Specialized Hookbaits

[greekskii]

17 minutes ago, OldBoy said:

As for calling someone a liar... did you actually read the comments on the website about not using coloured hookbaits?

Obviously you’ve not seen the hookbaits yourself. None of them are bright colours, like fluoros. The coloured ones are pretty muted. The white is an off white, washed out pink, yellow is a dull yellow, even the orange isn’t fluoro and washes out pretty quick as orange always does. So depends on what your definition is of “bright” is. 

they’ve also sold hookbaits that are white, yellow and Red for years and years. 

Whatever grievance you have with SHB, you’ve not seen the hookbaits, used them nor know much about them despite what has been posted by SHB themselves. Kinda makes anything you’re saying moot tbh. zero credibility in trying to put people off using SHB. 
 

im sure you’ll be back here in a year under a different username or on the other forum saying the same things once again, all whilst the hookbaits are catching fish up and down the country all year round for thousands of anglers. 

[elmoputney]

36 minutes ago, OldBoy said:

obviously not mate 👍

 

I did suggest Sticky baits, as for Byran Jarret. read my post, not my best mate at all 😂

As for calling someone a liar... did you actually read the comments on the website about not using coloured hookbaits?

Believe what you want?

Best wrap this up now, don't want to turn it into an arguement, anyone can see what is on the website, bit of an obvious U turn

Yes I read the comments, I still don't get why you don't like a product you've never used. It seems personal rather than logical. 

Sticky hookbaits are alright but I wouldn't say they are head and shoulders above anything else out there. 

[salokcinnodrog]

On 17/02/2026 at 11:57, elmoputney said:

That's a can of worms Kev, I'm sure someone will be able to assist but I used Co pilot to try and understand bio active ingredients a bit better. Still don't properly but this is something I learned which may help 😱 😂 

 

Funny thing is that many freezer baits become bio-active by a simple process called efflorescence, where salts and sugars come to the surface of the boilie. It is why some baits are more effective after a couple of days out of the freezer.

 

There were a number of bio-active ingredients, from meat meals to milk products, to pineapple juice (bromelain).

 

[commonly]

So, after all that, which SHB's should i try for the social lads??

 

Sorry to go off topic, but, we'll, you know!

[framey]

I noticed my name got mentioned in one of those links for some reason lol.

close the thread and let’s get back to being an SHB free zone 

 

hey Elmo 

have you rolled any today ?

 

 

 

 

[commonly]

Elmo 

have you rolled any today ?

I hope you're not trying to jump the queue ???

Im still awaiting my order of SHB's

 

[greekskii]

1 hour ago, commonly said:

So, after all that, which SHB's should i try for the social lads??

 

Sorry to go off topic, but, we'll, you know!

Any of them! 

[elmoputney]

2 hours ago, framey said:

I noticed my name got mentioned in one of those links for some reason lol.

close the thread and let’s get back to being an SHB free zone 

 

hey Elmo 

have you rolled any today ?

 

 

 

 

No but I did get a delivery from AA Baits, wafter mix today, need to make a batch with egg albumen because they are too soft without. Also got some glycerin to make a hookbait soak if that helps 😂

Then I am going to do a special process to the hookbaits shhhh it's still a secret. 

[Old_Skool_Carper]

12 hours ago, elmoputney said:

No but I did get a delivery from AA Baits, wafter mix today, need to make a batch with egg albumen because they are too soft without. Also got some glycerin to make a hookbait soak if that helps 😂

Then I am going to do a special process to the hookbaits shhhh it's still a secret. 

 

 

Here's ya secret to the BEST pop ups in the WORLD, that i discovered recently from talking to a secret blackhat Carp fisherman on a HUGE 200 acre Gravel Pit lol!

 

1 egg mix: 

 

For best results NO Cheating!

 

for 2 weeks coat ya cork balls in egg white only! 

 

add the following to ya 1 egg mix: : Thaumatin  -  Citric acid  - Butterfat

 

store in the fridge for exactly 27 hrs! 

 

now take ya liquid and mix ya paste, now store in fridge for 7 days, then coat ya cork balls & make popups, back in fridge for 7 days...

 

...now finally remove the baits and coat 'em in pure Citric acid, boil for exactly 69 seconds, dry for exactly 29 hrs, now the BIG SECRET...*microbial inhibition!

 

BUT sorry i can NOT tell ya *that cos then YOU will discover how the carp can detect ya pop-ups from 1.2 miles away! 

 

 

Edited March 6 by Old_Skool_Carper

[salokcinnodrog]

Sadly I have had to do a bit of an edit, so this thread doesn't read as well as I had to take out a few debatable posts.

 

We can get back to specialised hookbaits, what makes them work?

Is it the flavour combination, the attractor package, or additional ingredients, even the ph of the lake or in that area?

We keep going round in circles, and its possible that glycerine is an attractor, or maybe the flavour itself, be it spicy or the base of a product.

Vanillin, iso-eugenol, glycerine, black pepper oil, garlic oil, bromelain or n-butyric acid all have their place, maybe even lemon juice or citric acid or flavours containing terpenes