Seen on angling direct these seem some low price boilies for the amount (2kg). Was wondering if anyone has used these baits and if they are any good.

Pretty much all bait is good, it depends how you use it and where you put it IMO.

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A mate had some. I wasn't impressed, very hard baits. I prefer a softer bait personally

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Do you remember by chance what bait your friend was using. I see they make bait across most price ranges from clearly a very basic attract bait that is very cheap to better more mainstream competitive bait in their Retro Range.

I'm currently looking for a reliable shelflife boilie and i am considering their King Prawn which are from their top tier priced range and have good feedback from what I've found online.

Does anyone have any experience with their King Prawn or Peanut Pro. I am normally quite particular about bait firmness much preferring a softer bait.

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It was the king prawn mate

Used them back in the mid nineties when they were an independent company where as now I believe they are all part of the mistral empire !! Always did well on the King Prawn & Peanut Pro but they texture wise they were like bullets 🤷‍♂️

Got to admit I'm not a fan of them, I haven't used them personally but have seen them in person. Very hard and when you do break them open they are more like sawdust, there is plenty of companies around that are very good and don't cost the earth.

I have used the King Prawn on and off for a couple of years. I must say, I don't think they are particularly hard and they certainly work! I use them fairly sparingly fishing for a bite at a time. Done pretty well on them on the French rivers I tend to prefer these days, when I can get over there!

Appreciate the opinions. Thanks.

I think i read and contributed to a topic on here a bit back regarding preservatives. I think i recall the King Prawn is preserved using a glycerin 'wash' and drying etc. Would that not make them firmer compared to other means of preservation?

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Could always soften them by means of washing out or soaking in a liquid if worried about how hard the bait is?

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Think you will find Crafty Catcher are owned by Gladwell's of Copdock😉
Pretty positive of that as I worked for Gladwell's in the Shop.

Peanut Pro and King Prawn Shelf life are slightly harder than the freezer baits, but recipe wise they are identical.
The shelf lifes are dried, then glycerine/sugar syrup 'dunked' and dried out again.

If you got hard shelf life boilies, they were often bags that were slow to sell, most anglers go through the shelf life display to grab the newest, freshest looking baits. The front or top bag tends to get covered in dust etc, and the plastic seemed to react with boilies, going greasy. I remember Nutrabaits, KM boilies, Richworths and Crafty Catcher shelfies there was always one bag that got left on the shelf as customers grabbed every other bag except that one unless it was the only one left. (I often bought it and added it into my baits just for freebies when I worked in the shop).
Bait has also been a fad, for a while KM boilies were a top seller, then we couldn't shift them. Nutrabaits, Cranberry and Cream Cajouser were a top seller yet Chocolate Orange sat on the shelf.

Honey Yucatan had a stage of being number one, then it was Salmon Supreme (which I did always find rock hard).

I always did fairly well on King Prawn, using the shelf life version mostly on a local club lake which I wasn't fishing as a long term water, but for a few fish, but it does produce big fish, as does the Crab Meat and Sea Salt😉👍🏻

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Salmon supreme, loved frozen , can u still get