In reply to Post #137
Cheers mate been looking at abs garlic and enzymes too looks good
Cheers mate been looking at abs garlic and enzymes too looks good
In reply to Post #139
Thats really nice of you, thank you for sharing that information. I am sure there will be lots of home bait makers being very appreciative of your knowlege. This is a great thread.
Thats really nice of you, thank you for sharing that information. I am sure there will be lots of home bait makers being very appreciative of your knowlege. This is a great thread.
In reply to Post #139
I remember the S1's from when you released them. My own naive description was that they were coated in Doritos flavouring, so to know it was based on roasted peanuts wasn't far off 😂😂.
They were like nothing I'd seen or used before and were very decent baits too 👍
Maybe you could do an under the counter re release for anyone who's been around long enough to remember them 👌
I remember the S1's from when you released them. My own naive description was that they were coated in Doritos flavouring, so to know it was based on roasted peanuts wasn't far off 😂😂.
They were like nothing I'd seen or used before and were very decent baits too 👍
Maybe you could do an under the counter re release for anyone who's been around long enough to remember them 👌
In reply to Post #138
All very interesting
Thanks for the tips.
You use some heat in your process, have you tried vacuum as it will lower the temperature at which the water will evaporate off. If nothing else it will reduce your electricity cost
All very interesting
Thanks for the tips.You use some heat in your process, have you tried vacuum as it will lower the temperature at which the water will evaporate off. If nothing else it will reduce your electricity cost
In reply to Post #140
DGT (double garlic tuna)from abs are properly garlic infused..
DGT (double garlic tuna)from abs are properly garlic infused..
In reply to Post #139
Given all the available options now Mark, is there any one in particular you'd lean towards for the colder months please?
Given all the available options now Mark, is there any one in particular you'd lean towards for the colder months please?
In reply to Post #139
Re drying using heat and then applying liquids/repeating , got me thinking.
Would there be any merit using a dehumidifyer to dry the baits out?
Having used one for the last couple of winters for drying clothes its been a game changer and much cheaper than heating alternatives.
Neil.
Re drying using heat and then applying liquids/repeating , got me thinking.
Would there be any merit using a dehumidifyer to dry the baits out?
Having used one for the last couple of winters for drying clothes its been a game changer and much cheaper than heating alternatives.
Neil.
In reply to Post #146
That's what I use, though I only make hookbaits nowadays, and only a couple of times a year.
Back in the 90's, when I made all my own bait, I would freeze the freebies whilst still quite moist. When thawed they would be a fairly soft bait. I certainly caught more then than I do now.
That's what I use, though I only make hookbaits nowadays, and only a couple of times a year.
Back in the 90's, when I made all my own bait, I would freeze the freebies whilst still quite moist. When thawed they would be a fairly soft bait. I certainly caught more then than I do now.
In reply to Post #140
Yea thats a gd bait. The K2 has the liquid from the garlic and enzyme bait on the hydra K base
Yea thats a gd bait. The K2 has the liquid from the garlic and enzyme bait on the hydra K base
In reply to Post #139
I found a pot of s1 and the maple /type/smell one just this week having a tidy up of the garage - good few years old now still smelt ok.
I found a pot of s1 and the maple /type/smell one just this week having a tidy up of the garage - good few years old now still smelt ok.
In reply to Post #148
Just ordered some k2 thanks for help lads
Just ordered some k2 thanks for help lads
In reply to Post #139
Fascinating insight, many thanks for sharing 👍
I only use natural flavours in my baits, stopped using EA's etc a few years ago, replacing them with naturally occurring flavours, and mixed in the egg mixture or direct into the various powders making up the bait ( depending on its natural state). So my question would be based around if I followed your lead I'd need either a natural carrier or an already flavoured carrier for the flavouring? Maybe oil based?
Fascinating insight, many thanks for sharing 👍
I only use natural flavours in my baits, stopped using EA's etc a few years ago, replacing them with naturally occurring flavours, and mixed in the egg mixture or direct into the various powders making up the bait ( depending on its natural state). So my question would be based around if I followed your lead I'd need either a natural carrier or an already flavoured carrier for the flavouring? Maybe oil based?
One other thing. I see written on here all of the time by long standing members, that the forum is very quiet these days compared to how it used to be. Well I've seen monthly viewing figures that you lot commenting that, do not see. The individual guest viewing figures. Yeah some are likely bots and the like. But there's an absolutely vast number of people looking at this forum on a monthly basis, just as guests. Many tens of thousands. They may not want to join up & post, they could be older members, but there is a hell of a lot of people watching. You may not see them in terms of the online members, but that is not how the absolute VAST majority of people view this forum, they view it as a guest. It's not my place to say. But going on you lots comments over & over again written on here, you would be SO shocked if you knew the current monthly viewing figures.
Currently 9 members online. 525 guests. Before 7am in the UK.
Currently 9 members online. 525 guests. Before 7am in the UK.
Most forums are dead. Places like Facebook saw to that. The only forums that I know that are still getting huge post counts are where there is an actual community - people going out and doing stuff together rather than interacting online. Last forum social I sent on was to Sandhurst in 2011 I think it was.
In reply to Post #155
Loving all the articles – so interesting. Let's face it the boilie making process is essentially the same as when Fred Wilton first came up with it 50+ years ago. I have long been amazed that the big companies, with their food scientists, have not come up with another process.
Anyone who has ever watched an underwater vid must surely realise that bright over flavoured pop ups are just a lure that carp take out of instinct. Same reason we pick up the odd pike. The fact that they are blown out almost instantly so often shows that the fish don't like the taste. Still better for the tackle companies to blame the rig and sell a few more bits of metal to attach to the hook, or maybe I'm being too cynical?
Regarding numbers viewing CF, I'm in my 50s and pretty much every carp angler I know, young and old, looks in from time to time. Especially those I know in the bait game. Funnily enough I was a ‘lurker' for many, many years going back to the Cemex day. I guess I'm a bit Old School about keeping a low profile. I'm pretty sure there are many out there that think that way too.............
Loving all the articles – so interesting. Let's face it the boilie making process is essentially the same as when Fred Wilton first came up with it 50+ years ago. I have long been amazed that the big companies, with their food scientists, have not come up with another process.
Anyone who has ever watched an underwater vid must surely realise that bright over flavoured pop ups are just a lure that carp take out of instinct. Same reason we pick up the odd pike. The fact that they are blown out almost instantly so often shows that the fish don't like the taste. Still better for the tackle companies to blame the rig and sell a few more bits of metal to attach to the hook, or maybe I'm being too cynical?
Regarding numbers viewing CF, I'm in my 50s and pretty much every carp angler I know, young and old, looks in from time to time. Especially those I know in the bait game. Funnily enough I was a ‘lurker' for many, many years going back to the Cemex day. I guess I'm a bit Old School about keeping a low profile. I'm pretty sure there are many out there that think that way too.............