oscsha Posted August 3, 2019 Report Posted August 3, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 13:37, elmoputney said: Retrobaits are cheap not used them myself though but I seem to remember someone on here recommended them Expand May have been me I'm using them at the moment very good baits , price and service . There are aa good number of quality bait firms now though . @Macca187 what area are you based , you may have a bait company on your door step . Quote
Macca187 Posted August 3, 2019 Author Report Posted August 3, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 17:37, oscsha said: May have been me I'm using them at the moment very good baits , price and service . There are aa good number of quality bait firms now though . @Macca187 what area are you based , you may have a bait company on your door step . Expand I'm from the north west, Wirral snowmanstevo 1 Quote
carpyian Posted August 3, 2019 Report Posted August 3, 2019 (edited) https://www.aabaits.co.uk/ look here mate in Birkenhead Edited August 3, 2019 by carpyian snowmanstevo 1 Quote
elmoputney Posted August 3, 2019 Report Posted August 3, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 17:37, oscsha said: May have been me I'm using them at the moment very good baits , price and service . There are aa good number of quality bait firms now though . @Macca187 what area are you based , you may have a bait company on your door step . Expand Have you tried the nutty narna? Quote
snowmanstevo Posted August 3, 2019 Report Posted August 3, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 18:22, Macca187 said: I'm from the north west, Wirral Expand I’ve used particles and pellets from AA Baits for years,always been top quality,I’ve never used there boilies tho so can’t help you with that one. What waters are you fishing in the area,mate. Quote
Macca187 Posted August 3, 2019 Author Report Posted August 3, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 19:06, snowmanstevo said: I’ve used particles and pellets from AA Baits for years,always been top quality,I’ve never used there boilies tho so can’t help you with that one. What waters are you fishing in the area,mate. Expand Tbh mate I've only just started I've been brickworks few times and overflow Quote
Macca187 Posted August 3, 2019 Author Report Posted August 3, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 18:38, carpyian said: https://www.aabaits.co.uk/ look here mate in Birkenhead Expand Cheers didn't even know this existed carpyian 1 Quote
oscsha Posted August 3, 2019 Report Posted August 3, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 18:40, elmoputney said: Have you tried the nutty narna? Expand I haven't no , I use the Shropshire gold and Meaty garlic . Not keen on the wafters as they are cork dust ones but the pop ups are good . Great service as well , I'm sure they would send you a few samples if not let me know what you want to try and I'll add some to my next order and send some samples over to you to try . Quote
elmoputney Posted August 3, 2019 Report Posted August 3, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 22:33, oscsha said: I haven't no , I use the Shropshire gold and Meaty garlic . Not keen on the wafters as they are cork dust ones but the pop ups are good . Great service as well , I'm sure they would send you a few samples if not let me know what you want to try and I'll add some to my next order and send some samples over to you to try . Expand Thanks for some reason Ive wanted to use a banana bait for a while, and also everyone nowadays seems to be using 2 types of boilies rather than just one it seems like I may be missing out only using one ,but I am quite happy with the bait I'm using at present tbh just wondered if you had tried it I may get some at some point but I know the fish I want to catch seems to already like the bait I am using so I am not going to switch now Quote
snowmanstevo Posted August 4, 2019 Report Posted August 4, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 22:33, oscsha said: I haven't no , I use the Shropshire gold and Meaty garlic . Not keen on the wafters as they are cork dust ones but the pop ups are good . Great service as well , I'm sure they would send you a few samples if not let me know what you want to try and I'll add some to my next order and send some samples over to you to try . Expand My mate does a bit of testing for Retro,he really rates the Shropshire gold it’s had a fair few hits on my local as most of the anglers are on there baits. He’s off to France with the owner soon and it seems a well run honest firm,I’ve knicked a few pop ups off him and had fish on them 😬😎🎣 oscsha 1 Quote
snowmanstevo Posted August 4, 2019 Report Posted August 4, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 19:54, Macca187 said: Tbh mate I've only just started I've been brickworks few times and overflow Expand Don’t know the places,sorry. But you are on AA Baits doorstep they do a decent range of pellets and I’ve had plenty in the past on there pellets hookbaits and bag mixes. Quote
chillfactor Posted August 4, 2019 Report Posted August 4, 2019 On 04/08/2019 at 05:15, snowmanstevo said: My mate does a bit of testing for Retro,he really rates the Shropshire gold it’s had a fair few hits on my local as most of the anglers are on there baits. He’s off to France with the owner soon and it seems a well run honest firm,I’ve knicked a few pop ups off him and had fish on them 😬😎🎣 Expand Thinking of using Gold for my French trip early October stevo . Mick got it down to 4.50 k on 100k order . Going to phone them & see what they can do looking at the squid & octopus as a bit of a mixture too as it seems to have ingredients I have full confidence in . Quote
snowmanstevo Posted August 4, 2019 Report Posted August 4, 2019 On 04/08/2019 at 10:14, chillfactor said: Thinking of using Gold for my French trip early October stevo . Mick got it down to 4.50 k on 100k order . Going to phone them & see what they can do looking at the squid & octopus as a bit of a mixture too as it seems to have ingredients I have full confidence in . Expand It’s Dave who came Horseshoe with me who uses it he gets its quite cheap he smashed linear last year on the gold 3x30,s I think and quite a few back up 20,s and I think he’s on the squid & octopus atm. Quote
chillfactor Posted August 4, 2019 Report Posted August 4, 2019 Yes though it was Dave ... good to hear stevo I'll get an order in next week as I need bait for the boys trip to blakemere too , if they match micks price I'll probably order 50k of each. snowmanstevo 1 Quote
Macca187 Posted August 4, 2019 Author Report Posted August 4, 2019 Thanks everyone for the replies I appreciate it got a lot more knowledge now snowmanstevo 1 Quote
Carpbell_ll Posted August 4, 2019 Report Posted August 4, 2019 On 04/08/2019 at 05:15, snowmanstevo said: My mate does a bit of testing for Retro,he really rates the Shropshire gold it’s had a fair few hits on my local as most of the anglers are on there baits. He’s off to France with the owner soon and it seems a well run honest firm,I’ve knicked a few pop ups off him and had fish on them 😬😎🎣 Expand On 04/08/2019 at 11:00, chillfactor said: Yes though it was Dave ... good to hear stevo I'll get an order in next week as I need bait for the boys trip to blakemere too , if they match micks price I'll probably order 50k of each. Expand Looks similar to the cov gold if the gold part is the haith's robin gold, I certainly like using it it's one of those baits that brings hunger pangs on when using it, 4.50 a kilo is an awesome price i'm paying 7.50 a kilo but that is buying one or two at a time, the wafters and hard hookers that match are quality as well. I have been soaking some wafters in a tuna extract liquid for a couple of weeks then as they dry out giving them a coat of GLM powder, the powder hardens on to the bait nice taking time to dissolve in the lake. elmoputney 1 Quote
salokcinnodrog Posted August 6, 2019 Report Posted August 6, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 17:11, elmoputney said: That should be fine the micromix would be good for bags also as they are all small pellets Is that the rebranded bf Corp nick? Expand Could well be😉 elmoputney 1 Quote
elmoputney Posted August 6, 2019 Report Posted August 6, 2019 On 06/08/2019 at 20:56, salokcinnodrog said: Could well be😉 Expand I did quite like there pellets though used quite a few of them in the good old days Quote
pukkacarp Posted August 10, 2019 Report Posted August 10, 2019 (edited) just ordered 20kg of maize from ebay for 11.99 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Copdock-Mill-Whole-Maize-20Kg-Bait-Bulk-Ingredients/163304814988?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 Edited August 10, 2019 by pukkacarp Quote
Teo Posted August 10, 2019 Report Posted August 10, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 11:16, salokcinnodrog said: Welcome to Carp.com. As others have said look in local animal feed stores for pellets, chicken corn, Vitalin even pigeon conditioner. Failing that ebay is a good source for things like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GardenersDream-Mixed-Poultry-Corn-Deluxe-Feed-For-Chicken-Geese-Duck-Seed-Food/254211112564?_trksid=p2485497.m4902.l9144 Soak it in a bucket with boiling water for 24 hours, boil and its ready to use. Mix in with some Vitalin and you have a very good groundbait. Boilie wise there are plenty of good makes out there. Depending on what you want a food source or an attractor bait you have a massive choice. For boilies you could try Rod Hutchinson who do deal direct https://rodhutchinson.co.uk/bait/ Expand What pellets should you look for, and would the rest just need normal particle preparation (pigeon conditioner) Quote
Teo Posted August 10, 2019 Report Posted August 10, 2019 Bait vault on youtube is the best place to look. It shows you cheap spod mixes and boilies and how to make them! great baits and cheap prices. Also try decathlon baits, 10kg bags i think are under £15!! Quote
elmoputney Posted August 10, 2019 Report Posted August 10, 2019 On 10/08/2019 at 16:42, Teo said: Bait vault on youtube is the best place to look. It shows you cheap spod mixes and boilies and how to make them! great baits and cheap prices. Also try decathlon baits, 10kg bags i think are under £15!! Expand I've just looked at bait vault some great little ideas on there, 👍 Teo 1 Quote
harpz_31 Posted August 11, 2019 Report Posted August 11, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 18:38, carpyian said: https://www.aabaits.co.uk/ look here mate in Birkenhead Expand might have a look at their pineapple & n-butyric, used to use pineapple years ago with good results but it seems to have fallen out of favour. always looking for something different to what everyone else is using. Quote
chillfactor Posted August 16, 2019 Report Posted August 16, 2019 Fairplay to Retro Baits... did the 4.50 k price , also going to open up especially for me as that's a pick up price only . So going to pick 20 k up on the way to fish with the boys, then 80 k up on the way home for France. Both times opening up for me out of hours . Can't ask for better service than that, so hat's off to them . 😎 On 04/08/2019 at 05:15, snowmanstevo said: My mate does a bit of testing for Retro,he really rates the Shropshire gold it’s had a fair few hits on my local as most of the anglers are on there baits. He’s off to France with the owner soon and it seems a well run honest firm,I’ve knicked a few pop ups off him and had fish on them 😬😎🎣 Expand finchey, elmoputney, yonny and 1 other 4 Quote
oscsha Posted August 16, 2019 Report Posted August 16, 2019 On 16/08/2019 at 20:03, chillfactor said: Fairplay to Retro Baits... did the 4.50 k price , also going to open up especially for me as that's a pick up price only . So going to pick 20 k up on the way to fish with the boys, then 80 k up on the way home for France. Both times opening up for me out of hours . Can't ask for better service than that, so hat's off to them . 😎 Expand I can't fault them for quality or service , what did you go for in the end ? chillfactor 1 Quote
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