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Years ago I used to whisk an egg or two and drop the boilies into it, then take them out and roll in additional base mix. You can get a nicely skinned boilie with an outer shell that breaks down around the bait.

I've just glugged some up for tomorrow, ooosh they smell nice

Thanks went to another shop and bought some more goodies to celebrate, got some innovate baits match the hatch pop ups and glugs x2 reaper nut mix and the fix, Hemp oil, multi rig tool some small Pva bags and another bucket 😂

I leave the lid on just incase of mice or anything, If I was defrosting I would add just one or two cups of boiling water to frozen then add liquids to that give them a good shake let it all soak in for 24 hours and you have nice washed out baits oozing with liquid goodness, I found they absorb liquids quicker if it is was thinner, there are plenty of other liquids that are thinner though you could try which would be a good thing, bottled water can be used in place of lake water too If you have plenty of time in advance I would just add a bit shake it up and keep adding a little more each day then maybe finish off with a dusting of powders or stick mix. Ps I like my baits to be quite soft as I only do short sessions I want them to appear like they've been out there for a while, you can also add some pellets to soak up any excess liquid

Happy birthday Elmo… It’s seems when ever you take the kids out you happen to come across a tackle shop was this a coincidence or a very cunning plan 🤔

I like that idea. Clever 🎣😁

Happy birthday fella. Have a good 'un! Hope you catch a big girl tomorrow to mark the occasion

Well it's my getting older day today and I got the best gift possible, fishing tackle shop vouchers 😍 I've taken the kids to inflatabounce and luckily for me the tackle shop is just over the road. I treated myself to a Gardner GTN landing net, and some particles for tomorrow. Still came out with change too nice, I was concerned I didn't manage to spend it all but it means I can try again another day 😂

Interesting topic. Here's my thoughts. No science behind this other than common sense. Imagine your bait is a bath spnge, when it's fresh out of the pan. Full of water, but also freshest. That's a fresh boilie for me. Now imagine you leave it a few hours/days whatever until it's dry. If you rehydrate with water you're back where you started, almost. Of course with a boilie the ingredients are not quite as fresh, but with MPG or similar, close enough. Here's where it gets interesting though. What if you don't use water, but instead another liquid? You can now introduce no end of variety as you re-hydrate. Even better, if done hours or days before fishing it's going to look washed out, but is pumping out more attraction than the fresh boilie. So I think the last option best of all given time and opportunity to do it. Air dryed, then rehydrated with added attraction. If you do that several times and introduce powders when the liquid is still moist you're boosting your bait even more, to my mind anywy. There are a number of anglers and baitr companies doing this now. Good use of time and energy or gimmick? Time and captures will tell I guess.

Put enough liquid in the bucket to go about ¼ of the way up the boilie. That way you are limiting what they can take in. Just don't forget to give them a shake every now and again so the whole surface is covered. Lid on, cos of the smell... Air dried I'm positive take on water faster than frozen or shelf life, so give the impression of 'older' bait. I tried various basic liquids, hemp juice, mixed particle juice, even stale sweetcorn juice. None worked any better than boilies straight from the air dry bag. At Earith I was catching over them either way, and the frozen version.