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