I've read from anglers such as Mark Pitchers that he believes fluoride and chlorine added to tap water will taint the bait?

What are peoples experiences and opinions on this?

In reply to Post #1
Always washed out my boilies using tap water, always caught loads

In reply to Post #1
Stand the water in a open top container for an hour and the chlorine will ‘gas off', and flouride is odourless, colourless and has no taste..

Unlikely to taint any bait

Doubt it but
If worried just use water butt water or leave a bucket outside when it's going to rain and use that.
But don't use any man made flavours in your bait just in case lol

Surely when the bait is boiled it is in tap water from the bait makers facility. That doesn't seem to have any impact so can't imagine using it to soak prior would either unless you live in an area with very poor water quality

In reply to Post #1
Sounds like an angler who has run out of things to write about to me.

What about handling bait, would your hands taint bait? How would you wash your hands, soap and water?
As already mentioned all the major bait companies probably use water straight from the tap.

I don't think tap water should be medicated, but on the other hand i don't think the carp are really upset about it:P

Edit: But as a human, i really do like and taste the difference immensely when tap water is run through all sorts of fancy filters. It is simply delicious.

In reply to Post #1
Got to have something new to write about.


However I will say, if you are concerned about it, leave it to stand for about 30 minutes before you use it for soaking your particles or boiling your baits in it.

I know even water companies recommend letting water stand for a while before you drink it.


When it comes to other things on your hands, I try not to handle bait after immediately washing my hands with soap, filling up with petrol on the way to a session, or painting with gloss or emulsion the day before a session, (last one not always possible).

In reply to Post #8
That made me laugh 😂 😂😂😂

In reply to Post #1
Nothing new in that thinking, I know a few who would not use tap water but I don't know

In reply to Post #11
There are loads of theories in fishing, many without foundation but if a successful angler mentions them in many cases and out of respect it's difficult to say some of their theories are unjustified.
If tap water was a real problem I think we'd it all know it by now.

In reply to Post #9

"I know even water companies recommend letting water stand for a while before you drink it."

If that is the case, and I'm not having a pop, then the op is valid.
I use a distiller, there's some dodgy looking (and smelling) crap left behind.
It's not hard to take lake water home for bait prep. Perhaps there's an edge there,distilled water lacks minerals, they can be replaced easily. 😉

In reply to Post #1
Just boil it first, if you're concerned.
Let it stand \ cool down for few mins.

In reply to Post #10
Well Nick ,it was the truth ,but my post has disappeared, like the sun burning the mist off of the moors ..

Came from match angling, always used to be a thing "use lake water not tap water for your groundbait"

Also - for those saying the boilies are boiled in tap water, boiling baits hardens the egg, they are dried out after boiling so not much tap water is left in them. Whereas soaking baits you are actively trying to get water back into the bait.

In reply to Post #1
No

In reply to Post #13
The water in Suffolk must be the hardest in the country, scale everywhere very quickly. Sink, toilet, taps all regularly need descaling.

The leaving water to stand has been advised for years simply to let the taste of chlorine disappear.

I have found though that water tastes different around the country.

In reply to Post #18
I'm essex and sufolk water, ti's hard like me

In reply to Post #1
Not sure it matters that much - I spent a whole season blanking on a lake when I smoked rollies; got paranoid and started wearing latex gloves when tying rigs / attaching baits / baiting up. Eventually caught a fish at the back end of the season and gave up on the gloves the following - at which point I started to catch with consistency!

These days I do wash out with lake water if on a longer session but only due to convenience and the fact that its in front of me - if prepping washed out/in baits at home in readiness for shorter sessions I'll use tap water happily and various liquids and haven't noticed any difference in results . .

In reply to Post #5
just think about tap water, boiling rates, time frame, drying, dilution rates

does tap make a difference ...nope

Chlorine takes 15 minutes to boil off or 24hours to dissipate if you let it stand.

Chloramine which is being used takes a lot longer to take out of the water, hours of boiling and weeks of standing.

I use my pond water when cooking particles as theirs is nothing in that at all as I filter the water.

Not sure if it makes a difference but people overlook chloramine

When I'm cooking pulses I use water from the lake I fish.
Why not?
Fluoride is a poison .

In reply to Post #22
just add Sodium Thoisulphate to tap water

In reply to Post #24
Yeah I do this already. Well I have it on hand anyway.

In reply to Post #1
I'm quite intrigued by the question. Where would you add tap water to bait?

Is this for boiling particles?

In reply to Post #26
think OP means bait in general

In reply to Post #26
Colour, buoyancy, absorbency.. the list goes on.....

In reply to Post #28
Id be more concerned about certain compounds of flavours used than tap water...

In reply to Post #29
Paint stripper, engine coolant, carcinogens