Hello just wondering how long youd keep a pot of pop ups? Like many I have probably close to 100 tubs some havent been used but are also years old.

In reply to Post #1
Unless they are rotten keep using them and give them a spray
If you want to get rid of them use them in a pva stocking when you cast out as a marker like you would with pva foam nuggets

The thing is is you keep adding liquid over a period of time they will sink .... I found that out the hard way

In reply to Post #3
Yep same but can just dry them back out

In reply to Post #1
Over the years I've definitely thrown more pop ups in the bin than in the lake

In reply to Post #5
me too

Pop ups last years

Just keep them well sealed up and refreshed with glugs or sprays from time to time

I take them out of their cheap pots sometimes and put them in a better quality, more airtight clip & lock small tupperware

In reply to Post #1
I've only recently thrown away some Formula Magic Rod Hutchinson pop ups..... Possible 15 yeaqrs old and still looked good and smelled okay.

The Whisky airbalss still look okay though..

I have some Heathrow baits mellow yellows and raspberry ripple pop ups i use from time to time there like steel ball bearings haha

I've still 2 pots of solar squid n octopus pop ups, stink like a pissy gents park bog,(I don't hang around gents bogs by the way) would need a sledge hammer also to split them..

In reply to Post #8
Nash whiskeys ??
Loved em.
Heathrow baits as well jesus they must be old, loved some of those flavours too.

In reply to Post #1
I have around 12 pots however I'll use them up to two years and I'll then put them to the side tend to blend them into stick mixes after that. Having said that I have some that have sat in gluggs that are several years old that I'd still use.

In reply to Post #12
Crumb them up is a good way to use them up and add to stick mix or pva bag. Gives a nice bit of attraction floating up the layers

In reply to Post #13
That's a really good suggestion, hadn't occured to me before. Unlikely you get through a tub quickly unless you really bag up and changing the bait a lot.

In reply to Post #10
Yes, they do smell a bit, the squid and octopus pop-ups that is.
I prefer to tie my pop-ups on, so like a good hard bait anyway.

Mine have been in a tub in the bait bag for three years I think it is.

I also make a one egg mix of my own Garlic Spice recipe pop-ups myself, and put them into tubs. Two tubs last me a year or so.

Just keep them as they are or dick about with them, whatever, they get explored ,the fish gets hooked. There's less food signal, more curiosity value. Buoyant semolina and over flavour. Think high attract first.
But feel free to over complicate the issue, to which I'll answer, foam,cork plastic.
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