Interesting topic I see a lot of people in here with great knowledge on the bait subject...

Who's the top dog in the bait world ?

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The jolly Green Giant.

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He's certainly up there 🔥👏🏻

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God. He makes all men, so he must have given knowledge to all the bait makers.

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The baits only as good as the angler. There isn't a wonder bait and never will be.

If it's in the wrong place it doesn't matter how good it is

But bread has to be up there

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Paul Hollywood then.

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The famous Goon. Bluebottle.

Remember that 1000's of carp get caught every year on pieces of plastic. Take from that what you like.

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Funny you should say that my pal fished alongside me last season using just zigs and destroyed me all year no flavour just black foam while I spent hours and ££££££ on preparing bait 🤣

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Decathlon

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Geoff Bowers, he supplies a hell of a lot of companies and bait outfits.
Steve Morgan & Kev Knight
Gary Bayes
Mike Willmott
John Baker
Bill Cottam

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Mother Nature

In reply to Post #13
Correct. Few baits better than maggot, caster etc. Carp will almost always choose a bed of bloodworm over a man made bait

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Then we have to decide which god from the thousands that man has come up with .

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No one does...its as simple as that

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'Best' baits would IMO be ones that are natural - EVERY boilie on the market is obviously man made and not a 'natural' source of food. Some of them are very good, and use ingredients derived from nature, but you wont better natural baits IMO

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add to that, ingredients are readily available to everyone...its hardly a secret these days, despite claims made

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So what you are saying is totally natural food is the most attractive? Where does that leave what we eat and drink?

In reply to Post #15
Don't be ridiculous, there is only one true God

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Dave Gilmour?

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Absolutely. It's not what he does, it what he doesn't do. If you know, you know

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E.C.

In reply to Post #19
Think of it however you like mate. In our natural state, i.e. if we were stranded on a desert island, our natural instincts would lead us to find natural sources of food. No crisps, biscuits, kebabs etc. Fish will naturally be drawn to natural baits time and time again. Granted a bright orange sweet smelling ball may snag them now and then but IMO you will never beat the inherent attraction from natural baits.

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We would be drawn to the easiest, most nutritious meal. Take bears, for example, who go to areas where, during salmon spawning, they can can easily catch them. I bet if someone put loads of dead chickens on the banks they'd ignore the salmon and eat the chicken. I bet if you put a massive bed of bloodworm or berries on the bank it would get ignored

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Ah, but many are the same god just with a different language translation on the name.
Yahveh, Ieyovah, Allah, Jehovah, all the same God, just Hebrew, (both new and old World), Arabic, and English.


In answer to the OP, probably some guy who has come up with a bait in his garage, but doesn't wish to or can't afford to market it.
Bait companies are often limited by the cost of ingredients to make it commercially viable.

When Nutrabaits first released Hi-Nu-Val, back in the 19's, if you made it into 1 kilo batches at home, it was costing around £10 a kilo after any flavour and Essential Oil etc. Add in Addits and...

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Add in Addits and...You were skint
And also wondering why you were still being out fishing by the guy/s using richworths.