In reply to Post #44
Few bad eggs doesn't make everyone rotten.
No one I know would knowingly push a sale into someone who's quality of life was really suffering fiscally. I've given people free bait when they've been in hand to mouth situations we aren't all crooks.
Few bad eggs doesn't make everyone rotten.
No one I know would knowingly push a sale into someone who's quality of life was really suffering fiscally. I've given people free bait when they've been in hand to mouth situations we aren't all crooks.
In reply to Post #38
That's just a load of bulk with a flavour. Think McDonalds rather than fine dining.
That's just a load of bulk with a flavour. Think McDonalds rather than fine dining.
In reply to Post #62
Should be a carp slayer then, more people go to McDonald's than fine dining.
Should be a carp slayer then, more people go to McDonald's than fine dining.
In reply to Post #49
Forget the expense of bait. Do you want to use something that carp will keep spitting out and don't want to keep consuming? Or something they gorge on? I know what I want.
And an expensive/good bait isn't expensive if one kilo lasts 3/4 trips is it. I have said it many many times like many others on here. Just by less of something that's proven rather than a lot of something with a poor track record
Forget the expense of bait. Do you want to use something that carp will keep spitting out and don't want to keep consuming? Or something they gorge on? I know what I want.
And an expensive/good bait isn't expensive if one kilo lasts 3/4 trips is it. I have said it many many times like many others on here. Just by less of something that's proven rather than a lot of something with a poor track record
In reply to Post #60
No he didn't use the scopex liquid but while I was ordering those it seemed rude not to tag on a bottle of the stuff.
Well I managed to get back to the lake this evening so from tomorrow my little experiment will start.
Anyone care for a wager what comes out on top, the Macdonald's Big Mac or the Roast Bone Marrow and Parsley Salad?
No he didn't use the scopex liquid but while I was ordering those it seemed rude not to tag on a bottle of the stuff.
Well I managed to get back to the lake this evening so from tomorrow my little experiment will start.
Anyone care for a wager what comes out on top, the Macdonald's Big Mac or the Roast Bone Marrow and Parsley Salad?
In reply to Post #65
Be close, you'll catch all the obese ones as they devour both because after fine dinning they'll still be hungry so will stop for McDonald's before going to sleep it off.
Be close, you'll catch all the obese ones as they devour both because after fine dinning they'll still be hungry so will stop for McDonald's before going to sleep it off.
In reply to Post #66
Shall I fix a bedchair to the top of that fence so you can sit there and stay undecided?
Shall I fix a bedchair to the top of that fence so you can sit there and stay undecided?
In reply to Post #65
I think your experiment will need to last at least 6 months to be of any validity. If your new bait is still outcatching all others by a significant margin. Then you could say it was proven.
I think your experiment will need to last at least 6 months to be of any validity. If your new bait is still outcatching all others by a significant margin. Then you could say it was proven.
In reply to Post #67
To inconclusive a few days trial isn't enough, try it for a year and on that basis I think the cheap stuff will lose out and results will tail off.
To inconclusive a few days trial isn't enough, try it for a year and on that basis I think the cheap stuff will lose out and results will tail off.
Why didn't you ask to borrow some of the Decathlon baits last trip out? If you were fishing so close that could have swung it in the direction of the bait being the factor.
I would have to say that I believe that 5-6m off a spot makes enough of a difference for fish to feed hard or not feed at all. I'm a firm believer in location and spot being more important than a magic bait as carp will eat any old tat in the right place. You can watch the crafty buggers in the edge completely ignoring perfectly good bait in the mucky stuff feet away from where they will suck stones for crumbs of the same bait on a spot they like.
Interested to hear how you get on and possibly be proven wrong though!
I would have to say that I believe that 5-6m off a spot makes enough of a difference for fish to feed hard or not feed at all. I'm a firm believer in location and spot being more important than a magic bait as carp will eat any old tat in the right place. You can watch the crafty buggers in the edge completely ignoring perfectly good bait in the mucky stuff feet away from where they will suck stones for crumbs of the same bait on a spot they like.
Interested to hear how you get on and possibly be proven wrong though!
In reply to Post #70
Many years ago my friend and I fished a double swim. August bank holiday weekend. We were heavily baiting with maize and both using it on the hook. We both used two rods. I was on the left him on the right. All the rods were within 10 mts of each other.i had 5 carp he had 11 Tench. I put it down to me being on the carp patrol route. He wasn't. Bait placement is very important.
Many years ago my friend and I fished a double swim. August bank holiday weekend. We were heavily baiting with maize and both using it on the hook. We both used two rods. I was on the left him on the right. All the rods were within 10 mts of each other.i had 5 carp he had 11 Tench. I put it down to me being on the carp patrol route. He wasn't. Bait placement is very important.
In reply to Post #64
Track record? Spitting out? Dont want to eat? Did you have your tea with mozzie? Remember when nashy came out with a new super bait and was telling people you only need a handfull, kilo will last for ages... If 1 kilo lasts 4 trips they only have/can to take it in mouths once just like cheap one you say they spit out... 250g over 2,3 rods only gives you that, there aint gonna be much gorging. P. S- why selling different hookbaits if carp gorge on your bait? Doesnt make any sense at all. Majority of anglers will use "better" baits. Personally would use decathlon boilies in 1 out of 250 scenarios but will still admit that they catch fish.
Track record? Spitting out? Dont want to eat? Did you have your tea with mozzie? Remember when nashy came out with a new super bait and was telling people you only need a handfull, kilo will last for ages... If 1 kilo lasts 4 trips they only have/can to take it in mouths once just like cheap one you say they spit out... 250g over 2,3 rods only gives you that, there aint gonna be much gorging. P. S- why selling different hookbaits if carp gorge on your bait? Doesnt make any sense at all. Majority of anglers will use "better" baits. Personally would use decathlon boilies in 1 out of 250 scenarios but will still admit that they catch fish.
In reply to Post #67
Hope u have it of
Hope u have it of
Everyone that's saying “the spot made all the difference, they'll eat anything if it's where they want to feed” - doesn't that mean we could all save a fortune on bait if we just put it in the right place?
In reply to Post #65
I guess the ultimate test is to fish the swim your mate was in, food baits on the spot that was producing and the scopex on the other
I guess the ultimate test is to fish the swim your mate was in, food baits on the spot that was producing and the scopex on the other