Just an update, after the last clue I continue to think that was the fishmeal the problem.
In September I made the original recipe with LT94 and after 3 sessions (from afternoon to mid morning) yesterday I had the first carp... And what a carp 56 lbs.
Obviously it could be only a lucky day who know, I'll see in the future, but I'm sure this recipe will never be changed
In September I made the original recipe with LT94 and after 3 sessions (from afternoon to mid morning) yesterday I had the first carp... And what a carp 56 lbs.
Obviously it could be only a lucky day who know, I'll see in the future, but I'm sure this recipe will never be changed
In reply to Post #31
Very well done, you must be chuffed
Very well done, you must be chuffed
In reply to Post #32
Thanks! Well chuffed
When something like that happened is always a great achievement.
It doesn't happen often, especially fishing public waters.
Thanks! Well chuffed
When something like that happened is always a great achievement.
It doesn't happen often, especially fishing public waters.
In reply to Post #31
Top angling Sauro What a great confidence booster
Regarding the fishmeal issue ... if you assume the change of fishmeal was the problem, therefore, nutritional recognition comes into play, which would mean that the carp can detect an inferior nutritional food source and avoid it OR possibly avoid expired fishmeals acting as repellants ? Rancidity from lipid oxidation/protein oxidation can affect palatability and overall intake of said bait. Can we really trust expiration dates, not knowing the sellers storage facilities ?
Are carp able to detect minute, specific amino acids chains in various crustaceans OR simple possible food sources emitting AAs ? Do carp actually need to eat any of our boilies, if all their nutrtional requirements are met by the abundance of naturals ?
Top angling Sauro
What a great confidence booster Regarding the fishmeal issue ... if you assume the change of fishmeal was the problem, therefore, nutritional recognition comes into play, which would mean that the carp can detect an inferior nutritional food source and avoid it OR possibly avoid expired fishmeals acting as repellants ? Rancidity from lipid oxidation/protein oxidation can affect palatability and overall intake of said bait. Can we really trust expiration dates, not knowing the sellers storage facilities ?
Are carp able to detect minute, specific amino acids chains in various crustaceans OR simple possible food sources emitting AAs ? Do carp actually need to eat any of our boilies, if all their nutrtional requirements are met by the abundance of naturals ?
In reply to Post #34
Thanks Des
I really hopes the issue is the fishmeal, in this way it is solved
but only the time will tell.
I don't know if the fishmeal I used was expired, I bought it from a Dutch company and the label reads: date of expiry 11.01.2020... so, for the label, when I used it it wasn't expired. I'm more inclined to think the problem was the hight salt content onto the ingredient as johnnyfubar stated.
A mate of mine eat a peace of it and said it was really salted.
The lake I'm fishing isn't an easy water, it's big, deep and full of naturals food.
I fished with this bait in this lake for the first time after a lucky trip to cassien in August 2018 with the leftover, the first time I fished there, after a blank night, I caught a 53 lbs mirror the next morning. It was the third carp from the venue in that year. The next week I had a little common, always with the right boilie. In September caught another one but with a sweet bait, October nothing, in November I caught my Pb with the fishmeal bait a mirror over 71 lbs. With the winter coming I run off of the fishmeal baits and fished with the sweet bait.
In the 2019 from spring onwards I put all my faith on the fishmeal and during all the year I caught only one carp with the wrong bait. The only difference was the change of the fishmeal.
Now come back to the original recipe and after three sessions I caught the first carp with the bait.
If three clues prove it, maybe I'm on the right track
Thanks Des
I really hopes the issue is the fishmeal, in this way it is solved
but only the time will tell.I don't know if the fishmeal I used was expired, I bought it from a Dutch company and the label reads: date of expiry 11.01.2020... so, for the label, when I used it it wasn't expired. I'm more inclined to think the problem was the hight salt content onto the ingredient as johnnyfubar stated.
A mate of mine eat a peace of it and said it was really salted.
The lake I'm fishing isn't an easy water, it's big, deep and full of naturals food.
I fished with this bait in this lake for the first time after a lucky trip to cassien in August 2018 with the leftover, the first time I fished there, after a blank night, I caught a 53 lbs mirror the next morning. It was the third carp from the venue in that year. The next week I had a little common, always with the right boilie. In September caught another one but with a sweet bait, October nothing, in November I caught my Pb with the fishmeal bait a mirror over 71 lbs. With the winter coming I run off of the fishmeal baits and fished with the sweet bait.
In the 2019 from spring onwards I put all my faith on the fishmeal and during all the year I caught only one carp with the wrong bait. The only difference was the change of the fishmeal.
Now come back to the original recipe and after three sessions I caught the first carp with the bait.
If three clues prove it, maybe I'm on the right track