How to make the best all round homemade ground bait for stillwater bottom feeders?

[Bronwee]

Ive been to a lake that i go to quite often recently and having trouble catching fish and on a good day only catching one or two. Can anyone recemend a good recipe for making groundbait that will attract bottom feeding fish like carp, bream and tench because hopefully when i next go there, which will be soon i can catch alot of fish.

Thanks in advance

Bronwee or aka Tom.

[tomthefisher]

sorry i dont have any tips but i have same problem but i can get fish but not on feeder so id like to know a good way of making homemade groundbait.

[Risque Manoofus]

As long as you have a liquidiser then its very simple.
The problem is that at this time of year particularly as the temps and pressures are going up and down like yo-yos groundbait can be the kiss of death and I would suggest that you use the old principle of "You can put it in but you cant take it out"
Tench have largely gone now with a few exeptions.

Liquidising Dried catfood, dried dogfood, Layers pellet, Layers mash, fish pellets, hemp, bread and mixing any of the above and a lot more besides will all give you a good groundbait that works very well.
Experimenting is all part of the fun.

As regards depleted catches.
I think that most lakes suffer from this during and after leaf fall.
Personally I believe it alters the PH and water quality on a lot of waters obviously dependant on the depth and amount of leaf litter going in.
You need to be aware of your bait getting buried in dead leaves as well at this time of year.

[Bronwee]

Thanks that "recipe" really sounds good and il have to try it and i suppose experimenting is all part of the fun and i have made a groung bait that consisted on

tin of tuna
tin of sweetcorn
tin of spam
lobworms mixed up in it as well as a hookbait sample as i was using lobworms

i added in all the juices which made it really nasty and sticky but then added in really fine bread crumbs which thickend it.

But i didnt catch anything when i used it so i wouldnt count on this recipe but if anyone wants to try it feel free.

This is mainly why i was asking around for recipes.

[Risque Manoofus]

Liddls dog mixer, (Big bag for about 2 quid)
Hemp, (dry, about 13 quid a 15 kilo sack from your local feedstores and petfood wholesalers ), yellow pages to find out were they are.
Get a pint glass and measure about a pint of each.
Liquidise them seperately and then mix them together to make a super active feeder groundbait.
Be careful liquidising your hemp because it tends to like to clog in the bottom of your liquidiser if it gets warm.
If you want to make it even more active then liquidise half a pint of Liddls sugar puffs and mix those into your mix as well.
You try it in clear water and watch your feedr explode.
Use Liddls because they are a third the price of Asdas or similar.

[alifish]

start off with something simple! brown bread crumb un some hemp. try it. then get something stinky, sensas range maybe. perhaps try some ringers bag up mix too. perseveer!!

[madcaravanner]

Originally Posted by alifish

start off with something simple! brown bread crumb un some hemp. try it. then get something stinky, sensas range maybe. perhaps try some ringers bag up mix too. perseveer!!

Got to agree start out simple brown bread crumb dried then blitzed in a blender then seived add something like Brasem and it works

when the ntench are on you can just add samples of hookbaits and sweetcron into it works for me


As for Carp heres the best I've found for SOME lakes
Hemp
Guinea Pig plus mix
Wild Birdfood
Mollasses
Water
leave for 3 days before use

you need a spod or boat to deliver it but .............................

it's all good

[michael bundell]

i am having the same problem as any of the others but if anyone out there has got any groundbait mixes please email me

[t.j.addzz]

bag of method mix, handful of sweetcorn, handleful of hemp, mix it up and a little hooklink hanging below your method feeder and a small 11mm 'hooker-hali' from sonu baits and thats it really!

hope it helps!

[madcaravanner]

Originally Posted by t.j.addzz

bag of method mix, handful of sweetcorn, handleful of hemp, mix it up and a little hooklink hanging below your method feeder and a small 11mm 'hooker-hali' from sonu baits and thats it really!

hope it helps!

NOT getting on to you about your post but
What's homemade in that mix ??

I agree it will work BUT the thread is for HOMEMADE groundbait mixes to save money