gravy granules

I don't know if this is done regulary or is a daft idea,but if carp like chicken flavours etc how about putting gravy granules into pva bags,they'd disolve leaving a huge scent trail.

gravy granules break down with boiling water.. maybe worth an experiment or 2 though..

bovril cough cough

spoon pva bag job done
it makes a great dip as well

marmite.....

oh there are chicken flavoured ones as well

stock cubes the granuled ones work better than the paste style in bags but the paste works great underneath a boilie

noodle wrote:bovril cough cough

spoon pva bag job done
it makes a great dip as well

marmite.....

oh there are chicken flavoured ones as well

stock cubes the granuled ones work better than the paste style in bags but the paste works great underneath a boilie

Secret carper are we John

used to do a lot of carp fishing

rolling me own baits and all :sunny:

before everyone went carp mad the final straw for me was a week in france seeing people who had some respect for getting so excited about fat spawny fish jsut cos they weighed over 30 lb

i reeled my rods in and had a day chillin then decided to have a go for the cats
that was fun

sardarel wrote:gravy granules break down with boiling water.. maybe worth an experiment or 2 though..

hair riged oxo cube? it may go gooey on the outside but apart from a bit of a slick coming off it it would be a thick lump? like the ones in my mams gravy.....

bit jokey but if your gonna play about with gravy (and ive thought it before, think i even added some to some liquidized bread when i was a kid) then it may be worth a crack. infact im gonna go stick one in a glass of room temp water now just to see what happens

The words....watch & paint drying springs to mind

Oh ... I've never thought of gravy granuals.

One thing I've found interesting is that our pond find LOVE lemon cut it into segments and just chuck it in the pond and by morning they've stripped it to just the skin - very tempted to try lemon flavouring etc .... has anyone had any lemon related results???

its an old trick and works well the 'original vitalin' the one that cames in the yellow bag was good but i switched to the 'gravy vitalin' (red one) I think the added flavour of gravy was a good attractent. so yes its a good call I have also used wooster worcester sauce and tabasco and as Noodle said Bovril

Alexis wrote:Oh ... I've never thought of gravy granuals.

One thing I've found interesting is that our pond find LOVE lemon cut it into segments and just chuck it in the pond and by morning they've stripped it to just the skin - very tempted to try lemon flavouring etc .... has anyone had any lemon related results???

a mate of mine had a tench on a home made lemon boilie, the only time ive ever known anyone use lemon flavoured bait

choc orange
top flavour

ok not quite lemon but close

was you going for the citrus link....

mmmmmmmmm

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Maybe I'll have to try them!!!!

nice one...i know just the big fish water that they'd have a good chance on.

oh yeah and where's that then...

sardarel wrote:oh yeah and where's that then...

in the deep heartlands of east lancs

Big fish venue could be wyreside,would say borwick but they dont go massive there. By big I was meaning getting on for 40+

yep...no it's a very small,very secretive club water that only has 15 carp in it's 2 acres...sorry boys but i really can't say.After ya joined the club ya need written permission to even have a walk round it.In private grounds ya see.

Good luck with that then, 15 fish in 2 acres of water
Ive relocated anyway, I fished a lot in lancashire, mainly tewitfield locks,killingotn res, If you've not fished it yet Joel.....give it a go, tenner a day, park round near the dam wall,and fish the m6 side,well worth a walk round, packed with trout for bait.

thats way up near cumbria init pal.some decent pike in there i heard.this water is in east lancs,unless ya knew bout it ya would;nt hear bout it in press or forums,some nice pike,tench & bream in it to.But it's the carp that drive folk to stay on a week in the hope of a run.I know guys who fish it every chance they get for a season wi no runs.

May not be the best venue for you if your relatively fresh to the whole carp fishing thing, I know its not all about getting run after run, but you may question your ability if you blank for several sessions on the trot. Im happy catching,simple, gives me chance to learn about my rigs,methods and presentations.
All seemed a bit odd this post to start with, perhaps using gravy does work,and work well, but,even for me being totally new to the whole carp scene, I'd never have thought about using gravy,when there's fantastic pre made baits,which have proven track records for catching consistantly,and also catching big fish.
Maybe once I get a few better fish under my belt,and and fully confident in the way I fish I'll move onto the more unorthadox baits and additives,but for now...Boilies and small pva bags will do for me

i need to start gettin on waters wi betta stamp of fish.I've been targeting waters wi a good head of 10-20lb carp.Still toppin out at 16.4oz.Had loads around that weight.Time to move onto the next level & i'm gonna spend the time up till the pike season targeting a club water that holds carp to 29lb.wi the average being over 15lb.heavily silted so i need to master this type of venue.