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For me personally, I wouldn't touch korda goo or any similar product. For me having total confidence in the bait you use should be enough. Start adding goos and glugs then you might start questioning whether it's the bait , the glug or whatever is catching the fish. Use a matching enhancer that match your hookbaits for sure but a goo not for me. I suppose it's all about what you're confident in. If it gives you confidence then fair enough but for me your confidence should be in your bait and not an overpowering goo.

As has been said, it may be too late to get something going. Although if you intend on fishing this water throughout the spring then in my opinion getting bait in now won't do any harm what so ever, especially if you know your water and the fish habits. I was fishing one particular water throughout a season but in January I decided to start on a neighbouring water. Started pre-baiting in January and although I failed to catch in January or February, in March when the fish started waking up properly I caught a good number of fish. If tufties or coots are numerous then any boilies I would crumb and chop them so it hopefully leaves some for the carp if the ducks dive on it.

You want an asphalt boiling ring. Get them from roofing supply shops I'd imagine.

Just get a readymade pop up mix.

No fishing for me for a while. Both my lakes are too far regarding travel restrictions during lockdown. As for my sea fishing, well that will be waiting a long time I feel. I dare not even look into my carp gear, not opened that since last spring.

At the time of voting though I felt he was the best of a bad bunch. Jo swinson lib dem snowflake, no chance. Jeremy (I support the ira and anti British ) corbyn, absolutely not. And for the record I did vote out. As for boris looking out for his mates, no different to Blair (war criminal) looking out for his wife. They all tell lies and tell you what you want to hear and once in power they do nothing of the sort. Boris said he would vet Brexit done and has done so. Theresa May's brexit deal was apparently better than boris's but labour, lib dems etc voted against it so blame the mp's. That's all I'm saying 😂😂

I'd personally use peanuts. If the carp get on them, they can be devastating.

I used this mix many years ago, cracking bait..

If I had to use one of those then john bakers would be my choice. Bio shellfish mix with plum and ala salar.

There is one other way, weedkiller. I think roundup do one for some aquatic plants. Needs to be in leaf though. Leaf draws in the herbicide and takes it down to the roots. That way you can spray the offending leaves you want gone and it will leave you your spot.👍 Only downside is you'll get banned if caught, so 🤐🤫 😂

If you want to stop weed coming up then just keep baiting the spot as regular as possible. You make holes in weed with bait and you can most certainly stop it growing by baiting. If the spot is getting too big then you just slow up on the baiting so the weed has time to grow back. As for lily pads, like has been said, manual removal of the root tubers is the way. Failing that maybe baiting them might do the same as baiting in the weed.

Happy new year everyone. Good luck for the year and more importantly, good health and stay safe.

A fella I know absolutely hammered a lake that was full of crays. His tactic was simply fill it in with particle. And when I say fill it in I mean he was doing 15kg of dry particles every session. The particle being a blend of parti-blend, hemp and tigers. And as has been said his hookbaits were whittled down wooden balls to resemble tigers. On one of the lakes I fish there is a crayfish problem, not a severe one but enough to need to recast every 6-8hrs if boilie fishing. A big bucket of particle certainly slows them down.

Merry Christmas to you and everyone.

I honestly couldn't think of a bait from the main bait companies that contains wheatgerm (not that I know all the baits if coarse). And let's face it most if not all of the main stay baits are readily accepted by the carp. I know the koi industry use wheatgerm within some of their coldwater feed and yes it is an ingredient that is used to help digestion, especially in coldwater mixes. With the endless list of pre-digested and enzyme treated ingredients though the carp can break down bait very easily. The only baits they really struggle to break down are out and out milk protein baits (I know as I've used them. Add a bit of digestive enzyme to it though and it goes through them like a hot knife through butter).

What is your budget for this bait? You're not a million miles away from what could be a flier of a bait. 😉

I'd use wheatgerm in winter maybe but not in spring/summer which is when the op intends on using this bait.

Do you mean crushed hemp and tiger nut meal or are you grinding up prepared hemp and tigers?

You need a binder in the bait. Whey protein concentrate is the better option for this in my opinion but is expensive. As for robin orange I wouldn't entertain it. Robin red has changed over the years. Nowhere near as red as it used to be.

Also most ingredients used by bait firms are relatively fine as its 99% machine rolled and the machines can't handle coarse bait. If it is coarse then they would need too much binder that would in turn lock all the goodness in.

I think you'll find that nectar blend is an ingredient and not a base mix on it's own. Add other powders to it to formulate a base mix.

It is expensive in my opinion. His flavours are good though. Try premier baits, they normally throw in your oil with 10kg of base mix. Plenty of choice on their website and helpful when you call them. Their flavours are good to.

I see maggots have been mentioned, I've found they can be devastating at this time of year. My personal preference is for reds. I take a gallon of them and have caught some right whackers on them at this time of year. They can certainly buy you a bite if things slow up.

I'd say it depends on the venue you chose to fish during winter and weather conditions that you are fishing in. High stocked venue then I'd fish lead clips to semi tight lines and fish for liners if I can't find them. 12mm - 16mm baits and I wouldn't be afraid to give them some bait. On my syndicate water I used to go the opposite regarding bait size, 18mm - 24mm baits. The bigger baits for pre-baiting to hopefully stop the tufties scoffing them. I would have also been baiting a swim or 2 for a good few months by now with particle and boilie. Plumbing the spots every now and then will tell you if the fish are visiting the spot.

Love him or loathe him take a look at how Shelley does his chod set up. It's how I've always tied mine and set mine up and never had a problem with this way and never dropped the lead. The lead staying on is what enables the hook link to come off the leadcore/leader. If the lead is dropped then its harder for the leader to snag up and therefore the hooklink can't pull off.