In reply to Post #1
Supply and demand Fish meal is short ,prices are not going to go up ,they have gone up , by
£400 to £500 per tonne.
Not sure if this is partly due to El Nino , if not then there is likely more increases to come , going by the last El Nino

AI answer
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So Kieron How are the companies going to respond to this .......... thats a difficult one to answer isn't it
They can keep their prices the same and sell at a loss ,or they can out their prices up ,
Take a wild guess

In reply to Post #87
So the base mix put together by the members of the HMBB is not available from BAF or AA baits they have both changed the recipe, Both are out of stock for sale to their customers of some of the straight ingredients needed to make the bait.

In reply to Post #82
QualityBaits Trop is the exact original formulation ,without chilli and Paprika.
No problem to get the exact original formulation it is listed on post 16

In reply to Post #81
The reason QualityBaits first started making the Trop was because BAF could not make the base mix ,with out the resultant boilies all being rather poor pop-ups ,but they were all floaters ,Krill is not mentioned in BAF's list of ingredients , and hasn't been for sometime.
Been told that all purchasers of the Trop are being given a sample pack of an extremely simple to make Pop-Up mix all you need to add is a colour and a flavour takes a couple of minutes to mix and can be boiled ,steamed or even Microwaved.

In reply to Post #16
So just to be clear the only company selling the True Original mix which includes Krill (one of THE best ingredients to put in a bait ) and all the ingredients at stated the stated amounts is Quality Baits.

In reply to Post #9
Macadamia nut meal works a treat.

In reply to Post #49
AA 's Tropmix reads well ,but you do not know the inclusion rates of any ingredient , in the mix.

In reply to Post #45
What you are referring to is meat and bone meal ,while loads of anglers and bait makers think that ,meat and bone and for that matter poultry meal ,is good protein for bait ,it is not fish do not have the ability to diguest animal protein, why would they ?
So while they will initially eat bait containing these ingredients ,they basiclly get severe guts ache and probably constipated, and rapidly learn not to eat it , so I think it is highly unlikely to have been included in any successful long term bait.

In reply to Post #37
With the Trop you have a declared list of ingredients with the inclusion quantity, you do not with the other base mixes you buy.

In reply to Post #23
have a look at Lewis Rich on his FB page