Boilies poll

[Richard Parsons]

Following on from the "milk" thread I thought it might be interesting to learn the percentage of boilie users who use shelf-life, fresh/frozen or homemade baits.

I've made the poll single choice, based on the assumption that each angler would normally stick to one type (sorry if this isn't the case).....

 

[Stephen Cotton]

Shelf life for me... Doh didn't see the poll!!

 

[Clive Shipman]

All of the above

 

[Andy Bebbington]

Have used all of the above 1st choice would be to make my own, 2nd freezer baits,3rd shelf life.
Andy

 

[Rob Paylor]

Shelfies for barbel because they live in my bag most of the time. For my carp always frozen (I have a bait freezer in the garage) unless doing say a week in France then I will use shelfies too.

 

[Richard Isaacs]

Make my own all the way. There is just something a little bit special when you start catching well and have confidence in a bait that you’ve made yourself. I don’t mean followed a trend or a typical recipe I mean added your own things to personalise your bait so that you and only you are gonna be the only one casting that particular bait out. I doubt very much in most cases that the barbel give a hoot but it’s nice to know something you’ve worked on is working for you.

 

[Richard Parsons]

Thanks, all, for your responses. Unsurprisingly, shelf-life is the most popular. Referring again to the "milk" thread once more, I wonder how many of use have been inspired to have a go at making their own boilies? I think I'll be giving it a go at some point, having not really considered it before.

 

[David Craine]

I feel left out, never used a boilie... never seen the need


David

 

[Richard Parsons]

Looks like I missed out an option!

 

[Richard Isaacs]

Thanks, all, for your responses. Unsurprisingly, shelf-life is the most popular. Referring again to the "milk" thread once more, I wonder how many of use have been inspired to have a go at making their own boilies? I think I'll be giving it a go at some point, having not really considered it before.

I always used to stick with the shelfys. Typical tried and tested baits like source, crave etc but in recent years started making my own and have settled on a little contraption that I have put together and seems to work. I wouldn’t say my bite rate has improved since making the swap as the tried and tested certainly proved fruitful but it hasn’t gone down either. What it has doe is it has enspired my confidence in a boilie that I’ve made myself from my own ingredients