Corus bait still trading??

[jules007]

Does any one know if Corus bait and tackle are still trading, the website and ebay store seem to have no products to show

[framey]

Web site still works

www.corustackle.co.uk

 

[jules007]

try  clicking on some items im getting "no products to show"

[elmoputney]

Might be a website malfunction, maybe they sold out after black friday. You could still buy a brolly though. 

[framey]

3 hours ago, jules007 said:

try  clicking on some items im getting "no products to show"

Give them a call 

but as Elmo said 

Black Friday wipes a lot of companies out 

they are owned by NGT. Or share the same premises.

i added an 18m pole into the basket

Edited December 1, 2025 by framey

[jules007]

6 hours ago, framey said:

Give them a call 

but as Elmo said 

Black Friday wipes a lot of companies out 

they are owned by NGT. Or share the same premises.

i added an 18m pole into the basket

Thanks mate interesting re the NGT address and NGT now have some of the corus bait range on their website

[framey]

9 hours ago, jules007 said:

Thanks mate interesting re the NGT address and NGT now have some of the corus bait range on their website

Amazing what you can find using Google lol.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/search/31b+Vale+Business+Park+Llandow+Cowbridge+CF71+7PF/@51.4413761,-3.4989309,482m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTEyMy4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Edited December 2, 2025 by framey

[elmoputney]

Dna baits was at the same address as BAF a few years ago. So my guess is most of the stuff you could get from DNA is BAF rebadged. 

[jh92]

They were at the winter show on Saturday so still trading 👍

[framey]

7 hours ago, elmoputney said:

Dna baits was at the same address as BAF a few years ago. So my guess is most of the stuff you could get from DNA is BAF rebadged. 

Copy and paste from BAF

British Aqua Feeds (BAF) is subsidiary of DNA Baits Ltd and is a major bulk feed supplier to the UK, European & Worldwide Aquaculture markets with particular emphasis on nutrition and quality of feed materials. Our knowledge within the aqua and angling feed industry is second to none, providing high quality sustainable ingredients, liquids and oils. Established in 2015, BAF has grown rapidly and now operates from a 26,000 sq/ft manufacturing and distribution base in Goole, as well has having reserve storage at several sites across the UK.

[jules007]

So its now official Corus have put out a statement saying they are no longer producing boilies, this is the second bait in a row that has been taken of the market

[elmoputney]

I can't imagine they were great boilies selling at 3 quid a kilo. 

[salokcinnodrog]

13 hours ago, elmoputney said:

I can't imagine they were great boilies selling at 3 quid a kilo. 

I don't think that anglers ever realised how much bait really cost for a decent bait.

Years ago, late 1990's or early 2000's, to make a bait at home a 10kilogramme bucket of a good Nutrabaits base mix was £72, (Trigga), add in the Liquid Trigga, eggs and additives and it worked out at around £9.50 per kilo of boilies.

The finished product if you bought them from a tackle shop was originally £10.99 per kilo, although that doesn't include the additions I put in myself to improve the bait slightly.

Then the rolling companies started making bait themselves, and selling direct rather than only tackle shop sales, which cut bait prices by around 30% as it removed the 'wholesaler' or middle man who sold to the tackle shop, or the tackle shop adding their cut after buying from Nutrabaits, Mainline, Mistral, or KM, pick a few others.

Then you had home rollers getting in on wanting to make bait, and bait quality dropped as they could sling a mix together and with many anglers switching baits every week, and decent bait ingredients increased in price. Mr Home Roller couldn't buy a pallet of fishmeal for the same price as Mainline or Nutrabaits.

Home rollers often ended up selling cake mix boilies.

 

 

[elmoputney]

49 minutes ago, salokcinnodrog said:

I don't think that anglers ever realised how much bait really cost for a decent bait.

Years ago, late 1990's or early 2000's, to make a bait at home a 10kilogramme bucket of a good Nutrabaits base mix was £72, (Trigga), add in the Liquid Trigga, eggs and additives and it worked out at around £9.50 per kilo of boilies.

The finished product if you bought them from a tackle shop was originally £10.99 per kilo, although that doesn't include the additions I put in myself to improve the bait slightly.

Then the rolling companies started making bait themselves, and selling direct rather than only tackle shop sales, which cut bait prices by around 30% as it removed the 'wholesaler' or middle man who sold to the tackle shop, or the tackle shop adding their cut after buying from Nutrabaits, Mainline, Mistral, or KM, pick a few others.

Then you had home rollers getting in on wanting to make bait, and bait quality dropped as they could sling a mix together and with many anglers switching baits every week, and decent bait ingredients increased in price. Mr Home Roller couldn't buy a pallet of fishmeal for the same price as Mainline or Nutrabaits.

Home rollers often ended up selling cake mix boilies.

 

 

Nutrabaits and mainline etc is still expensive tbh. There is a lot more choice nowadays thankfully, and a lot more info and ingredients available. But regardless to turn a profit at £3 a kilo and covering costs etc. It's not going to be decent. I've been learning lots lately and am trying to work out all my own mixes, for a decent balanced food base mix I think I am looking at around £4/5 a kilo if I buy 50kg worth of ingredients so I can save a bit and still make a good bait. But I've got to roll it all myself. That's the payoff really.