| Top carp fishing baits are rarely made from | | | | based: 'Black Juice,' the spray-dried fruit |
| 'purely' milk protein ingredients these days. | | | | juices based 'Minglefruit,' a 'sugars' based |
| But there are many very attractive reasons to | | | | mix: 'Sucre Blend,' and a spicy yeast bait |
| make your own very unique and powerful | | | | 'Ultraspice,' blended together. |
| homemade baits using them. | | | | |
| | | | For example, in simple 50 % combinations like |
| It is rare to find any of your 'competing' | | | | 'The protein mix' with 'Sucre Blend, or |
| fishermen using these and so they really do | | | | 'Black Juice,' with 'Minglefruit' and I'm |
| offer a massive and 'different edge.' Carp | | | | sure some of his present proprietary mixes |
| really love them and these baits will often | | | | were born using this idea! (And they have |
| 'select' bigger fish too… | | | | caught me countless big fish over the years |
| | | | too while experimenting and 'playing' with |
| One of the most successful homemade baits of | | | | baits and different versions and |
| the 1970s and early 1980's era, in the UK, | | | | combinations!) |
| was what was termed, 'the four milks'. This | | | | |
| consisted of equal amounts of casein, | | | | There was also bait mentioned, based on mixed |
| lactalbumin, sodium caseinate plus a product | | | | spices and herbs, which was similar to: |
| called 'FinnStim,' which contains purified | | | | |
| crystalline betaine, and was best optimized | | | | 4 Ounces of 90 mesh acid casein. (Or a |
| with added amino acids. | | | | combination of rennet casein too.) |
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| Apparently, this was one of the kinds of bait | | | | 4 Ounces of sodium caseinate. |
| that made carp angling guru, Kevin Maddox, | | | | |
| famous and he comes from a great era of | | | | 4 Ounces of lactalbumin. |
| widespread milk protein usage bringing to | | | | |
| mind the use for example of baby milk, | | | | 4 Ounces of soya isolate. |
| 'Vitamealo,' 'Lamlac,' 'Complan,' 'Casilan,' | | | | |
| etc etc... | | | | 1 Tablespoon (or more,) of mixed spices and |
| | | | herbs. |
| With a slight change, Rod Hutchinson | | | | |
| recommended this formula to me, in one of his | | | | 15 Milliliters (or more,) of Regular Sense |
| very helpful letters. It really helped me to | | | | Appeal (or 'Spice' or 'Fruit Sense Appeal.') |
| 'compete' against much more experienced bait | | | | |
| making anglers, who were using very high | | | | 3 To 5 milliliters of 'Ultraspice' flavour. |
| quality milk protein and fish meal based | | | | (Or other flavours.) |
| baits at that time: | | | | |
| | | | 1 Teaspoon of 'sweet appetite stimulator.' |
| 4 Ounces of 90 mesh acid casein. (Or a | | | | |
| combination of rennet casein too.) | | | | 5 Milliliters of 'Intense sweetener.' |
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| 4 Ounces of sodium caseinate. | | | | Four large eggs. |
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| 4 Ounces of lactalbumin. | | | | With these as my 'control' boilie baits, I |
| | | | could experiment with other ingredients, like |
| 4 Ounces of soya isolate. | | | | body-building powders, individual herbs, |
| | | | spices, animal feeds, other natural extracts, |
| 15 Milliliters of 'Regular sense appeal.' | | | | and so on, and continue catching carp with |
| | | | confidence! |
| 3 To 5 milliliters of 'Scopex' flavour. (Or | | | | |
| other flavours.) | | | | A 'control bait' is essential, to measure |
| | | | results against your new bait creations when |
| 1 Teaspoon of 'Sweet appetite stimulator.' | | | | experimenting! As a special note, make sure |
| | | | you make these baits 'damper' than usual and |
| 5 Milliliters of 'Intense sweetener.' | | | | store them in cool conditions between mixing |
| | | | into a dough and rolling in to baits, as they |
| Four large eggs. | | | | have a great tendency to go hard and dry out |
| | | | fast! |
| This bait was excellent! (And still is!) | | | | |
| Other proprietary mixes and recipes followed, | | | | The author has many more fishing and bait |
| which recommended combining: a milk protein | | | | 'edges' up his sleeve. Every single one can |
| base: 'The Milk Protein Mix,' the amino acids | | | | have a huge impact on catches. |