What's everyone's method for baiting the rivers? Need to find a way to keep the cost down so I'm guessing particle is the way to go with a few boilies chucked in?

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In the past I have used a mix of mainly maize and tigers with some larger boilies in there too. 18mm+ to fend off the ravenous amounts of smaller fish.

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Go to Poundland and buy their 2.5k bags for around £2:50 a bag and sweet corn £1 bag and vitalin around £6 for 2:5k bag and also Indian supermarket do all the seeds as well.
Everything apart from the vitalin soak & boil
Soak for 24 hours minimum
Boil for 30 mins
I'd even add jars of spicy curries into the particles and maybe swing a spomb/spod out that's what I used to do on the itchen in Southampton

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Thanks. Might take a trip to Poundland

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I am using 18mm at the moment so that's all good. Can't seem to find any decent particle suppliers any more. Need to keep looking

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Just remember if there are any otters in the river your fishing, putting lots of bait in not only draws the fish in but sadly the otters...

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Hemp and sweetcorn

For me it depends on the amount of carp. My area on the river has low stocks nowadays plus otters so I've opted for a boilie only approach and not big amounts. Big hard baits that'll sit on the deck until they are found (hopefully). I did the mass bait strategy and tbh all it did was attract chub, bream and tench and as much as I'm sure there was a carp or 2 present they rarely got caught. If you can pick a spot that visible it makes it much easier to gauge what's going on. Good luck with it.