Best ones to get that actually float , had some chum mixers last year but they sort of sank lol, best recommendations please ...

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Give them a dab of your favourite oil.

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have you checked in the bait section ?

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Is that an order lol , i did check on search but nothing of interest popped up, soaking was one i saw, looking for brands

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Best ones are in the bulk drums at Pets At Home - ie you buy what you need to by weight. Boxes of pedigree chum are not the same as they used to be.

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No it was a suggestion I was trying to be helpful ? hence the >> <<<

but if you wanna be funny about it knock yourself out mate

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wasnt being funny about it , was a genuine question .. jesus , was asking a simple question about what recommendations were for floaters , i have one now and i thank the op very much for his time.. Contrary to popular belief, some of us do the search first , please do not judge others by thy own standards. Thanks Tony , appreciate

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Bog standard Tesco's is all you need. They're just dog biscuits.
Don't rule out good old bread either. No requirement to over complicate things.

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Thanks , as said , bought chum mixers last time and they didnt do what they used to do.

I use Bakers Complete, usually with the big cube meaty ones as the hookbait. You get a mix of sizes and colours.

Or as said, bread.
I was moulding bread around a corkball on the hair yesterday for 7 fish. Nothing massive all between 6-8lb, but fun on light tackle.

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Surprised the Chum sank, they are not the same as they used to be but are still effective as are Morrisons savers mixers and as mentioned Tesco's own brand.

Don't rule out cat biscuits either, bit more expensive but again effective & different and there is also floating trout pellets.

I've used the co-op own brand ones before and they worked really well, different sizes and shapes for hookbait options etc.

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Hi Steve

Probably the most in depth informative thread on floaters the forum has produced so far

http://www.carpforum.co.uk/Shared/Messages.asp?TopicID=306132&ReadAll=1

Best

Jon

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Thanks Johnny, that makes sense now, buy a few packets of the enterprise tackle plastic one's then rather than the other one's suggested, i cannot thank you enough for searching high and low to find that one , i will let you know how i get on.

Tesco own brand Complete dry dog food, lots of different shapes and sizes to keep the fish guessing and uber buoyant. Only thing is some can't be fired too far (bone shape) but they have giant mixers in the pack 2 which go for miles.

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Many thanks all, i think we are done !!

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We could do delkims vs fox alarms! Or what line to use. Or flavours and colours for floaters?

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The mixer type biscuits from pets at home seem similar (if not the same) as the old pedigree chum biscuits.
Flavoured, soaked and coloured they are deadly.
Or use one of Matt's cork balls

(Joke, Josh)

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if you go to pets at home have a look at the cat biscuits, particularly the purina go-cat biscuits, the tuna flavoured ones give off an oil slick that will flatten a light ripple just like oily pellets do, the carp go nuts for them
the only downside is they are smaller and lighter than a mixer so don't catty very far but apart from that they are excellent

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Bakers Complete Meaty, they are soft enough to put straight on the hook out of the bag. No need for bait rings or hairs.

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Its a bit anal but I buy a bag of as many different brands as i can at the beginning of the season, i always soak my hookbaits and hook them on.
I test each bag soaking 6oz of mixers( i think ive not been able to fish for nearly two years so cant renember exactly,may be 8oz) in 3oz of water, a batch with 4oz, 5oz and 6oz of water, from each bag. I leave these in the fridge over night and test them the next day. I then put them in a glass with a size 8 wide gape hooked on, seeing how they sit and for how long they stay bouyant, i perform a spin test where i hook one on and spin it around, to simulate a cast, finally i leave one soak for 5 minutes and then perform the spin test again. I then choose the best or combination of best and use that type for the season. Mix up all the other brands and they will be the freebies.
Im looking for them to be as heavy as possible but bouyant enough, and reasonably spongy so they cast the best.
Very rarely do i use the same brand the following year as they all seem to change the recipes so often.

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I went with the Tesco one's, they are spot on

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People actually sign up to post this drivel,is it some sort of paid job or terminal boredom?

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Called bots mate - auto mated coding on the internet looking to spam where possible

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would you like me to delete

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They got sophisticated then, I thought bots went straight in with the hard sell, it looked like real posters at the time.lol.