| One of the most little used baits these days in | | | | your fish will consume these with great |
| carp and catfish fishing is paste due to the | | | | enthusiasm! |
| predominance of commercially produced carp and | | | | The ingredients, additives, flavors and other |
| catfish boilies and pellets and other forms of baits. | | | | ingredients you can make paste or adapt |
| But the basic point of a bait is to give you an | | | | commercial readymade baits to make them new |
| advantageous edge against the suspicions of fish | | | | and unique are legion. I cannot recommend the |
| previously caught on your bait so using something | | | | homemade adaptation of readymade baits enough |
| different literally has massive fish catching | | | | and this does not simply start and end with simply |
| benefits! Pellets and boilies are in many ways | | | | soaking them in a favourite flavour or in dips. In |
| limited by their physical characteristics and both | | | | fact, you can top commercial baits very easily by |
| are heated and compressed during their formation | | | | exploiting using the commercial base mix used in |
| leading to common features which wiser fish can | | | | the readymade baits you like to use, but use |
| recognise and therefore easily avoid if such baits | | | | your own personally chosen secret additives, |
| are associated with previous danger. | | | | flavours – or whatever you like; this really is |
| The training of goldfish to perform tricks dispels | | | | very effective and in the UK the best fish on |
| forever the myth of a fish’s 3 second | | | | such a bait I’ve had was a 46 pound leather |
| memory. But many fisherman know fish have | | | | carp back in 1999... |
| long memories and can avoid baits they have | | | | Of course using a readymade base mix of dry |
| been hooked on in the past. The advantages and | | | | powders as your paste or dough bait is one way |
| use of dough and paste bait are very little known | | | | to quickly make a bait without any knowledge of |
| compared to general knowledge of fishermen | | | | bait making, but then just consider just for a |
| regarding many other baits. | | | | moment just how satisfying it is to be able to |
| Paste and dough type baits often have great | | | | catch every new personal best fish on your own |
| solubility, which is a key factor in their major | | | | personalised secret bait! I’ve been making |
| effectiveness. But practically all their | | | | baits for over 30 years for carp and catfish and |
| characteristics can be manipulated or adapted to | | | | one thing is clear; you can easily compete with |
| suit fishing needs and situations. Why use baits | | | | any commercial baits using homemade ones and |
| that any other fisherman may already have | | | | with a gigantic saving of 75 percent of the cost |
| hooked your target fish with when such fish can | | | | of expensive readymade baits! In fact I have |
| be far easier to catch on original and unique new | | | | noticed that anglers who use readymade baits |
| baits which only you can exploit to its full | | | | spend a fortune on them and largely waste their |
| potential!? | | | | potential because they do not realise they are |
| For example, both carp and catfish have certain | | | | fishing using a bait fish are more often than not |
| essential nutritional requirements which means you | | | | already pre-conditioned to be very wary about; |
| can exploit these things in your baits so basically | | | | hence so many anglers get disappointing results |
| forcing your fish to eat your bait as it contains | | | | on them which is a big downer! |
| what they need to survive. Many species of | | | | The possibilities you have with paste and dough |
| catfish like the channel catfish can thrive on a diet | | | | baits to provide highly irresistible bait features to |
| high in carbohydrate if it is soya based for | | | | boost and enhance and differentiate your baits |
| instance. But carp are different; they are basically | | | | from any others the fish may have regularly |
| diabetic in the way they deal with carbohydrates | | | | experienced are endless. One of the top benefits |
| and the energy from carbohydrates as a result | | | | is that you can put much higher levels of the |
| of food digestion is not fully transferred into the | | | | most effective ingredients into your baits; far |
| fish and in fact carp fed on purely high | | | | more than commercial bait companies can afford |
| carbohydrate feeds can easily drop in weight and | | | | to include! It takes a bit of knowledge to select |
| lose health. | | | | which ingredients to use, but the results on such |
| Both carp and catfish have increased metabolism | | | | baits are just amazing compared to ordinary |
| (rate of oxygen consumption) as temperatures | | | | readymade baits - and the best part is that you |
| increase. The fishes need for more food is raised | | | | can make baits with ease that can out-fish your |
| as a result of increased metabolism as more | | | | readymade baits using friends! |
| energy is required. One of the best ways to pull | | | | This fishing bait secrets books author has many |
| fish into your swim in an excited state is to use | | | | more fishing and bait ‘edges’ up his |
| soluble protein based paste baits packed with fish | | | | sleeve. Every single one can have a huge impact |
| essential amino acids and you can use your paste | | | | on catches. |
| bait fresh, or use it in hard air-dried form and | | | | |