Wayne Glossop
Senior Member
Lol spicy tuna, shellfish,pineapple,spicy prawn, and halibut. all done well for me
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
when the rivers low and clear fishing small pellets is the way!
i mainly use boilies autumn/winter and when i use them call me tight but in autumn i fish a bag with 2 crushed and 2 whole boilies yes so many!
we also find plip plopping to be good which is flicking the odd boilie in the zone, i dont worry about these baits rolling out of the swim(freebies)give the fish confidence.
in winter i'll fish a single bait with a similar paste wrap(flavour) but location is defo key as their not moving.
1 bag of boilie's will last me 15-20 sessions in autumn and all winter in winter
i've added this as barbel talk is a open forum and they'll be newbies reading this going down the carp anglers route of filling it in
this will do no one any favours!
Iwill probe Mr Charlton just to check that hes feeling well with all this information thats going on
when the rivers low and clear fishing small pellets is the way!
i mainly use boilies autumn/winter and when i use them call me tight but in autumn i fish a bag with 2 crushed and 2 whole boilies yes so many!
we also find plip plopping to be good which is flicking the odd boilie in the zone, i dont worry about these baits rolling out of the swim(freebies)give the fish confidence.
in winter i'll fish a single bait with a similar paste wrap(flavour) but location is defo key as their not moving.
1 bag of boilie's will last me 15-20 sessions in autumn and all winter in winter
i've added this as barbel talk is a open forum and they'll be newbies reading this going down the carp anglers route of filling it in
this will do no one any favours!
In a predicament here got £??? to spend on Dynamite bait products. Has anybody used the Red Fish boilie yet? it seems as all the boilies seem to catch, tempted now with source. It might be best just to take a plunge.
Can someone puut up one of those threads where we can vote which Boilie??? like in the fish in the month section...
The Hi Attract Monster Crab is another great Barbel catcher.
I have used Source for a couple of seasons and they seem to be better than most of the other boilies I have used. As they have Robin Red in them as does the Red Fish so are similar.
This season it has not been a wonderful one for me, so far (I live in hope)
But the highlight for me was the 'new' bait I have used that promoted takes when nothing else did....
And that was Sonubaits 11mm soft 'hooker' packed with oils that put down a good scent trail. They do three or four flavours tried them all, and the one that did it for me was the Halibut and Hemp.
I was so impressed with the bait I rang Sonubaits and told them I thought they were the dog's doodahs
(Never did get any freebies, not even a cap)
My double came on sonubaits double hemp and spicy sausage after spending some serious time and effort with finding the right bait as put before it could have been any bait in my line and the barbel would have took it I'm sure (my hook and bait was simply in the right place at the right time).
Think the problem with a voted thread is there's that many boilies out there don't think all could bed listed, IMO is choose what I think would be best I'd it doesn't work you'll know for next time mate.
Hi Wayne
Still buzzin with that double I bet
Fact is I did blank on the bait when the water was colder, but then again I couldn't get a sniff on anything else either.
But I did 'field' trial the bait in a manner, like switching the hookbaits around when I was getting fish on one flavour...that was hard, and the bites dried up.
But I also am aware it can be very regional or just moving pegs will make a difference.
Personally I like Dynamite baits, and if I had to choose just one bait from the range to fish everywhere in the Summer and Autumn, has to be the Hallibut 14 mm pellet.
Jon
I would'nt bother with source on the TT i've been through a bag in the last year,caught plenty of Chub but never had a Barbel on them but did manage to catch a 20lb Mirror on my last Boilie.
Mainly fish pellet but had a few this year on Chocolate malt & tiger nut.