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In reply to Post #12
That's because the environment is totally artificial. Massively overstocked. Eat or die.
Well said.
Fish have a simple choice, as so nicely said above.
This blowing of baits mixes in with that, and the stock levels of a water.
An 'overstocked' water fish need food to survive, simple, so that will have to be anglers baits, whereas a richer water, with less stock per acre, more natural food and carp can pick and choose from the available food, be that naturals, or anglers baits.
Years ago, Fred Wilton came up with the idea that any shortfall in the diet could be fulfilled by a food item that contains everything that they need. It wasn't Tim Paisley using the idea to sell bait, it was before that, 1960's/1970's.
Other anglers followed suit, some disagreeing totally, some disagreeing on point of nutrition, I.e. milk protein was not the best source of protein. Rod Hutchinson believed fishmeal was better for one, amongst his Particle experiments.
To my mind, milk protein is not the best, it can be indigestible without the correct enzymes, amylase and trypsin, which needed to be included in the bait, but as any bait maker will tell you, getting enzymes to work correctly after boiling...
Too few anglers consider the water that they are fishing; quite probably most are overstocked, so it takes longer for baits to blow.
I've seen fish avoid sweetcorn, particular boilies both shelf life and food baits, tiger nuts, maize and a few other particles.
Ken Townley also wrote about College fish leaving tigers.
The prebaiting thing I mentioned earlier, if a food bait is not prebaited, and everytime the carp pick up the bait they get hooked, they can learn not to pick it up. Prebaiting again can restore some confidence, or maybe fishing with a bit more around the hook or both.
In reply to Post #12
That's because the environment is totally artificial. Massively overstocked. Eat or die.
Well said.
Fish have a simple choice, as so nicely said above.
This blowing of baits mixes in with that, and the stock levels of a water.
An 'overstocked' water fish need food to survive, simple, so that will have to be anglers baits, whereas a richer water, with less stock per acre, more natural food and carp can pick and choose from the available food, be that naturals, or anglers baits.
Years ago, Fred Wilton came up with the idea that any shortfall in the diet could be fulfilled by a food item that contains everything that they need. It wasn't Tim Paisley using the idea to sell bait, it was before that, 1960's/1970's.
Other anglers followed suit, some disagreeing totally, some disagreeing on point of nutrition, I.e. milk protein was not the best source of protein. Rod Hutchinson believed fishmeal was better for one, amongst his Particle experiments.
To my mind, milk protein is not the best, it can be indigestible without the correct enzymes, amylase and trypsin, which needed to be included in the bait, but as any bait maker will tell you, getting enzymes to work correctly after boiling...
Too few anglers consider the water that they are fishing; quite probably most are overstocked, so it takes longer for baits to blow.
I've seen fish avoid sweetcorn, particular boilies both shelf life and food baits, tiger nuts, maize and a few other particles.
Ken Townley also wrote about College fish leaving tigers.
The prebaiting thing I mentioned earlier, if a food bait is not prebaited, and everytime the carp pick up the bait they get hooked, they can learn not to pick it up. Prebaiting again can restore some confidence, or maybe fishing with a bit more around the hook or both.
Had a 62lb catfish on 2 jumbo tigers popped up with a piece of cork this morning 😀
Why haven't boilies blown.? Everyone uses them. 
In reply to Post #18
Never heard of tigers blowing but then no one wants to risk those sharpe teeth!
Never heard of tigers blowing but then no one wants to risk those sharpe teeth!
In reply to Post #16
Been using tigers since early ‘80s. Never on heavily stocked waters. Less was always more, and still is today where I am fishing for carp that have grown to target size on naturals.
I still find tigers catch the biggest ones best , usually over a little bit of hemp.
I note that Samir etc also favour tigers on those big public French waters.
I find it very hard to catch them on boilies on most of these wild US stillwaters too...
Been using tigers since early ‘80s. Never on heavily stocked waters. Less was always more, and still is today where I am fishing for carp that have grown to target size on naturals.
I still find tigers catch the biggest ones best , usually over a little bit of hemp.
I note that Samir etc also favour tigers on those big public French waters.
I find it very hard to catch them on boilies on most of these wild US stillwaters too...