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Salt

The continental ground baits are mostly all heavily laden with salt and have been for years.
The addition of salt makes some fish defecate, their alimentary canal is such that defecation causes them to feed.

Gudgeon in particular are prone to this.
The salt in these groundbaits is the reason that bloodworm and joker will die very quickly if mixed into continental groundbaits.

If used as a bait additive you need only fairly small amounts, a teaspoon full to a pint of Hemp is enough.

Also if you add salt (it needs to be a saturated solution) to a liquid feed mix (like particles or Hemp) for use in a PVA bag or stocking the salt inhibits the PVA from dissolving until the salt dissipates.


Salt is also a superb anti bacterial for wounds on fish, simply pour a small amount of salt onto the wound and you will be helping the healing process and unlike Klinic and Orabase a small packet of salt will not go out of date.


Tight lines chaps.
 
Keith Speer said:
The continental ground baits are mostly all heavily laden with salt and have been for years.
The addition of salt makes some fish defecate, their alimentary canal is such that defecation causes them to feed.

Gudgeon in particular are prone to this.
The salt in these groundbaits is the reason that bloodworm and joker will die very quickly if mixed into continental groundbaits.

If used as a bait additive you need only fairly small amounts, a teaspoon full to a pint of Hemp is enough.

Also if you add salt (it needs to be a saturated solution) to a liquid feed mix (like particles or Hemp) for use in a PVA bag or stocking the salt inhibits the PVA from dissolving until the salt dissipates.


Salt is also a superb anti bacterial for wounds on fish, simply pour a small amount of salt onto the wound and you will be helping the healing process and unlike Klinic and Orabase a small packet of salt will not go out of date.


Tight lines chaps.
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:eek: Keith - I have had salt in a wound. Are you being serious in that it would be ok to pour salt and a fish wound? if so do you rub it in? I would have thought rock salt would have been too abbrasive.
 
Not rock salt, table salt, just pour it over, leave it for a second or so and then return the fish, don't rub it in at all.

They do feel it as they often move as you are pouring it on the wound, you will probably notice the wound goes white or grey, this is fine.

Wounds on fish are similar to wounds on mammals, if they are red and raw looking the wound has no or little infection, if the wound is grey or black it may have an infection or a fungal growth, salt will clean and clear the wound, giving the fish a better chance of fighting the infection and healing itself.

In the Verulam Angling Club lakes opposite my house we have a very old and valuable Leather carp.

We knew she was in trouble so efforts were made to get her on the bank, plans were made so that we knew what to do to save her assuming she was caught before the infection killed her.

When she was caught we found she had a very deep (30-40mm) and life threatening wound on her cheek, the angler got on the phone and we mobilised our resources,
The fish was sacked for 30-40 mins while we got organised.

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Salt was poured into the wound.

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And held in place for a few moments.

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The salt was washed out with clean bottled water.

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And sealed to protect the wound, can’t remember the name of the jollop we used but Orabase would do the trick to help seal from further infection.


The fish was returned.

This was done in late October 2011, I saw her two days ago the wound had cleared and skinned over, she looked happy and healthy.

This just shows what can be done when anglers and angling clubs get organised and get a default plan in place.


In this case it was a very deep wound and we did all we could, however it is the salt that does the trick, I always carry a small box full of salt for that very eventuality.
As an aside ALL our bailiffs carry in date Orabase as part of their kit, whether they are fishing or doing their rounds.

Tight lines chaps
 
Errr........?

Can't answer that as I don't use boilies, but if I were to guess I would think you would need to "fix" the salt when preparing the mix and use a mild salt solution when boiling to ensure the salt does not leach out.

Ian Grant is your man for that question, what Ian does not know about bait is just not worth knowing, If I had a bait question I would ask him every time.

Another interesting salt fact - most "soft" jigs are impregnated with salt, if you were to lick one fresh from the sealed pack (yes I know I need to get out more:) ) you will notice a very strong taste of salt.

New jigs tend to be more effective than older jigs, I suspect the difference between them is down to the fact that older jigs have lost the strong salty taste.

I have spent far too many hours jigging for Zander and I have noticed this on lots of occasions.
 
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Thanks Keith.

Great fish welfare work above and veryinteresting re jigs.

So to take this discussion onwards......

I can see how people cure boilies etc - how would we go about trying to add salt (or the taste of) to pellets?

I was thinking of possibly (depending on the oil content of the pellet or by addign a small amount) to cover the pellets (obviously not buckets of them) in rock salt and hope they take some of the flavour on?
 
Hi men,

Chris , iv been giving a bag a dollop of barbel pro , adding pellets , then giving them a good shake . The pellets then get a dusting of garlic salt , shaking all the time , and it then adeheres to the surface of the pellet . The pro is salty , good aditive , but any dip / CSL type of liquid would do the job. Salty garlic ;) .

Hatter
 
Mark Anderson said:
Hi men,

Chris , iv been giving a bag a dollop of barbel pro , adding pellets , then giving them a good shake . The pellets then get a dusting of garlic salt , shaking all the time , and it then adeheres to the surface of the pellet . The pro is salty , good aditive , but any dip / CSL type of liquid would do the job. Salty garlic ;) .

Hatter
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Cheers Mark will give it a go.

Off topic - How is Dave?
 
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