I'm looking for the cheapest way to create 10-20kg (or more) of simple particle bait for spodding.

Something super simple like:
- Sweetcorn or maize
- Hemp (or a cheaper alternative)
- Tigernuts (or a cheaper alternative)

I've found this on eBay as I have the ability to prepare them at home but thought I'd ask before buying anything in a rush.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/323283129974?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=lFd_2_8OTO6&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=nXBTcnsMRXq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Thanks in advance!

Maize , kibbled maize , buck wheat , chopped peanuts .

In reply to Post #2
Thanks. Where are you buying these from?

My aim is to keep costs low without making a useless mix.

In reply to Post #3
I go to a couple of animal food places in Essex .

In reply to Post #1
Pigeon conditioner and maize

https://www.jollyes.co.uk/jollyes-whole-maize-20kg.html

https://www.jollyes.co.uk/marriages-pigeon-conditioner-food-20kg.html

https://www.jollyes.co.uk/vitalin-original-15kg.html

Works out about 1£ a kilo

Hunt around may find it cheaper elsewhere

In reply to Post #1
Agree with Mark in Post 5, Pigeon Conditioner is one of the cheapest particles out. I get Buckton's, used to be under £15 for a 20Kg sack, but like everything, it's gone up to nearly £20 now.

I get mine from HJ Lea Oakes, there's a few throughout Cheshire. Better to collect as it's so heavy, even these who say "free P&P", it isn't really!! They pay for it, so you pay for it.

In reply to Post #1
Do you have an animal feed suppliers or Pets at Home near you?

Mixed Corn for chickens is cheap and easy. A mix of whole and broken maize and corn. Add some Vitalin which has rolled oats and flaked maize and you have a good spod mix.

Brilliant - thanks for the replies already, appreciate the input! 👍

Bit of a knob answer - but I do tend to think that particle wise less is more. If you ever get the chance to see spots with a vitalin / spod approach, you will often find loads of bits left and the fish selecting what they want then going.

Your original list corn, hemp and tigers is a brilliant mix, and if you used mainly corn, then boiling up a couple of kilo of tigers and hemp is very cost efficient.

My pond fish and even garden birds will leave certain items, until they rot - especially when given the choice early on.

Oh and early days - and I got the tip from someone here- decathlon pellets have opened the spring up very nicely for me.

In reply to Post #1
i don't know any particles cheaper than maize and wheat, both are excellent

In reply to Post #9
I've seen fish get preoccupied on certain particles within a mix.
I was fishing with hemp, tares, mung beans and boilies.

2 Carp were picking up just the hemp until that was gone. They then started on the tares and mung beans.

It was another fish coming in that took my boilie hook bait first.

I've not used it in ages but a mix of red and white dari, groats, sweetcorn and hemp was a great mix for me and my mate way back.... Might have to put some together.

In reply to Post #1
Groats.
Pigeon Conditioner.
Tinned Sweetcorn.

No f*****g about boiling stuff just needs a soak if your that way inclined Groats take on colour superbly but old school is to just add evaporated milk, cheap as chips.

In reply to Post #1
As said Pigeon Conditioner is ideal, cheap & very effective plus easy to prepare, add a couple of tins of savers sweetcorn and your good to go, I have used versions of the above for over 30 years and still do today.