I've been making cork ball pop ups for a while. Normally make food bait ones to match my boilies but decided to try some hi viz ones for winter. I'm using the John baker milk protein hook bait mix and wrapping it around cork balls. I'm simmering them for around a minute and they are blistering. Not all of them but most of them, any ideas what I'm doing wrong ? I'm soaking my cork balls in egg as I'd normally do and the paste is exactly how I'd normally make it. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any ideas guys ?
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Thank you very much mate 👍 how long would you leave them in the pan for ?
Thank you very much mate 👍 how long would you leave them in the pan for ?
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Perfect. I shall try that method when I do the next lot at weekend. Much appreciated, if they are half as good as the hook baits you make il be a happy man 👍
Perfect. I shall try that method when I do the next lot at weekend. Much appreciated, if they are half as good as the hook baits you make il be a happy man 👍
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You're welcome. They will come out perfect like that.
You're welcome. They will come out perfect like that.
Quick question on this subject please. I followed the process as described below by TCarper (thanks) but when dried they seem to have lost any smell, well certainly when compared to the paste I used. Is that normal or have I missed anything.
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Its perfectly normal for cooked baits to smell less than the raw paste
Its perfectly normal for cooked baits to smell less than the raw paste
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Appreciate that, but hardly any smell when compared to the paste, so not to sure how effective they would be. Confidence thing I guess.
Appreciate that, but hardly any smell when compared to the paste, so not to sure how effective they would be. Confidence thing I guess.
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I'm sure they will be just fine. Remember carp don't "smell" your baits, and plenty of baits that have no flavour at all work well. Flavours catch a lot of anglers!
I'm sure they will be just fine. Remember carp don't "smell" your baits, and plenty of baits that have no flavour at all work well. Flavours catch a lot of anglers!
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I'm totally sold on my hookbaits being smelly so when I've done my own cork balls in the past, I've dried them right out like bullets, then dropped them into a pot and glugged a load of the flavour and left them to swim around in it for a day or two or until all the sauce is soaked up. If you've never done it, it is quite amazing how much extra sauce they will take on.
I then dry them out again and repeat. I even do this with hookbaits I buy off the shelf now if I can get a matching bait glug for them
I don't know if doing it catches me more fish, but certainly helps with my confidence in the bait and the fish don't seem to mind
I'm totally sold on my hookbaits being smelly so when I've done my own cork balls in the past, I've dried them right out like bullets, then dropped them into a pot and glugged a load of the flavour and left them to swim around in it for a day or two or until all the sauce is soaked up. If you've never done it, it is quite amazing how much extra sauce they will take on.
I then dry them out again and repeat. I even do this with hookbaits I buy off the shelf now if I can get a matching bait glug for them
I don't know if doing it catches me more fish, but certainly helps with my confidence in the bait and the fish don't seem to mind
Rolled some more cork balls today 2 different batches and much happier with these 👍 the odd one blistered but on the whole they were much better 👍 looking forward to using them over winter they smell amazing !
I think they have come out good, smell amazing too ! Hopefully catch a carp or two this winter 👍
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Looking good
Looking good
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Do you boys just air dry these till bone dry.
What makes them shelf life to last and not turn in pot .
Glycerin , honey, syrup hydros etc .
Im new two making my own this year and pick it all up from reading what i can on hear and norm air dry for a day then freeze my feed boilies
Evan the harder hook baits i freeze ,
But would be nice to have a pot of pop ups etc lightly gluged ready
Do you boys just air dry these till bone dry.
What makes them shelf life to last and not turn in pot .
Glycerin , honey, syrup hydros etc .
Im new two making my own this year and pick it all up from reading what i can on hear and norm air dry for a day then freeze my feed boilies
Evan the harder hook baits i freeze ,
But would be nice to have a pot of pop ups etc lightly gluged ready
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See my post below bud. Dry them out so they are rock hard then juice them up. Repeat a few times and I've never had them go bad
Caveat - I'm just making normal cork balls though egg/base mix/flavour 🙂
See my post below bud. Dry them out so they are rock hard then juice them up. Repeat a few times and I've never had them go bad
Caveat - I'm just making normal cork balls though egg/base mix/flavour 🙂
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You can replace 20 % of your liquid mix with mono propylene glycol and then air dry for 2 or 3 days. I then give them a shake in some neat flavour and pot them up. I've done this for years and never had a pot go mouldy.
You can replace 20 % of your liquid mix with mono propylene glycol and then air dry for 2 or 3 days. I then give them a shake in some neat flavour and pot them up. I've done this for years and never had a pot go mouldy.
First time out on the cork balls I made and managed this bruiser from a 30 acre reservoir on a day session. Made up with that ! Caught on my yellow pineapples 😁
Well done jimmers, nothing more satisfying than catching on a homemade hookbait
I'm going to make some white cork ball pop ups. Anyone got any flavour combos that you would recommend ? I'm thinking of a fishy/ squid based one. I've got mainline squid ade, AA baits squid and octopus and also got some black pepper essential oil, may also ad a little scopex in there too with GLM and liver powder. What's your thoughts ?
Think im getting the hang of them now. These are mulberry and scopex with a touch of ff6 and Cinammon leaf essential oil. They smell incredible. Hope the fish like them ðŸ˜
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They look very good.
They look very good.
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You should be very happy with those
You should be very happy with those
Well the mulberry's certainly worked first time out today. What a buzz 👌ðŸ»
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Nothing better than that feeling on your own bait, nice
Nothing better than that feeling on your own bait, nice
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Very nice 😎
Very nice 😎
Nice mirror pal
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