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I’m going to make some white cork ball pop ups. Anyone got any flavour combos that you would recommend ? I’m thinking of a fishy/ squid based one. I’ve got mainline squid ade, AA baits squid and octopus and also got some black pepper essential oil, may also ad a little scopex in there too with GLM and liver powder. What’s your thoughts ?
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Well done jimmers, nothing more satisfying than catching on a homemade hookbait 
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First time out on the cork balls I made and managed this bruiser from a 30 acre reservoir on a day session. Made up with that ! Caught on my yellow pineapples 😁
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In reply to Post #16
You can replace 20 % of your liquid mix with mono propylene glycol and then air dry for 2 or 3 days. I then give them a shake in some neat flavour and pot them up. I've done this for years and never had a pot go mouldy.
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In reply to Post #16
See my post below bud. Dry them out so they are rock hard then juice them up. Repeat a few times and I've never had them go bad
Caveat - I'm just making normal cork balls though egg/base mix/flavour 🙂
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In reply to Post #13
Do you boys just air dry these till bone dry.
What makes them shelf life to last and not turn in pot .
Glycerin , honey, syrup hydros etc .
Im new two making my own this year and pick it all up from reading what i can on hear and norm air dry for a day then freeze my feed boilies
Evan the harder hook baits i freeze ,
But would be nice to have a pot of pop ups etc lightly gluged ready
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In reply to Post #13
Looking good
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In reply to Post #13
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I think they have come out good, smell amazing too ! Hopefully catch a carp or two this winter 👍
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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 !
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In reply to Post #9
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
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In reply to Post #9
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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In reply to Post #8
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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In reply to Post #7
Its perfectly normal for cooked baits to smell less than the raw paste
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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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