DIY Petfood Boilies Advise Please

[Barney2]

Nothing binds like eggs, I tried loads of fish in a mix before and it ends up too soft. I don’t want high liquid content I don’t like soft baits and don’t want to start messing around with endless powdered hardeners

besides I think eggs are underrated

we are somewhat partial to them and so are the carp they’re magical food

Im not making bulk here I’m making a useful tub of base feed/tough hookbaits which complements my other old favourite trickery such as pimped up ABS, DT frozen etc plus some top secret tiger nuts which took me years of trial and error to get right

(they are both soft and highly shelf life and I use no preservatives in there whatsoever)

Edited 9 hours ago by Barney2

[Barney2]

It’s very easy (well not actually) to create a faffy and expensive glorified slowish breakdown roach groundbait..

I don’t want to feed the roach and that’s why I don’t like soft boilies

[elmoputney]

1 hour ago, Barney2 said:

It’s very easy (well not actually) to create a faffy and expensive glorified slowish breakdown roach groundbait..

I don’t want to feed the roach and that’s why I don’t like soft boilies

Depends on your water though, I've found that feeding rudd can also make the carp feed with gusto, they stay the party as it where. 

[salokcinnodrog]

17 minutes ago, elmoputney said:

Depends on your water though, I've found that feeding rudd can also make the carp feed with gusto, they stay the party as it where. 

Get the small rudd feeding on my water, the tench move in, often followed by the carp. 

It's why I frequently put in a bucket of mashed bread and birdfood. The small seeds and bread keep the rudd amused, boilies pick up tench and carp. 

[Barney2]

Nah that roach activity old chestnut doesn’t work on some tough lakes

better some places just chance your luck to have intact hookbaits waiting for a long time in the right places

the right amount of roach (thousands) will muller everything soft and bitty you give them, and I don’t want to lug their banquet around!