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Air dried boilies

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Peter Bowles

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Some months ago I air dried about 3kg of SG1 boilies, I then put them into ziplock bags. Now the boilies have alot of green fur on them and green dust in the bags.. do you think they will be ok or are the ready for the bin..

Cheers Peter
 
Peter Bowles said:
Some months ago I air dried about 3kg of SG1 boilies, I then put them into ziplock bags. Now the boilies have alot of green fur on them and green dust in the bags.. do you think they will be ok or are the ready for the bin..

Cheers Peter
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Why risk it🤷‍♂️
when your sitting there blanking you don’t know if it’s conditions, location, bait, tackle ….you need to remove as many variables as possible to maximise your chances
 
I once had a freezer failure affect a significant quantity of bait. I re-froze it hoping that it hadn’t gone off; and then I tested a small quantity on some easy carp. I actually watched their reaction and they would NOT eat it - so that made throwing away the rest of it much easier.
 
Get it put on a hair!
 
Why do you think n-butyric acid is a fairly popular additive?
 
Damian Kimmins said:
Because they catch fish!
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I’m not doubting they wouldn’t but it’s a very lazy attitude when something fresh and not hardened like a musket bullet would do a far better job. Personally I’d rather up my chances with a little effort rather than take old mouldy crap out the back of the bag.
 
Weird isn't it, in the human world, fresh is always best, or is it. How long has that supposedly fresh fruit and veg been sitting on the shelf waiting to be bought 🤷‍♂️ Whereas, such as frozen peas etc, are frozen just after being picked. I now prefer frozen veg over ( supposedly fresh ), maybe this also applies to bait, i,e frozen hemp and other particles. 🤷‍♂️ What are your thoughts on this ?










































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Richard Isaacs said:
I’m not doubting they wouldn’t but it’s a very lazy attitude when something fresh and not hardened like a musket bullet would do a far better job. Personally I’d rather up my chances with a little effort rather than take old mouldy crap out the back of the bag.
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Does it do a far better job?
I think sometimes we're guilty of being a little bit gullible when being told fresh is best. I'm a little cynical and think that's said so that partly you just keep bait companies going. I think it's particularly wasteful that someone wouldn't use a bait that might not smell or look as good as the day it was made. Used to use a hemp caster mix that absolutely stank before using it with zero doubts about it's pulling ability.
But if you believe that you need to use a bait within hours after being produced because you stand a better chance of catching a fish, that's fine.
 
French carpers appreciate the fermentation of boilies (we are not cheese specialists for nothing🤭). The moldy sought and considered very attractive for fish is white.
Green moldy is considered repellent and toxic to fish. Green bait is thrown in the garbage.
 
Putting them in plastic bags after drying them has caused this. You would have trapped moisture in the bag leading the mould bacteria to grow.

If its green don't use it.

Some boilies start turning and go white and sticky at this point they are very attractive to carp so maybe barbel too. Something to do with the sugars fermenting I think. Mainline activ8 was good for this back in the day.
 
David Desmitt said:
French carpers appreciate the fermentation of boilies (we are not cheese specialists for nothing🤭). The moldy sought and considered very attractive for fish is white.
Green moldy is considered repellent and toxic to fish. Green bait is thrown in the garbage.
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I think you have got it right.

The white surface ‘sugars’ are very attractive to fish - as per Brendan’s Mullins’ example and early Richworth frozen baits. The latter worked best when they were white and about 3 days out of the freezer.

My frozen/thawed stuff was actually mouldy (as in slightly green) and fish wouldn’t go near it.

PS N - butyric acid is a fantastic additive - in my opinion simply because fish like the smell/taste of it. Whether it is because it smells like something that is ‘going off’ is debatable…….
 
Damian Kimmins said:
Does it do a far better job?
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Definitely from my experience the fresher the better. Cant say I’ve ever left it to the point they are covered in green mould but certainly I’ve left them till they are on the turn and used them. I’ve used them before they turned.
They all catch fish but definitely results for me are better when it’s made the night before
 
Damian Kimmins said:
Does it do a far better job?
I think sometimes we're guilty of being a little bit gullible when being told fresh is best. I'm a little cynical and think that's said so that partly you just keep bait companies going. I think it's particularly wasteful that someone wouldn't use a bait that might not smell or look as good as the day it was made. Used to use a hemp caster mix that absolutely stank before using it with zero doubts about it's pulling ability.
But if you believe that you need to use a bait within hours after being produced because you stand a better chance of catching a fish, that's fine.
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And Tim’s post above yours should say it all really. Not worth the risk.
 
I'm sorry, I really used to worry about all that and I appreciate the confidence that fishing with a fresh bait gives you, but bait that has turned does catch fish.
I know that fish in our river systems will likely see more bait now than they ever have and other than during the closed season it is likely enough to sustain them, but they aren't domesticated animals just yet - they will still on occasion search out what tiny morsels they can and with what we're doing to our rivers, they may likely be covered in untreated sewage.
 
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