| * Have you ever wondered why one 'lucky guy' | | | | this makes to your catches! |
| seems to catch the biggest fish again and | | | | |
| again, while the majority of other fishermen | | | | 11. If you use 'boilies' rather than paste or |
| just seem to get the average catches? Why is | | | | dough baits, try chopping edges off your hook |
| that? * | | | | baits as if other fish have been 'playing |
| | | | with your bait and taking small chunks out of |
| Many of us would love to catch those big | | | | it; this can really make the bigger fish |
| catfish, carp, bass, trout etc, every time we | | | | 'feel' safer when they sample your hook baits |
| go fishing. It may just be that the guy is a | | | | - try piecing your hook baits right through |
| genius angler, but real fishing success is | | | | to release the maximum attraction even from |
| often simply about using bait that is more | | | | the center of your bait; it really works! |
| effective than most other anglers baits at | | | | |
| getting round fishes natural fears and | | | | 12. Try wrapping your bait and your hook |
| resistance to eating it!... | | | | (except the point) in a paste or dough. Try a |
| | | | mixture of ordinary flour, marmite, parmesan |
| But how can we achieve this? Well here's a | | | | cheese, garlic granules, curry spices, sea |
| few of some of the best most proven methods | | | | salt, eggs and liquid amino acids - this |
| of increasing your catches, especially for | | | | mixture is pure 'dynamite' and really makes |
| carp and catfish, but can be applied very | | | | them bite! |
| effectively to many other species: | | | | |
| | | | 13. One of the most successful paste / dough |
| 1. Try taking a look at the most popular | | | | baits of recent times is made from a mixture |
| baits where you fish and eliminate any | | | | of fish meal and a couple of pre-digested |
| similarity your homemade bait has with them. | | | | ingredients like pre-digested, liver powder, |
| This especially applies to your own unique | | | | fish meals, pre-digested yeast powder or |
| fishing bait recipe or formulas. This removes | | | | pre-digested shellfish extracts. Try binding |
| the fishes 'danger reference points'. This | | | | them together with just ordinary flour and |
| gives your bait a massive 'edge' because the | | | | loads of liquid amino acids / protein food |
| fish will not associate your bait with | | | | supplement. |
| danger, anything like as much as with the | | | | |
| baits everyone else are using - after all , | | | | The addition of corn steep liquor powder or |
| the whole point of a bait is simply to fool | | | | liquid, and pure betaine is a massive boost |
| the fish into taking a hook into it's mouth! | | | | to the power of attraction. (But use no eggs, |
| | | | or water in the mix; just 'liquid protein' |
| 2. Make your bait different sizes, odd | | | | amino acids. (A body building supplement.) |
| shapes, density, colors, flavors, with | | | | This can be used as bait 'soaks 'and dips for |
| different attractors and additives, the more | | | | pellets and boilies too. Experiment with |
| different to the usual bait the fish | | | | different proportions to get your dough / |
| experience, the more effective your bait will | | | | pate to hold and last on your hook for |
| be potentially be. Making your own bait puts | | | | different times. When you 'bait up' or 'chum |
| the odds back in your favor and the power | | | | your swim with free baits like this, to |
| back into your hands - literally! | | | | attract the fish - hold on to your rods!!! |
| | | | |
| 3. Absolutely pack your baits with "powerful | | | | 14. Add natural ingredients to your bait, for |
| 'free amino acids' (the type bodybuilders use | | | | example, bird foods contain all kinds of |
| as a liquid protein food supplement.) Even if | | | | fantastic foods fish love, like insects, |
| you're making a proprietary bait using a | | | | seeds, grubs and worms. Many times, these |
| 'commercial base mix' that anyone can | | | | encourage smaller fish to find your bait, and |
| purchase, this will really set your bait | | | | these can lead the bigger ones to your hook. |
| apart and make it preferable to fish! | | | | Spirulina is a great attractor that attracts |
| | | | natural aquatic animals to your baits. These |
| 4. Pack bait with minerals, vitamins and | | | | gather and form a brilliant natural 'free |
| trace elements - get a health tonic | | | | bait' so attracting fish 'naturally! |
| supplement from your local drug store. Very | | | | |
| few people realize that these are in fact | | | | 15. Add a 'crunch factor' to your bait - many |
| amazing attractors in their own right! An | | | | fish have food detectors inside their gills, |
| astounding edge is to massively increase the | | | | and allowing fish to experience eating your |
| attractiveness and soluble nutritional | | | | bait like it was natural food, e.g., like |
| message leaking from your bait, by soaking | | | | shrimps or snails or mussels, is a great way |
| your hook bait in a mixture if fresh | | | | to 'turn them on' and get more confident |
| liquidized sweet corn, molasses and liquid | | | | feeding and more bites! |
| protein food (so-called 'free amino acids.) | | | | |
| | | | The 'chitin' in this hard material is also a |
| 5. It has been proven that when tested carp | | | | massive natural dietary requirement for carp, |
| were provided with a number of complete foods | | | | essential for healthy liver function, healthy |
| providing all their nutritional requirements, | | | | blood, and repair and growth of skeletal |
| preferred the food that had been sweetened. | | | | structures. It is also high in nitrogen; an |
| E.g., try sweetening honey and molasses, | | | | important building block of protein, also |
| fruit sugar (fructose), or saccharin. | | | | essential for repair, growth and other |
| | | | processes and functions in carp. |
| 6. Add Sea salt to your bait - this is one of | | | | |
| the most proven and unbelievable fish feeding | | | | 16. If you use 'boilies' for carp catfish, |
| triggers, and a great nutritional taste | | | | etc there is a simple method of improving |
| enhancer full of minerals. Nearly every | | | | them: If you buy your baits frozen in a bag, |
| animal and fish cannot live without salt! | | | | then open them up and let them defrost and |
| | | | 'warm up for 3-4 days in advance of fishing. |
| 7. For many fish including catfish and carp, | | | | This gives bacterial enzymes the time to |
| pack your bait with fresh good quality | | | | start breaking down your baits and releasing |
| digestible protein - it doesn't need to be a | | | | very attractive alcohols, sugars and amino |
| large proportion, no more than a third of | | | | acids for example. It really works well for |
| your bait. Ingredients such as trout pellet | | | | better catches and can even promote quicker |
| powder, meat and poultry meals, blood meal, | | | | bites! |
| fish meals and shellfish meals and liver | | | | |
| powder are great. | | | | Making and adapting your own and readymade |
| | | | shop - bought baits to make them different to |
| Add energy rich carbohydrates to provide | | | | the rest, and far more effective than normal |
| balanced nutrition and binding. For example, | | | | is a science, and a very satisfying 'art'. |
| soya flour, semolina, or even ordinary white | | | | When you have armed yourself with a range of |
| or brown wheat flour. For carp try adding | | | | great baits, the confidence you feel is |
| some wheat germ it has excellent properties! | | | | awesome and especially satisfying when you've |
| | | | designed them made your own homemade baits |
| 8. Add a small amount of oil to your bait for | | | | yourself; and they catch your next 'personal |
| a balanced nutritional value. For catfish | | | | best!' |
| this could be you favorite fish oil. For carp | | | | |
| the best is probably pure cold pressed hemp | | | | I could show you many real life examples of |
| oil; it's natures 'super food' and is one of | | | | how using edges like these and others, have |
| the richest and most healthy and nutritional | | | | resulted in fantastic big fish catches. |
| oils known to man and fish! | | | | |
| | | | I love researching and writing about fishing |
| 9. Give your bait some protein that's been | | | | bait because it is one of the fastest |
| 'pre-digested' or 'hydrolyzed.' This is | | | | short-cuts to success! I am into bait in a |
| easily achieved by adding a small amount of | | | | big way, having even researched the subject |
| proprietary powder, like pre-digested liver, | | | | with a PhD biochemist to reveal the reasons |
| fish meal or shellfish extracts to your bait; | | | | why and how baits really work to catch fish. |
| available from bait companies all across the | | | | I've found that a little bait knowledge can |
| worldwide web. | | | | catch you more fish, but the more you know - |
| | | | the more consistent your catches can become - |
| This method is incredibly effective, | | | | and the more big fish you catch! |
| improving the fish attractive 'amino acid | | | | |
| profile of your bait. Fish are extremely | | | | The truly amazing thing is, ANY angler can |
| efficient at detecting and utilizing amino | | | | achieve truly amazing catches with just |
| acids, and you may well find that with the | | | | enough of the right bait knowledge! Then |
| higher the rate of inclusion of these highly | | | | other anglers will wonder what his 'secret to |
| fish digestible ingredients, your catches and | | | | success' is... |
| numbers of bigger fish soar too! | | | | |
| | | | The author has many more fishing and bait |
| 10. Allow your bait to 'cure' for 3-4 days | | | | 'edges' up his sleeve. Every single one can |
| prior to use; this allows your bait to start | | | | have a huge impact on improving your catches. |
| to ferment and lets bacterial enzymes release | | | | (Warning: This article is protected by |
| alcohols, sugars and increase the level of | | | | copyright, but reprints are OK with a link.) |
| pre-digested proteins in your bait; all | | | | |
| amazingly extremely good fish feeding | | | | By Tim Richardson. 'The thinking angler's |
| triggers and attractors. See the difference | | | | expert bait making guru. |