Having just moved again.
Ive come across a mountain of different bags of boilies
all shelf life that ive bought and only partially used
I swear theres got to be 15/20Kg in all
Some of these bags date back as far as 2012 and are rock hard
Does any one know if i can get these back into a usable state?
would putting them in glugs bring them back or would they just collapse into a mush
If they can be used i will be giving them too a couple of young lads that live not too far away and love their fishing
Thanks Greg

In reply to Post #1
Could you try and soak them in bottled water with some flavours in the water,try a small amount in a bucket and see if they absorb the water.
Worth a try
And great gesture too

In reply to Post #2
I did try some in a pot and the just went to mush after a couple of hours
I was wondering about a glug or something like treacle and leave them for a few weeks or so if that would work or Vegetable glycerin with a flavouring of some sort

In reply to Post #3
Just grind them up and Chuck them in

All mine get ground down for stick mixes and blended in with other things.

If there that hard. In my experience there not in too much of a usable state. I just dont think carp like anything that's too hard or not to much of it anyway. Probably best ground up as people have already mentioned.

In reply to Post #1
Best place for them.. in the bin.
My opinion.

In reply to Post #3
I was going to say blend them up but you did mention giving them away to some young lads maybe you could blend them up and use the powder with a glut and fish a stick mix

Bin. I dont think the owner of whatever lake you chose to use them in will thank you for chucking them in. Likely to remain uneaten and just sit and rot on the bottom

In reply to Post #1
The bin is the place for them

They will be fine ground up and put in a good particle mix, let's face it carp are not fussy eaters at all, it's only us humans that make all the fuss, all carp want to do is eat and breed, just like the rest of nature.
Very hard hookbaits can be very good, as the carp has to take the bait right back to crush it, i've never seen a soft tiger nut, no matter how long it's boiled. One of the best hookbaits in waters that have a major problem wiith crayfish is wooden (mahogany) balls soaked for months in your chosen liquids.

In reply to Post #1
Bin them

Be fine. Soak them in left over water from your particles, and Chuck them in the river.

In reply to Post #1
. . .groundbait

Bin.

In reply to Post #11
So we can use eny boillie

In reply to Post #16
So we can use eny boillie

Is that question, if so, in what context?

In reply to Post #17
Bait matters

I would personally crush most of them up and use as a stick mix or ground bait for attraction and the rest I'd use as hardened hook baits.
Carp are scavengers so would soon get on the bait.

In reply to Post #18
Yes it does

In reply to Post #1
Bin em 100%

I wouldn't be happy putting them in whole but in a stick mix ground up will be fine. People give the carp to much credit. They eat geese ****

I think aside from any kind of fact or science around whether they're still actually useable or effective, it's also down to confidence using them. Or not, whatever the case may be.

I was in a similar situation recently. When clearing out the shed I came across a brand new, unopened bag of pre-covid 'spare' shelfies which on paper, went out of date in Dec-2019. I had the same thoughts about using them as free offerings, crushed, blitzed etc. In the end I binned them, as I just wouldn't have been confident using them. Perhaps I gave it too much thought, but I'm sure we've all been in the situation where something just doesn't quite feel right, or something is niggling at you, so you re-cast, change bait etc. You've just got to be confident in all elements of what you're putting out there (well, I have anyway!).

In reply to Post #20
Glad we got there in the end