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 ian 3663 |
Basemix? |
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Posts: 395 (30/10/06 17:24) |
Does anyone know where i can some cheap but good basemix from?Been using John baker original mix,but at £8.99 for 1kg you dont get alot out of it.Ive got all the flavour & Additives,so all im looking for is the basemix.
Cheers Ian |
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john cook |
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Posts: 1009 (30/10/06 17:43) |
Ian,
Have a look at premier baits, cc moore, or quality baits. Nice prices and they catch fish. Best Barbel John Look ye also while life lasts. |
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ian 3663 |
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Posts: 395 (30/10/06 18:25) |
Thanks John,will have a look later to see what they have got!
Cheers Ian |
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DarrenGeorge |
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Posts: 2274 (30/10/06 23:04) |
Bankside tackle do a couple of base mixes made in conjunction with SM, 6.99 a kilo. Dairy spice sounds good.
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shrimpy |
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Posts: 19 (31/10/06 00:08) |
My friends and me often use a basemix made out of 80 % grounded Frolic dog food and 20 % durum wheat (by weight). We do not feel that we really have to ad any flavour, but do so every now and then. What keeps us away from adding to many things are the connivance off being able to go down to the supermarket and pick up a couple bags of Frolic on the way out to do the prebaitning. I do not know about the barbell, but carp, bream and tench just loves Frolic and boilies and paste made out that simple mix.
Regards, Robin |
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Phil Adams |
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Posts: 555 (31/10/06 09:28) |
I would love to be able to know up a workable paste from easily obtained ingredients. I like the JB range, but they aren't easy to obtain, and they are expensive.
I have noted the Frolic recipe (thanks for that) but I want to have a play myself. Must be great catching on a bait you have devised yourself. Phil |
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DarrenGeorge |
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Posts: 2274 (31/10/06 12:25) |
Phil,
Check out www.ccmoore.com, scroll to boilie ingredients and then additives for loads of bits and bobs for making up quite cost-effective bait. Another one is to use halibut groundbait or ground pellets as the bulk ingredient and go from there... have fun and experiment 
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Phil Adams |
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Posts: 555 (31/10/06 13:21) |
Cheers for that Darren, I'll check it out.
I'm sure JB stuff is good, but not convinced that it's not better than it needs to be if you know what I mean. I fancy trying something savoury with maybe marmite, and not for lunch. Must get a good leakage from that! I was thinking milk powder, but I like the semolina suggestion for sweeter baits, I think I read on a post ages ago that milk is a bit dodgy for barbs digestion, not sure if I remembered right. Phil |
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Slip59 |
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Posts: 419 (31/10/06 14:48) |
Quality Baits, www.qualitybaits.co.uk - the cheaper 50/50 Spicy Red fish mix is superb for the price (£2 a kilo!). Use Monster Crab or Frankfurter sausage flavours with it.
Caught stacks of massive carp on it and had the Teme barbel hooked on it a few autumns ago. Very, very very good value for a great product. Have to say though I use Halibut pellets and Dynamite Baits halibut boilies now ! Just havent got time to make baits no more! |
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scaz |
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Posts: 462 (31/10/06 17:07) |
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Belachan |
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Posts: 71 (01/11/06 13:24) |
Hi Ian
Check out www.sbsbaits.com/index.php?cPath=23 SBS have got a 2 for 1 offer on until 10/11/06, on all their products, including base mixes. And no, I don't have any affiliation to/sponsorship with the company. I'm debating whether to take the plunge for some M2 mix, unless I can find some cheap JB Savoury spice, which has been a favourite for a while now. Hope this helps Cheers Mark |
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Phil Adams |
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Posts: 555 (01/11/06 17:18) |
I'm inspired,
Phil |
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Guy Baxendale |
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Posts: 839 (01/11/06 17:25) |
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ian 3663 |
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Posts: 395 (01/11/06 18:35) |
Thanks for all the info lads.Mark im a big fan of the savoury spice basemix,been using it for a couple of seasons now,only in the winter,but i just can't get my head around the price, at £8:50 a bag you dont get alot but it is good stuff.
Cheers Ian |
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DarrenGeorge |
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Posts: 2274 (01/11/06 18:39) |
That quality baits site looks good, any one used it? Wondering if the quality bears up to ccmoore et al..?
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bewdley2 |
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Posts: 888 (02/11/06 13:05) |
I was wondering about different additives and their effect on each other. I've no idea how a fish's sense of smell and taste works, but you lads out there who've carried out a lot of trials of your own will have learnt by experiment what does and does not mix. For instance, does mixing somthing sweet with somthing spicey put the fish off or just give them a kind of choice? or if you mix say, monster crab with another taste does it totally alter the end product and make it useless? For my own part I try to keep ingredient's very simlar, say a fishmeal base and one of the fish oil's. If I want somthing spicey, I use a bland base like bran or crumb and then add somthing from the supermarket's oriental shelves. I've read many times that adding small amount's of salt and sugar to natural product's like hemp and other seed's is advantageous, also products to alter the colour like bi-carb to hemp to darken it. I must admit Robin Red is one of my favourite additives, but that's most likely because of the way it smell's and that nice red colour it turns the mix....Kindest..Jim...
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Phil Adams |
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Posts: 555 (02/11/06 13:21) |
Jim,
have been wondering same. JB Supermilk Gold, frost and flood, cream caramel (all sweet) and then amino liver. Wonder if the liver kills the sweetness, although I believe aminos are good. Phil |
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johngp |
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Posts: 611 (02/11/06 20:41) |
JB stuff is a bit pricey but he does some good stuf
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Splint123 |
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Posts: 442 (02/11/06 23:28) |
Quality Baits???
Yup. I've used them before. My bro lives about 3 miles from them so he put me onto them a number of years ago. The mix I used was the Patshull Park Mix - flavoured with blue cheese and mexican onion. And it was a cracking bait. Caught my PB on it, and plenty of other biggies as well. We called it 'Walkers' and if you ask for it by that name, Simon will know what you mean. Cheers, Dave. There is a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore acting like an idiot.
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ian 3663 |
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Posts: 395 (07/11/06 18:22) |
ive just been looking around and have come across a company called Essentail products,anyone used these before?Had a look at the barbel section,looks like they've got some interesting stuff.
www.essentailproducts.co.uk Cheers Ian |
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