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Smelly baits

Mike Thompson

Mike Thompson

Senior Member & Supporter
Hi all,
With all the rivers very high the first few days of the season are going to be a bit of a challenge. I guess we are all thinking of using large smelly baits. I know most will have Spam or similar in several flavours, but I was wondering what else you are thinking of trying.
For me, I have some boilies that have been soaking in a dip for two years, and some Stilton cheese paste that you can still smell wrapped in two plastic bags.
So, what's your speciality ?
What ever it is, I wish you well for the new season.
Mike
 
Never found strong smelling cheese a good Barbel bait, but mild chedder has always been very good for me and cheap at £3.99 a kilo. Its not really the bait when the rivers are up, its knowing the swims the fish seek out in floodwater. I saw it proved on the River Severn years ago, bank high and chocolate a mate had 37 barbel on maggot feeder they were all in his swim. My local rivers are still clear and low but if they ever go filthy a kebab rig, 3 to 7, one inch square chunks of Garlic or Tika meat threaded up a dacron hooklength ,hook in the bottom piece takes some beating.
 
I've been experimenting glugging hookbaits in this korda goo stuff (never tried it before) . Mixing up garlic with krill etc. Cut a hookbait in half and it's soaked right in. Stinks in all
 
This stuff stinks, it's also very very tasty
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Meat placed in garlic powder and hot curry powder fried on all sides to toughen it up.....then frozen with some hemp oil.....its kept me in barbel in flood conditions
 
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