Carp fishing Baits pellets & particles:

Particle Mixes
Hours To Soak Boil & Simmer

     Partiblend
0 Hours    2 - 5 Minutes

     Pigeon Mix
24 Hours 30 - Minutes

   Squeaker Mix
24 Hours 30 - Minutes

Carp can be a very hard fish to catch, especially if they are of specimen calibre, so therefore carp anglers often need to change the way they think by using different methods and tactics. By adding different flavours and additives to your mix can enhance your chances, don't be afraid to try different flavours either. Particles baits are usually spodded out and accurately positioned around a marker float then by adding a favoured boilie or other choice of bait can be cast over the particles which you have spodded out. A Good Tip. Try adding maggots to your particle mixes.

Ok, we now know how long to soak and cook our particle baits. Now lets look at some other baits which are very good for catching carp worms. Worms are probably one of the best fish baits you can use, fish love them and they are full of proteins. There are many different ways you can fish with worms, you can chop them up which makes an excellent fish attractant, you can fish with them singular or you can use bulk loading like I have in the picture below.

Uncut Fishing. Using a worm rig will enhance your chances of putting a fish on the bank.

What I'm doing here is loading my baiting needle with quite a lot of worms ready to load on to my hair rig. Using this method will not only catch large carp but also cat fish, barbel, chub, bream and pike. So the next time you're carp fishing instead of using a boilie try one of these, you won't be disappointed. It works for me. You can also use this method with the Polaris float.

It just goes to show you don't have to spend loads of money on fancy baits to put fish on the bank although it does help, lets just have a look at another cheap but effective bait carp love. Sweet Corn. Sweet Corn is a good bait and can be used any time of the year, it also comes in a variety of flavours, tuti fruity and strawberry are just a couple of examples.

Uncut Fishing. Try tying your PVA bag to your rig instead of your hook.

Another very good method to catch carp, note the PVA bag which is attached to the Korda Safety clip, using this method can help excess PVA contaminating the hook which could put off the fish from taking your bait.

Using a PVA bags when fishing for carp can be very advantageous to your session (pictured above) you can add small trout pellets or boilies to the bag and by doing so enhance the chances of putting fish on the bank.

Trout pellets are very good baits for carp, when you think about it most carp in our fisheries have all been brought up on trout pellets, so therefore trout pellets are the Carps most natural bait. There are many different ways of preparing and presenting your pellets, here�s a break down on one of my present methods.

1: Empty pellets in bait mixing pan (8/10mm) and add hot but not boiling water.

2: Leave to soak for Aprox 3mins then mix it all up till you get a smooth texture.

3: Add a couple of raw eggs and mix in until you have a putty like consistency.

4: Once this is achieved, you can begin to make your trout pellet sandwiches.

5: Spread the pellet mixture, about an inch thick over a slice of bread and place another slice on top of the first, squash it all together and you have an irresistible offering that carp can�t refuse. Once you�re on the bank you can mould a piece of your sandwich round your hook and cast with confidence your bait won�t come off, always make sure your hook is exposed otherwise you could lose fish. When I use this method of bait presentation I find the margins an excellent place to present the bait, try it your spools are sure to spin.

Carp boilie mix:
There are a million and one different mixes you can make boilies with, once you have found an ingredient you like stick with it, catching carp is one thing but catching on one of your home mades is even better. Below you will find a recipe which I have used in the past. First of all you will need the following utensils, make sure you ask the wife first!

Mixing bowl:
Whisk.
A large saucepan.
A chip pan frying basket.

The following ingredients is to make 1 kilo of Boilies.

10 eggs.
5ml of caviar flavour.
5ml of salmon elite flavour.
10 drops of n-butric acid.
10ml per egg of trigger liquid.
1 kilo of trigger base mix.

Method : -

Place 10 eggs in a large mixing bowl and whisk until smooth, add your caviar, salmon elite and trigger liquid to the now whisked eggs and stir in well. Now add approximately1/2 of your trigger base mix to your eggs and mix it all together, once you have done this leave it to stand for 5 minutes to let the base mix soak the eggs up. Now its time to to get your hands sticky, add the rest of the contents of your base mix and knead it until it is like a putty consistency, once this is achieved you can start to roll you Boilies either by hand or by a boilie rolling table.

Now you have rolled all your Boilies, you need to place them in boiling water to do this I would recommend you use a chip pan basket, it's easy and safer.

Do not over fill the basket, try placing about 20 Boilies in at first to see how you go on this of course depends on the size of your basket. I usually leave my boilies to boil for about a minute and half, this makes the boilie quite soft and helps to release the flavour more quickly, Note the longer you boil the boilies the harder they will get. Below is a picture of the finished product they smell great and work really well.

I rolled these baits by hand then after realising how much work actually went in to rolling them, I decided to invest in a rolling table. Rolling tables can be purchased from any good tackle stockist for around �25.00. If you catch a carp on this mix then please email UNCUT FISHING and tell us all about it, we will put your story & pictures on our web pages. Thanks and Spinning Spools!