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Tiger nut gloop and chickpeas (30 posts / 4,311 views)
Leucistic
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Post #1 5 Jun 2026 12:21
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Like many lakes, the one i fish has banned tiger nuts and like many people im trying to find a way around the ban.

So ... My idea would be to soak and cook roughly 1kg of tigers, leave them in a sealed bucket for about 5 days then remove the tigers from the (hopefully) gloopy mess and then add 1kg of freshly cooked chickpeas (presoaked in water/molasses) into the sealed bucket for another 2 days.

Would the cooked chickpeas soak up the tiger gloop ?
Anyone tried this before ?
silverfish silverfish
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Post #2 5 Jun 2026 21:30
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Chick peas probably won't absorb much once prepared.
soak the tiger nuts, boil and leave for a couple of days
Drain, add extra water- soak the dry chick peas in the tiger juice and then boil.
vossy1 vossy1
MODERATORMOD
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Post #3 6 Jun 2026 06:56
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In reply to Post #2
Just what I was thinking but I'd reserve some 'gloop' to soak/store the prepped chickpeas in.
Boiling will destroy any active part of the 'gloop', enzymes/bacteria etc, hence reserving some.

A consideration, If you haven't used maples before the 'gloop' on them should not be underestimated, a seriously good and underused particle, a bit like tares.
Leucistic
Posts: 6
Post #4 6 Jun 2026 12:55
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In reply to Post #1
How about if the dried chickpeas are put in with the soaking tiger nuts for the last 6 - 8 hours then cooked together and left to ferment with the tigers ?

Would the sugar heavy gloop stop the chickpeas from rotting ?

Once i get an idea in my head i hate to let it go, so am i just clutching at straws here ?
bigjim001 bigjim001
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Post #5 6 Jun 2026 15:41
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In reply to Post #4
You would have to get the ratio of tigers to chick peas right never done them with tigers but will curry powder and tandoori use to do alreet on them
bmthman bmthman
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Post #6 6 Jun 2026 16:48
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Why would tiger nuts be banned and not chick peas? Most places just do a blanket ban on all particles.
silverfish silverfish
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Post #7 6 Jun 2026 18:15
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In reply to Post #4
How about if the dried chickpeas are put in with the soaking tiger nuts for the last 6 - 8 hours then cooked together and left to ferment with the tigers ?

the chick peas need to be soaked for longer than 6 hours
but then they would be mixed up unless you mesh the peas or want to pick them out one by one.
Tigers do keep but the snot turns to vinegar after a while.
chicks are good for a few days, should have no issues freezing them once (if) they go sticky.
TCarper TCarper
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Post #8 7 Jun 2026 09:32
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In reply to Post #1
No disrespect to any of the previous posters, but none of that is going to have much effect. Forget the chick peas. They really are not all that in terms of great particles. By the time you fill them with water (cook them) they are not going to take on any tiger gloop. The tiger spunk is hard to get into anything without watering it down, which defeats the entire purpose.

I don't fish lakes where I'm in competition with any other anglers no more, so giving up my personal edges does not matter.

This below is absolute dynamite. Something I've always kept to myself.

You can make tigers far better than they are in their natural form anyway... Whilst getting around that tiger ban.

Make a big bucket of tigers to get your gloop. Whilst that is preparing, you need to grind up a shed load of dry tigers to a fine flour. Don't buy tiger flour, grind them yourself. Once you have a big bag of fresh tiger powder, tip a load of tins of sweetcorn into a bucket. Remove the tigers from the gloop (freeze your tigers for somewhere else without a ban). Tip the gloop into the bucket with the corn. Then add your big bag of fresh tiger meal. Stir it all up and leave it for at least 24 hours.

It will resemble a ground bait with corn to the eye. It's actually carp drugs. A solid nut is not as attractive as what you just made. What you just made is far more soluble. But you will get around that tiger ban.

It's literally crack for big carp. No freezer bait in history can come anywhere close in terms of freebies.
0nslow 0nslow
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Post #9 7 Jun 2026 10:35
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In reply to Post #8
Might just give that a try 👍
Boo Boo
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Post #10 7 Jun 2026 12:39
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In reply to Post #8
I like this idea Mark. What the process for getting a good gloop with the tigers? I tried it once many years ago and couldn’t get a gloop 😂
Leucistic
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Post #11 7 Jun 2026 22:00
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In reply to Post #7
Excuse me for being dim but do you mean making flour from tigers that have not been cooked (straight from the bag) or cooked tigers that have been cooked and then dried ?
MARKerz
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Post #12 8 Jun 2026 07:33
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In reply to Post #11
Not cooked, straight from the bag as I read it.
TCarper TCarper
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Post #13 8 Jun 2026 08:04
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In reply to Post #11
Quote... "Whilst that is preparing, you need to grind up a shed load of dry tigers to a fine flour. Don't buy tiger flour, grind them yourself."

Mark is correct. As I posted, dry uncooked tigers yes. You need to cook all whole particles throughly. Not when you grind them down to a flour though (apart from peanuts & other nuts, buy roasted ones). Maize in it's full form for example, needs to be cooked. Same as tigers, have to be cooked. Maize meal or tiger nut meal/flour in a boiled bait does not get cooked. The eggs get cooked, yes, but not the base mix ingredients. Tigers are not nuts, they are tubers. These are fine to use as a flour.

Any paste or stick mix, bag mix will contain tiger flour, or maize flour or similar. None of it is cooked. It comes from dry particles ground down into a fine flour. Apart from real nuts, this is absolutely fine & no problems for the fish whatsoever.

You would never be able to make a flour out of boiled particles. It would be impossible.

It's not being dim. If you don't know (which many don't) it's always best to ask.

Follow what I said in my first post to the letter. You will do well
TCarper TCarper
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Post #14 8 Jun 2026 08:08
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In reply to Post #10
Tigers in to cook, cover them by a couple of inches with water. Boil them hard with the lid on the pan to avoid evaporation. Once cooked, put them & the boiling water straight into a clean bucket. Add a load of brown sugar, put the lid on tight and leave for a couple of days.

Old or weevil infested tigers sometimes will not gloop up mate.
Boo Boo
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Post #15 8 Jun 2026 08:27
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In reply to Post #14
Soak the tigers for 24? Hours first and boil them in that water?
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