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one for the bait guru's.....

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Marty Mulcairn

Senior Member
last season i produced a boilie/paste mix that worked ok, however the main flavour that i used (a pure concentrate of a natural substance) is very,very strong, and at a certain very low level went from a very,very subtle smell to a very pungent smell in the finished bait, from a 1ml increment...

i went with the lower level, but is there an ingredient that would "smooth" the main flavour in the mix? My base mix is fish/meat meal based and with both fish and meat based liquid foods. As i've essentially got a very savoury bait, would the inclusion of a creamy/sweet ingredient/stimulant or similar take the edge off the main flavour? If so, any suggestions?

just thought i'd ask (and probably bore everyone!) before i wreck the kitchen and spend hours chasing my tail.
 
Marty,

Ian Grant will be along soon, you can dilute your essential oil and then add small quantity of the diluted oil to reduce the flavour, Ian told me what to dilute with but I cant remember.......
 
cheers crooky - i'll wait with baited breath before sneaking the kenwood out!

i've had the same sort of problem before with a carp mix - produced an ok bait that smelt and tasted a bit strong/bitter but caught on it - then dropped the flavour levels to find the bait was less effective, so upped it back to the original mix... happened to bump into geoff bowers of premier fame, who suggested adding some cream pallatant and bobs ur uncle, smoothed the whole thing out and the bait was awesome.

that was with a sweet birdfood/fruit flavour mix, so wondered if the same thing might work with this savoury fish+meat base?
 
You could use an Essential Oil Dropper to get the the level right (work out how many drops per ml - off hand I foget) and an oil based palatant (eg Nash Tackle - Product Catalogue ) to compliment it. Or as Andrew suggests a Cajouser.
 
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