I've been making cork ball pop ups for a while. Normally make food bait ones to match my boilies but decided to try some hi viz ones for winter. I'm using the John baker milk protein hook bait mix and wrapping it around cork balls. I'm simmering them for around a minute and they are blistering. Not all of them but most of them, any ideas what I'm doing wrong ? I'm soaking my cork balls in egg as I'd normally do and the paste is exactly how I'd normally make it. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any ideas guys ?
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Thank you very much mate 👍 how long would you leave them in the pan for ?
Thank you very much mate 👍 how long would you leave them in the pan for ?
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Perfect. I shall try that method when I do the next lot at weekend. Much appreciated, if they are half as good as the hook baits you make il be a happy man 👍
Perfect. I shall try that method when I do the next lot at weekend. Much appreciated, if they are half as good as the hook baits you make il be a happy man 👍
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You're welcome. They will come out perfect like that.
You're welcome. They will come out perfect like that.
Quick question on this subject please. I followed the process as described below by TCarper (thanks) but when dried they seem to have lost any smell, well certainly when compared to the paste I used. Is that normal or have I missed anything.
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Its perfectly normal for cooked baits to smell less than the raw paste
Its perfectly normal for cooked baits to smell less than the raw paste
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Appreciate that, but hardly any smell when compared to the paste, so not to sure how effective they would be. Confidence thing I guess.
Appreciate that, but hardly any smell when compared to the paste, so not to sure how effective they would be. Confidence thing I guess.
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I'm sure they will be just fine. Remember carp don't "smell" your baits, and plenty of baits that have no flavour at all work well. Flavours catch a lot of anglers!
I'm sure they will be just fine. Remember carp don't "smell" your baits, and plenty of baits that have no flavour at all work well. Flavours catch a lot of anglers!
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I'm totally sold on my hookbaits being smelly so when I've done my own cork balls in the past, I've dried them right out like bullets, then dropped them into a pot and glugged a load of the flavour and left them to swim around in it for a day or two or until all the sauce is soaked up. If you've never done it, it is quite amazing how much extra sauce they will take on.
I then dry them out again and repeat. I even do this with hookbaits I buy off the shelf now if I can get a matching bait glug for them
I don't know if doing it catches me more fish, but certainly helps with my confidence in the bait and the fish don't seem to mind
I'm totally sold on my hookbaits being smelly so when I've done my own cork balls in the past, I've dried them right out like bullets, then dropped them into a pot and glugged a load of the flavour and left them to swim around in it for a day or two or until all the sauce is soaked up. If you've never done it, it is quite amazing how much extra sauce they will take on.
I then dry them out again and repeat. I even do this with hookbaits I buy off the shelf now if I can get a matching bait glug for them
I don't know if doing it catches me more fish, but certainly helps with my confidence in the bait and the fish don't seem to mind
Rolled some more cork balls today 2 different batches and much happier with these 👍 the odd one blistered but on the whole they were much better 👍 looking forward to using them over winter they smell amazing !
I think they have come out good, smell amazing too ! Hopefully catch a carp or two this winter 👍
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Looking good
Looking good