the two boss plates, think both jag and leeda do a pod with the peg point so not a massive bit of machining needed.

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 .

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.

buses tend to come in groups, just been offered another ticket closer to home on a up and coming water in north warwick ran by the local tackle shop in brum, had to turn it down due to getting on my dream complex the other day and spending up for this year, keeping me on the list for future reference, nice water think it opened a few years back that's three tickets offered in the last six months, definitely a slow down in anglers getting out regular, a lot seem to go for one or two long sessions a year on a top day ticket water, think the reality of of syndicate lakes is a bit much for some. the angling and pressure to catch the target fish can get to you as in have you questioning everything you are doing. treat them like club waters and park lakes and it is a lot less pressure than trying catch the bigger carp you see in the pictures.