| If you want to catch big carp or catfish | | | | allows soluble components to leach-out more |
| consistently, few baits and ingredients match fish | | | | effectively. |
| meals. But how do you make them work best in | | | | 14. Using crushed egg-shells or crushed cockle |
| all conditions and enhance any of them to keep | | | | shells adds much more than just more effective |
| big fish coming? These tips by an experienced | | | | open bait texture. |
| homemade bait maker will prove very valuable! | | | | 15. The use of wheat germ, wheat and barley |
| 1. Tinned fish make excellent baits. Putting them in | | | | bran and milk proteins, are all beneficial digestive |
| a liquidiser and adding ordinary wholemeal flour and | | | | ingredients in cold temperatures either helping |
| eggs is one of the simplest ways to make a fish | | | | other ingredients to be absorbed or helping |
| meal bait! | | | | further natural bacterial enzyme of proteins for |
| 2. Even using tinned tuna or salmon flakes or | | | | example. |
| chunks in natural oil used in ground baits or one of | | | | 16. When your simple straight fish meal bait loses |
| the new round plastic hollow hook bait holders; | | | | some of its 'edge' you can add to its nutritional |
| both work effectively. | | | | profile by using various milk proteins, yeast |
| 3. Many fish meal fishing baits can taste sour or | | | | powders, 'Robin Red' additive type products ,or |
| bitter and benefit from use of ingredients to | | | | kelp powder for instance. (But there are |
| improve taste, (and smell) and most importantly; | | | | thousands of choices and combinations to exploit |
| 'palatability' which can cause fish to ingest baits | | | | while keeping a very favourable stimulatory |
| more repeatedly to create more chances of a | | | | nutritional value of your bait!) |
| hook bait being taken. | | | | 17. You can rejuvenate the fish response to an |
| 4. It takes roughly 4 to 5 tonnes of live fish in | | | | already established fish meal bait, by adding |
| order to process and produce 1 tonne of fish | | | | various herbs and spices (which also aid more |
| meal, (fish have a high water content like us | | | | effective digestion and raise fish metabolism.) |
| humans among many other similarities!) | | | | 18. Many simple baits based on cat foods and dog |
| 5. Due to world-wide over-fishing, certain fish | | | | foods containing fishmeals and cereals make highly |
| species used for human consumption and in fish | | | | successful carp and catfish baits which are |
| meals, especially of the north Atlantic white lean | | | | enzyme active and in the case of dogs, are most |
| fish like cod, haddock, whiting and pollack are | | | | often than not, sweetened for added palatability! |
| more in short supply these days but their place is | | | | 19. Fish 'oils' are liquid at room temperature but |
| filled by smaller still very valuable fish species. | | | | can solidify in cold temperatures so making normal |
| 6. You can mix various fish oils together or with | | | | summer type fish meal baits very ineffective. |
| vegetable oils, to create your own personalised | | | | 20. You can test some of the 'functional |
| 'fish feed inducing' oil. | | | | effectiveness' of your fish meal baits and pellets, |
| 7. Lecithins improve the beneficial dispersal of fish | | | | by placing samples in a glass of cold water and |
| oils from baits when in water; making them far | | | | assessing the time it takes for baits to 'colour' the |
| more 'semi-soluble' and easier for fish receptor | | | | water in the glass and release soluble attractors |
| cells to 'detect.' | | | | you can smell. |
| 8. Use of fish oils in low temperatures can | | | | 21. The marine stocks of smaller fish used in |
| severely inhibit fish bait digestion and even 'lock-up' | | | | 'brown' fishmeals especially have stabilised and are |
| other less soluble ingredients which could sit in the | | | | claimed to be 'sustainable' so it looks like these |
| gut and go rancid. | | | | fishing bait ingredients are here to stay! |
| 9. Often when fishing a fishery containing large | | | | Although there are thousands of other bait |
| catfish, having baited a swim with fish meal type | | | | variations, additives, attractors, enhancers, feeding |
| baits can produce a 'slick' of oil on the waters | | | | triggering ingredients and substances etc, the |
| surface which can take some time to reduce | | | | basic fish meal bait and its nutritional profile is a |
| depending on the oil content of the baits. | | | | proven winner for consistent big fish results! |
| 10. Often a fish oil induced 'oil slick' can be | | | | This fishing bait secret books author has many |
| confused with the large 'slicks' which large catfish | | | | more fishing and bait 'edges.' Just one could |
| produce, (and the reverse is also true!) | | | | impact on your catches! |
| 11. Putting together a fish meal bait is very easy | | | | By Tim Richardson. |
| at the beginners level and gets more in-depth at | | | | For the unique acclaimed expert bait making and |
| the levels of optimising the digestive biological | | | | secrets 'bibles' ebooks / books: |
| value and nutritional profiles of substances in the | | | | "BIG CATFISH AND CARP BAIT SECRETS!" |
| baits (especially involving first and second 'limiting | | | | AND "BIG CARP BAIT SECRETS!" (AND BAIT |
| amino acids,' for instance.) | | | | FLAVOUR SECRETS) SEE: |
| 12. Ideal fish meal boilies and pellets and pastes | | | | Tim is a highly experienced homemade bait maker |
| should contain much reduced oil levels and exploit | | | | big carp and catfish angler of 30 years. His bait |
| lecithins (like the commercial carp bait "Trigger | | | | enhancing books / ebooks now help anglers in 41 |
| Ice" for example.) | | | | countries improve their results. See this bait and |
| 13. A good fish meal bait in winter (in contrast to | | | | fishing secrets website now! |
| summer) needs to have an open texture which | | | | |