darbs Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 Just wondering if there is a liquid I can use to harden a hook-bait on pre-made boilies? I am currently using HotFish and find it to be quite a soft bait and as it stands, Dynamite do not do a hardened version of this as it stands. Yes I could air-dry and yes I could wrap the boilies up in tights, but this is defeating the object. Surely there is a liquid I can use to soak these boilies to make them harder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 16 minutes ago, darbs said: Just wondering if there is a liquid I can use to harden a hook-bait on pre-made boilies? I am currently using HotFish and find it to be quite a soft bait and as it stands, Dynamite do not do a hardened version of this as it stands. Yes I could air-dry and yes I could wrap the boilies up in tights, but this is defeating the object. Surely there is a liquid I can use to soak these boilies to make them harder? Ive not tried it myself but you could maybe try curing some in rock salt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 Glycerin. Pete Springate's Guns 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 34 minutes ago, yonny said: Glycerin. https://www.haiths.com/haiths-baits/under-the-radar-secrets/ Tbis came up in a search for hookbait hardeners, has a bit about glycerin in it, yonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 12 hours ago, elmoputney said: maybe try curing some in rock salt I spent 6 months preparing some salt-cured hookbaits once. Got hold of proper butchers curing salt, the lot. Took them on a French trip to test them. They were out-fished by standard out-of-the-pot white pop ups 🤣 Pete Springate's Guns 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 minute ago, yonny said: I spent 6 months preparing some salt-cured hookbaits once. Got hold of proper butchers curing salt, the lot. Took them on a French trip to test them. They were out-fished by standard out-of-the-pot white pop ups 🤣 Ive got loads of pots of trial hookbaits lol, and will probably never use any of them 😁 They always seem like a good idea at the time 😂 yonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Springate's Guns Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 2 hours ago, yonny said: Glycerin. This is the stuff-draws the moisture out of the baits, leaves them rock hard over a period of time👍 yonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmcee Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 4 hours ago, yonny said: Glycerin. That's the gear, ive snapped bait drills on hookbaits glugged in this stuff. yonny and Pete Springate's Guns 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 Glycerine for me, added to any glug I use if I want extra attractive hookbait. I remember using Nutrabaits Bait soak complex, a mix of Multimino, Nutramino, and another, adding 2ml of Peach Flavour, a couple of drops of Cinnamon Essential oil and 5ml of glycerine. My soaked baits were rock hard; perfect where silver fish were constantly playing with the baits. They kept for years as well. While meshing hookbait in tights works, every now and again, the hook seems to catch a strand of the tights, preventing bait movement on the hair. If you have a crayfish problem though, meshed or hardened hookbaits can still be munched by the darn things. That is time for drilled wooden balls soaked in bait soak! I do still occasionally mesh hookbaits if coots are around on your baits, they can pluck them of the hair if they are soft enough. The mesh comes from supermarket fruit, garlic or onion plastic wrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carpbell_ll Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 Glycerine, handy little thing to have knocking about for multiple uses, if you have spent 3 or more days eating dry noodles and the like a bit of the G bomb really will get things moving, quickly and thoroughly with no medical impact on the body, don't know why they don't use it for the colonoscopy prep the stuff they give you is damn scary. While i'm the subject, if you are over 45 and lets face it most on this site are, don't be a diva get on camera 😠 elmoputney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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