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Hookbaits.. are people loosing the plot.. (69 posts / 10,745 views)
Suboc Suboc
Posts: 116
#16 13 Aug 2026 14:14
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If I paid that much they'd be displayed on the mantle piece wouldn't be launching them into a pond šŸ˜‚

Guess people pay it hoping it's that magic edge.
mark1009
Posts: 4,734
#17 13 Aug 2026 17:17
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If you don't put it in the right place. It may as well be in a tub on the mantlepiece. Some muppets think money can buy experience better off spending time on the bank. Watching what the people who catch regularly are doing. Discretely of course, unless you really want a flat nose.
Scot-chegg
Posts: 209
#18 13 Aug 2026 21:36
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Carp Anglers have been losing the plot for decades. Driving miles just to bait up in the dark hoping no ones in the swim come Friday 😱..snorkeling rigs out..bonkers.
With premium hookbaits what people pay for is confidence essentially..but for me that confidence can also be achieved with a 2p bit of bread.
scozza
Posts: 18,420
#19 14 Aug 2026 07:39
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So true lol
silverfish silverfish
Posts: 2,647
#20 14 Aug 2026 10:58
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not just fishing, airgun parts actually sell for silly money too, 5 years ago you could buy a complete Theoben Rapid for 600-700 but the parts would sell for 1k plus, after lock down the complete guns were selling for 1k and parts listings on ebay still matched or exceeded tbat.
MrGreen
Posts: 208
#21 14 Aug 2026 11:09
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We’re living in the world of ā€œInstant Gratificationā€.

Debt - buy anything instantly.
Plastic surgery - change your face and body instantly.
Lose weight - chemicals to make you thin instantly.
Big muscles - take steroids to get big instantly.

Everything is being sold as instant just to make money and most people don’t want to put any effort in to anything nowadays, including critical thinking, so they’ll lap these scams up.

Delayed gratification is only understood by those willing to educate themselves.

A fool and his money are easily parted.

wandle1 wandle1
Posts: 7,469
#22 14 Aug 2026 11:24
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Well said ....
0nslow 0nslow
Posts: 1,611
#23 16 Aug 2026 12:41
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I've chucked loads on eBay, if they sell at the prices suggested I'm going on a summer holiday šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚
vossy1 vossy1
MODERATOR
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#24 17 Aug 2026 06:23
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šŸ˜‚
kells kells
Posts: 6,014
#25 21 Aug 2026 19:46
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Looks like Jim Rawcliffe of More takes baits has withdrawn these Protavit pops ups from the market. Looks like people weren't to impressed with his pricing.. Strange..šŸ¤”šŸ˜‚
Dodgydoo
Posts: 4
#26 25 Aug 2026 15:40
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Anyone seen Scott Edwards is gearing up to release his ECU Neptunes Perils hookbaits?

Extensively tested (by himself) and the 31 testers he’s sent freebies to.

On release, £21.99 for 35 baits or £11.99 for 18.

dickweed dickweed
Posts: 1,268
#27 25 Aug 2026 21:19
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He was trying to sell his business 3 years ago when i last saw him.
carpy09 carpy09
Posts: 14,236
#28 26 Aug 2026 08:38
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Same as the bait room pop ups and wafters he stopped selling them made an excuse named anglers were catching on them but he weren’t getting the recognition so stopped selling them . Then people started selling them for stupid money a pot on ebay . He then cottoned onto it and restarted selling then again at Ā£45 a pot and people are willing to paying it
Suboc Suboc
Posts: 116
#29 26 Aug 2026 15:54
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He'd be better off sorting his alarms reliability the set I had were crap šŸ˜‰
Dodgydoo
Posts: 4
#30 26 Aug 2026 16:51
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The baits have (supposedly) been tested against the tester’s best hookbaits and have out-fished them pretty much every time. Would like to see one go up against a specialized hookbait.. bet they haven’t though.

Anyone who doesn’t agree with him or questions them is instantly blocked on his Facebook šŸ˜‚
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