homemade boilies

[slimeofsnail]

i am being a bit cheeky & i am gonna ask who has made their own boilies before & if so what did yoiu find your best mix for the boilies or the worst.

i was thinking of making some fishy or spicy mix ones & i got the rough idea what to do but still a bit unsure of how & what ingredients to put in

any help will be great

[Plug]

ive jut finished making a 5kg batch of my fave boilies. The way i see it is all these big bait companys are out to make money but at the same time to put a quality product out but at a price!!. i personally make all my own baits from pellets to boilies for the simple reason is that its cheep and i know exactly what its made of.the difference with my baits is that they are made purely for the fish to be attracted plus be good for them (HNV-high nutritional value) and are made with only the ingrediants i need to use. i made a batch of hemp boilies and they will see me out fish 99% of people on the same water . I will make them in sizes from 4mm to about 20mm and these will catch me anything from small roach to big bream tench and carp. Infact ive just adjusted my ingredients slightly to adhere to the weather conditions and thats what its all about. makeing a bait that your happy with. i.e there is no point putting a huge highly tasty oily atracting FILLING bait out when the fish arnt too hungry. when they arnt that hungry il cut down on the mass flavor and give them a snack.
you can make boilies out of just about anything.

1st you need a base mix i.e fishmeal is an ideal base mix for the beginner.
2nd you need somthing to bind your mix and keeping it simple is egg LIGHTLY beaten or even stired.
3rd is flavour and colours being oils and colourings
4th which is optional but i think makes a boilie a bait is a ground feed i.e hemp, tigernut, pellets, even angel delight.

if you pm me il try and sort some recipe and method out for you.


regs scotty

[CARPER UK]

i use

soya powder >>>>>>>>>>>tesco
maize powder>>>>>>>>tesco
semolina powder>>>>>>>>>>>tesco
peanut butter>>>>>>>>>tesco
fishmeal powder>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>farm pet shop
sweet syrup >>>>>>tesco
sometimes add the source by dynamite baits

mixed with eggs this really stinks when on the boil

i have had loads of carp on this mix

[madcaravanner]

Originally Posted by CARPER UK

i use

soya powder >>>>>>>>>>>tesco
maize powder>>>>>>>>tesco
semolina powder>>>>>>>>>>>tesco
peanut butter>>>>>>>>>tesco
fishmeal powder>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>farm pet shop
sweet syrup >>>>>>tesco
sometimes add the source by dynamite baits

mixed with eggs this really stinks when on the boil

i have had loads of carp on this mix

Carper and everyone else

how about putting some specific recipes on for us newbies quite fancy making some

Plug
the hemp ones sound interesting

[billy barbel]

Try this one gray courtesy of Dan at uk fishing forums .co.uk its sounds fairly simple.

Making your own boilies is a much cheaper way of getting bait, and by making your own you can roll them to any shape, size, flavour you want.

To make boilies what you do first is to make a flavoured paste. This paste is then rolled into many small balls, boiled, (hence the term boilie), left to dry and then frozen . To do this you need eggs, a liquid flavour, a sweetener and a base mix.

Firstly you need to make a base mix, the base mix I use is:
8oz Semolina (available from supermarkets)
4oz Ground Rice (available from supermarkets)
4oz Soya Flour (available from health food shops)

The Semolina, Rice and Soya Flour powders are then poured into a large freezer bag. Blow the bag up (with the powder inside) like a balloon. Twist it around at the top to trap the air in the bag. Give the bag a very good shake, so that all the powders inside it are well mixed up.

That's the base mixed. You now need to get your flavours together, you can buy powdered/liquid flavours in tackle shops, but i just use ordinary liquid dyes and flavours like food colouring.

I use 2ml sweetener, and around 5-10ml of flavouring and colouring.

Crack 4 medium sized eggs into a mixing bowl or pan, add your flavours and dye to the eggs. Once you have added the flavours and sweetener to the eggs beat the eggs well up with a fork. You will need to beat the eggs for a couple of minutes.

Now you need to add the base mix, but DO NOT ADD IT ALL AT ONCE!!! Add about a cup full of base mix to the eggs and mix it well in with a fork. It will go like sloppy porridge. Leave it to stand for about five minutes, before adding more powder. This will give the base mix you have added time to absorb some of the egg/flavour mix and will help to stop the mix drying out to much later on. After 5 mins, continue to add base mix slowly. You will come to the time when the mix is to stiff to mix with a fork anymore.
When it gets like this kneed it with your hands.

You will know when the paste is ready when it forms a firm ball that isn't sticky and can hold its shape, yet is easy to mould. Kind of like putty or 'play dough' Now roll the mix into a ball shape and at whatever size you want them to be, I do this by getting a bit and then rolling in the middle of your 2 hands continuously in a circle shape.

Bring some water to the boil and add about 20 at a time to the boiling water. Do not add to many so that the water goes off boil. After about 2 minutes of boiling take the baits out of the boiling water and let them dry on a clean towel or cloth. I use an old chip pan, as it is easy and safe to lower to lower the baits in and out in the chip basket. (It's so much easier this way!!) Let the boilies dry for around 30 mins and then freeze them in a freezer back, until you want to go fishing then get em out

[CARPER UK]

Originally Posted by madcaravanner

Carper and everyone else

how about putting some specific recipes on for us newbies quite fancy making some

Plug
the hemp ones sound interesting

ok will do shell dig me little log book out got a few in there ive used one of them in the past and seem's to catch more commons for some reason.
pool i fish would always bring mirrors to the bank but this mix had the commons coming in.

got one that uses tripe dog food and marmite not one of me own but its said tobe a good all year round mix..

[slimeofsnail]

do you all use bolie tables for rolling out & sausage thingy machine
or do you do it by hand
what about shelf life on say creamy items & powdered milk etc

[CARPER UK]

Originally Posted by slimeofsnail

do you all use bolie tables for rolling out & sausage thingy machine
or do you do it by hand
what about shelf life on say creamy items & powdered milk etc

hi

yep i use a bait gun and a table for rolling me baits i got em real cheap from badger many moons ago.

if you makes ya own all need be done is boil em dry em out for 4hrs to 24hrs n freeze them should last ages but would say once defrosted use to pre bait the swim ready for the nxt time ur there at least they get to taste it without a hook in it.

be sticking few ov me own on here soon , so u got a mix there to share ?

[CARPER UK]

here try this link's below

Boilies making


http://www.fishforcarp.com/html/make%20boilies.htm


Making Your Own Boilies by Garth Barnard


Making baits

i live not far from this place and there gr8 for base mixes realy cheap but gr8 stuff




Quality Baits Online - Home well worth a look<<< TRY beat them prices for base mix

[slimeofsnail]

thanks to everyone it was very helpful