Best baits no longer used....

its a thing i cant get my head round mate, anglers say all the time this used to be good that used to be deadly. i cant imagine fish going off baits and the bait losing its edge. i know on pressured waters they can get warey to popular baits and such but the baits dont simply stop workin everywhere. i think its more like you say and peoples minds are made on the thoughts of other well known anglers who are promoting new baits and say thats the way forward

I see it like this, big fish get used to baits they get caught on a lot.They think sod that last time I ate that it had a lump of mettle in it. I have however gone back to a lake years on with an old blown bait and done well. Its like that old Caramac bar thing you got sick of eating them then one day out of the blue some one goes hear you want one of them and you think I haven’t had one of those in ages go on.

Also why did we (I say we carp anglers) start using boilies, the boilies itself was a progression from those early paste baits, the anglers were catching a lot of 'nuisance' fish,
Or it got pecked off or worse you hooked something small so we made it bigger and harder (F**k off Nidge ) the rest is history.

yeah thats true but only on certian waters where everyone jumps on the wagon and uses what everyone else uses so obviously in time the fish will get wise. but there are baits around that have been around for ever and are still very effective like meat or corn fish dont seem to turn thier nose up at those baits

mark wrote:yeah thats true but only on certian waters where everyone jumps on the wagon and uses what everyone else uses so obviously in time the fish will get wise. but there are baits around that have been around for ever and are still very effective like meat or corn fish dont seem to turn thier nose up at those baits

spot on 2 i love it still to this day for stalking



but you cant put it out all night if you have roach and bream and other things in there

yeah thats true they can pose as a problem. you could have put that capture in the pot though

nice big lumps of cheddar cheese, we did well on this in the early part of the season last year, first fish out was a 9lb bream.

marshmallows on the top - must remember to try that one again.

i think its nearly time to be tryin off the top again

was gonna have a go today mate but sods law as soon as i'd made up the rod etc the cold winds and cloud moved in...and didn't movew on for rest of day

tell me bout it mate i was tempted but sat on my hands and it paid off kinda lol

POTATO

one available straight from the supermarket shelf iv'e had a good deal of success in the past on is glace cherries (used in cake making) but iv'e got to say my all time favourite would have to be a lump of stilton cheese