1. MAKING HOMEMADE CARP FISHING BAITS
December 27, 2006


Carp baits vary tremendously in quality around the world and to such an extent that some baits contain ingredients and flavours of types and quantities that can even be repellant to carp after a period of time of introduction into a particular carp water! So much of the reason for this lies in the nutritional vale and health and energy benefits you give to your fish in return for them eating your bait, and this can have massive implications regarding your catch results over time. The fact that the majority of angler’s use popular, shop - bought ready - made boilies, and bait mixes, ... (read more)

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2. CATFISH / CARP FISHING BAIT MAKING
December 25, 2006


Many top anglers have used the so called ‘balanced nutritional profile bait’ approach and thinking as the basics of their long term success, and some have even turned their secret bait formulas into some of the shop-bought baits seen today. Using this ‘Balanced Nutritional Value’ approach, even relative carp fishing beginners can regularly start catching bigger fish far more consistently than using cheap carbohydrate flours based baits , when regularly applied to a water; to take advantage of the carp’s feeding habits. I fished one UK water where an average 80 % of anglers blanked f... (read more)

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3. MAKE HOMEMADE DOUGH BAIT Floating And Buoyant Hook Baits
December 25, 2006


An introduction into making especially effective buoyant hook baits for catfish and carp: As you are rolling all your paste into balls before boiling as you would to make boiled carp or catfish baits, put aside, maybe 50 paste dough pieces, for use as ‘buoyant’ hook baits; these are excellent great for specially attractive purposes! They can be great fished on their own over weed or silt, or as a ‘snowman’ when used on the hair or hook with a normal sinking boilie, or used on a variety of hook rigs from the water surface, at mid – water, or on and just off the bottom etc; in fact ev... (read more)

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4. HOMEMADE CATFISH / CARP BAITS -- TOP ATTRACTION SECRETS!
December 24, 2006


Many schools of thought exist on making baits and so many ideas and opinions contradict each other. So how to find the truth about what really works?! Well, for example, in creating recipes for an instantly attractive carp or catfish bait, (these very often work for both species) people argue over ingredients, and how baits actually trigger that crucial fish feeding response. A good sign when designing your homemade bait is that it instantly attracts the attention of a wide range of species. This might be great if you want to target all these others, but your bait might be attractin... (read more)

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5. MAKE HOMEMADE CARP FISHING BAIT -- Choosing Cool Ingredients:
December 14, 2006


'Homemade' is a funny word as it can imply 'simple or basic', but when applied to making carp or catfish bait, the subject certainly deserves far more explanation for optimum results and catches! Bait really has a single end function; to get the fishing hook into the carp’s mouth, so giving the opportunity for it to be hooked! To achieve this, the bait needs either: • To emit a recognizable carp food signal, or stimulate carp curiosity. • Be representative of, or a mimic of a natural food source. Carp are curious and will examine any new potential food item they come across. W... (read more)

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6. Winter Carp Fishing Baits / Expert Tactics
December 07, 2006


Location location location! First find your fish; they may be indicated by other anglers catching fish, or come from where you caught previously. Past year’s records of hotspots and over - wintering areas can be very useful. But these can vary according to a season’s dominant prevailing winds directions and temperatures. Also fishing pressure, food availability, changes in the lake bed caused by moving / feeding carp, other fish present, e.g.; big over - wintering catfish etc can alter ‘holding areas! Snags in the water like fallen trees, rocks etc, silt beds, gravel bars, old water lily beds,... (read more)

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