| Many anglers now use pellets exclusively for their carp | | | | available. When used in combination with added soaks |
| fishing. It's not surprising given their effectiveness. Even | | | | and mixed together, and used with a ground bait as an |
| the use of pellets as a particle bait while fishing boilies | | | | added dimension, they really give the carp much lower |
| over the top was once a massive edge, fooling the | | | | chances of avoiding the hook! |
| fish into picking up baits that were dissolving and not | | | | Pellets do not even have to be fish or shellfish meal |
| dissolving at the same time. | | | | based. Many now are cereal based with very |
| These days it is common on many waters to know | | | | innovative extracts and meals added. Many are |
| carp are ravenously clearing up your free chum bait | | | | flavoured to match the boilies you are using. In fact so |
| pellets while your hook baits get ignored. The use of | | | | many are absolutely ideal for use as fish pulling and |
| trout pellets, salmon pellets and now the infamous | | | | triggering attractor carriers. The old 'sheep nuts' or corn |
| halibut pellets is just down to angling fashions changing | | | | steep liquor pellets are highly soluble and take on |
| as they always do. Even though halibut pellets are | | | | soaks well. |
| hugely convenient and available today, they do not | | | | They variety of pellets is endless as producers strive |
| represent an edge over all the other anglers on your | | | | for a different product. They are ideal for building up |
| water who are also using them! | | | | feeding fish in your swim without filling them up and |
| Where many ready made boilies fail is in the fact that | | | | holding fish with there dissolved goodies in the water. |
| they are less soluble and less digestible than halibut | | | | Many many types can pull fish from long distances too. |
| pellets for example and indeed many types of trout | | | | For some strange reason, many carp anglers seem to |
| and salmon pellet too. Not only this but their nutritional | | | | avoid achieving a edge and often use what their |
| profiles may be weaker in terms of attraction also. | | | | mates are using even if their mates do not catch |
| Fish meals and shellfish meals have very much going | | | | many more fish than they do because everyone is all |
| for them with essential amino acids, omega oils, | | | | using the same bait. The increased use of bloodworm |
| vitamins, minerals, enzymes and so on all doing their | | | | pellets and the popularity of pineapple flavours got me |
| stuff to pull in the fish. | | | | scratching my head on this one. |
| Having said that, boilies made from halibut pellet | | | | The relative effectiveness of one type of pellet to |
| powder are very effective and more resilient than | | | | another is an interesting one and prone to personal |
| pellets themselves. Pellets can often be wasted | | | | experiences on different waters, opinions and even |
| because so many other fish species love them. Their | | | | second opinions of adverts! Used efficiently together, |
| effectiveness can be limited literally to the amount you | | | | pellets, particles and boilies are incredibly effective. But |
| can keep introducing into your swim over time as all | | | | how many angler even think of fishing over chopped |
| kinds of species eat them and it might take far more | | | | fish, chopped 'seasoned' squid or luncheon meat any |
| bait than you are prepared to pay for to create a | | | | more. Using these in a ground bait with particles and |
| desired carp feeding frenzy! | | | | samples of the currently most popular pellets and |
| On some waters it appears at first sight as if all the | | | | boilies in your lake is extremely effective. |
| carp are interested in is eating halibut pellets making it | | | | Even sprinkling betaine and liquidized liver or green lip |
| tricky to get takes on other baits, but this is easily | | | | mussel extract and seaweed powder in solution and |
| solved! | | | | solution over your pellets, gives you an attractive |
| Boilies made as pellets or alternative shapes can | | | | different bait to the usual. How many anglers have |
| actually be easier and far less time consuming to | | | | tried the juices from canned vegetables like |
| produce and far more effective than round boilies | | | | sweetcorn, fruits like pineapple or papaya or oils from |
| anyway. Not that many anglers think of combining a | | | | various tinned fish like salmon or tuna, as alternative |
| boilie and pellet on the hook. Permutations to avoid | | | | attractive soaks? |
| copying baits and methods of your fellow anglers are | | | | Anyway, give it a thought; the pellet world's your |
| easy to find and work so well. How many anglers use | | | | oyster! |
| a floating pellet with a sinking pellet on the hook rig? | | | | The author has many more fishing and bait 'edges' up |
| Bait density and buoyancy are vital things to consider | | | | his sleeve. Every single one can have a huge impact |
| when achieving an edge when avoiding the standard | | | | on catches. (Warning: This article is protected by |
| way of doing things. | | | | copyright.) |
| There are thousands of different types of pellets now | | | | By Tim Richardson. |