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  1. Cutting sausages neatly

    in UK Bait and Bait Making

    Posted

    2 hours ago, framey said:

    Years ago 

    I just used a knife to cut them and then roll between the palms.

    the only reason for round boilies is ease in a stick to get them out lol

     

    cant see any benefit in boiling twice personally

    I think I might not have been clear enough lol, I don't want to boil them twice, I would just prefer to cut the sausage first when it's still a paste so I can boil it afterwards. So I can get a full skin on the baits, I would also like to keep them kinda cylindrical 

     

    1 hour ago, salokcinnodrog said:

     

    As @framey says the only reason for round is they catapult or go out in the stick straight.

    Boiling the sausages and then cutting does allow a bit of extra attraction as the cut edges aren't 'sealed' skin. 

    I used to use a knife years ago to cut my sausages to roll between my palms, but the Gardner rolling table stopped the need to do that.

    There is nothing wrong with 'pillows', rolling sausages and using the table to cut the sausages without rolling them, if anything its easy to do.

    The main reason I don't want to boil them first and leave some unsealed is because of the Rudd, they would destroy them in minutes. I might some and treat them as pellets but the bulk I want to seal. 

    I think if I am going to do it it's got to be easy, so i want to just mix, sausage, chop and boil, pillows might not be so bad but I would like to try and keep them dumbellish, so I am trying to think of a way to cut the sausages with minimal deformation. 

  3. New purchases

    in UK Carp Fishing

    Posted

    Just now, yonny said:

    Ages ago I decided to calculate my annual spend on carp fishing. I took into account tickets (of which I had a few back then), bait, tackle, petrol, France trip etc etc....

    I had to stop counting the figure got so high. It was eye watering. I decided I didn't want to know!

    100%😅

    Yeah best to not venture down that rabbit hole 🐰🕳️😂

    Capitalism would have taken it in other ways. Like now if you want to get popcorn at the cinema it will cost you nearly £100 for a family movie. At least you can still look at your fishing stuff even if you don't have time to go. 

  4. True cost of baiting up

    in Photography

    Posted

    43 minutes ago, kevtaylor said:

    No it's a big van and that's a lot of weight, the guy who's van it is will take a 10th of that amount and catch barely anything but he's not serious at all whereas my mate will spod night and day and smash it if conditions are good, he's a machine when need is must.

    Travelling to Belgium this year in my car and taking 20k of boilies each that's it anything more is banned by me - buy pellets etc there if needed.  The only place I would want to take 150k plus a week is for Parco, very few places are like that, although it's not what it was a few years ago.

    I had to work it out it was frying my brain lol, it's just over 20kgs a day of baiting, doesn't seem so excessive that way, but that's a lot of spodding. He must have arms like popeye,i would have to use a bait boat I think. 

  5. New purchases

    in UK Carp Fishing

    Posted

    22 minutes ago, kevtaylor said:

    XXX Wafters, hard hookers, 2ltr Hemp Oil, 2ltr Bait booster and 25k hallibut pellets mixed sizes.

    Think the pellets were cheaper than going to the big boys as free delivery and the bulk suppliers are not.  Was gonna buy 50k earlier in the year but the price with delivery put me right off tbh but can't be avoided forever as only got about 5k pellet left. 🤷‍♂️

    This fishing lark doesn't half cost some money it seems never ending tbh

     

    If it wasn't for fishing we would all be millionaires 

  6. Cutting sausages neatly

    in UK Bait and Bait Making

    Posted

    I have been off work with the old Co vid this week. And I've been spending time looking at bait making, god knows why but there we are, I think it started with something about an electric caulking gun I saw, then I went full production mode, then I saw a comment saying "if you are making your own, the last thing you want to do is make them round"  

    So I got to thinking what is the best way to cut paste sausages without them all going out of shape (like with a knife) has anyone used a pizza cutter for this task? 

    I've seen the method where you boil the sausage first and then chop but I would like to boil after cutting if possible to seal the boilies if I can. 

    I've developed a simple nut mix using AA Baits base mix with a couple of extras but keeping it simple. Probably won't save much in cash terms but I would have a fresher, better bait which might increase catch rate and be more attractive to the carps and different to most anglers on the bank with their round balls. 

  7. True cost of baiting up

    in Photography

    Posted

    13 minutes ago, kevtaylor said:

    Indeed mate lots of prep time and fairly costly granted - final tally 340k including liquids, but this is Parco and as he's been about 10 times prob knows it better than anyone tbh

    I'd love a 2 week trip somewhere - proper chilled with the security of a 2nd week should the first be rubbish.

    Oh yeah it would be a dream to have that sort of time for a trip, maybe one day Kev. I guess you get out what you put into it, In my head that amount of bait doesn't even fit in a van 😂

  13. New ATTs alarms with speaker?

    in Carp Fishing Tackle and Equipment

    Posted

    41 minutes ago, OldBoy said:

    Yes I did actually ☹️, just saw the play arrow and clicked on it  - and I used to work in IT 🙄

    Anyway, still awaiting any more info on them, if you know where this video clip can be seen I would like a nose at them but I don't do face ache

    Have you emailed Gardner themselves that might be a good idea. They will know more than us. 

  18. New purchases

    in UK Carp Fishing

    Posted

    1 hour ago, kevtaylor said:

    AVID Revolve Bivvy Table ordered, looks decent for under £30, wanted one with adjustable legs but not wanting to pay silly money and this is metal not plastic so should last.

     

    I like the look of this avid revolving table, Kev you really are the poshest angler I know. 

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  20. New purchases

    in UK Carp Fishing

    Posted

    4 hours ago, ouchthathurt said:

    5 x 3oz leads, pack of size 6 ESP claw hammer barbless hooks, pack of small fox shrink tube, pack of ESP streamliner sleeves, pack of ESP splicing needles, 3kg prepared hemp 

    I like the claw hammers, I mainly use trig hammer XT at the moment though but they are a good n sharp wide gape style hook. 

  23. New ATTs alarms with speaker?

    in Carp Fishing Tackle and Equipment

    Posted

    1 hour ago, OldBoy said:

    Just an update on this post....

    Last week one of my old ATTs started to play up after many years of trouble free service, bit of a bodge job to get battery chamber working again but now doesn't seal properly! 😕

    Anyway, out of curiosity last week I emailed Gardner via the web site about any release date for the new alarms, no response - probably not surprised tbh.

    Actually wondering if they will ever appear?

    You can get new seals and parts for them have a look on ebay. 

  24. Super tuff bivvy pegs?

    in Carp Fishing Tackle and Equipment

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, kevtaylor said:

     

    Gonna have to get on this, just gotta do it quietly.  was thinking of taking the rake out on the baiting pole for stealth if it will take the weight.  When I saw my spots last week in good light I realised anyone would have found them on the right day, so no doubt I'm fishing the usual spots, not finding anything new at all - doh!

    Tbh most people just  think you are an idiot for making that much disturbance, if you can do it without being spotted it does help though. But most people tend to be doing their own thing and slaves to other swims, so you can get away with it to some degree. Pellets are good for spot clearing as they tend to suck up the smelly silt once you have raked and make your spot smell like it's been shake n vac'd, it's all you have to do......... 

     

  25. Super tuff bivvy pegs?

    in Carp Fishing Tackle and Equipment

    Posted

    34 minutes ago, yonny said:

    This is different to a mallet imo. Raking means so much more than clearing a spot. The naturals you release during raking serve as the ultimate attractant imo. They carp are bound to come back in.

    I've raked perfectly clear presentable silt spots and you see fish coming in no time at all. They absolutely love it.

    Fortunately most people cannot be bothered to rake these days, preferring to look for existing spots or moaning about the weed, last time I fished I raked a margin spot and the next morning it had regular visitors, the only reason I didn't catch was I reeled it in with a big rudd that had impaled itself on the size 4, I went and cleared a couple of spots this week with a view to fishing this weekend, hopefully the bait and freshly cleared spots will have the fish visiting regularly cleaning them up for me. If I still can't get a drop I know they haven't, I baited a hole in the weed somewhere else also so I have options. 

     

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