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Originally Posted by dazzyboy69
Hi folks, I want to start making my own groundbait to save some money using common household foods using mostly bread,
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No problems everyone has to start somewhere
Using bread AS A BASE for groundbait mixes is easy and you can do it at home IF you can get a large supply of cheap bread or breadcrumb
Method for the dry mix
1/blitz the bread into fine crumbs
2/dry the fine crumb in a low oven slowly so you don't burnt it
3/blitz it again
4/sieve the crumb to remove large particles
5/ optional redo 1-4 on the residue left
6/ store the dry powder in an airtight bucket until needed
BTW do brown and white separate as they have differing properties when wet
The white becomes a heavier mix than the brown which makes cloud style ground-baits easier by only using brown crumb
use white in your method mixes it stays together longer in the water
Additives
everyone and their auntie has a fav additive try a variety on the different waters you get to fish regularly you'll find out what works best on each water
proprietary mixes
these are what you add to your crumb for specialist ground-baits they should be treated like additives
FOR EXAMPLE
one one river I fish Cosmic Cloud added to brown crumb attracted Grayling for around 6 years -- it doesn't now
so be prepared to ring the changes when something stops working