Winter Barbel Baits
Hi all, just decided to start a thread on winter barbel baits, im basically new to barbel fishing myself really...only been fishing for them for 2 seasons...however i have never fished for them in the...
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yes you did read that right.....20 mins. once you drop the block in, the temperature drops considerably, it will take 2 or 3 mins for the water to come back to to the boil. the blocks i used to make...
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Gonna have to get some more gas for the stove then Mrs T hasn't yet relented to letting my bait making experiments back into the kitchen.... ....green lipped mussel, seafood blend and monster crab out...
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Evening all, Just got back in from the garage.... ....made up a 12 egg mix of 50/50 Source basemix and Halibut powder with a generous glug of Bankside Oyster Extract.... Filled up a couple of old bait...
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Paul Nice idea Regarding your Ten minutes per side. Query: surely if you are boiling it, it is all under water? Query: Can you form skin it in less - say 5 minutes total? I would be concerned about...
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Dr B. Each burger received 10 minutes boiling in total. As it was submerged throughout, there wasn't a need to turn it over I tried boiling one for only 5 minutes, but the skin didn't seem to be...
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I definitely like this idea better than the blocks boiled for 30 minutes - tried them in the past, didn't like the results. I guess these days,from one six egg mix, I only roll a quarter as boilies,...
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Sounds good barbelist...im glad i started this topic seems to be under way perfect...
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Far from convinced about the concept of 'winter barbel baits' personally. A good bait is a good bait summer or winter - clearly in the generally higher, coloured water conditions of winter a bigger,...
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Good point Kev on your hallibut pellet dipping in boiling water...thats what i was hoping to do for the winter have a similar bait which just leaks out more attactants...Im going to make some of my...
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i like the idea of the burgers too. may try wrapping them in cling film or boiling in a bag, just to try and keep in the attractors
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Why not just paste? Minnows, roach, bream, gudgeon, fry - that's why not! If I want a bait undisturbed for an hour - which sometimes is the case before I get the bite I want, all the paste has been...
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Then steaming em keeps the flavour locked in when cooking em, rubbery jubbery ...j.wjohn walker
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Evening all, Just got back from the Severn above Tewkesbury.... ....used the bait blocks, paste wrapped and glugged 3 1/2 hours for 4 Barbel, best one 10lb 1oz Not really a scientific experiment to...
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John You got an answer for everything? If i understand what you're saying, I can steam to form the skin, locks the flavours in and does less of a denaturing job on whatever is in the mix? Never...
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There's a nice winter tip for December on the BCC site. Just attraction.-- Dr Barbus
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What the British Cleaning Council, there into everything these days www.britishcleaningcouncil.org/ New Loos for Newquay, nows there a campiagn you can really get behind
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Dr Barbus, yes mate i always use an ordinary steamer, the cooking time to get a nice rubbery skin is far less than boiling mate, yep because its not actually immersed in water the additives tend not...
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