As practice has shown, homemade bait is in no way inferior to expensive store-bought bait. The main thing is to correctly calculate the proportions, not to overdo it with flavorings, not to overdo it with hydration and not to overdo it with supplementary feeding. Indeed, unlike store-bought bait, homemade bait for fishing is often made from ingredients that can saturate the fish, and not just arouse its appetite.
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How is homemade bait different from store-bought bait?
Do-it-yourself bait
Firstly, the angler has truly limitless opportunities to experiment with ingredients, trying to achieve the ideal combination of taste and smell for the fish living in a particular body of water. Indeed, in one place peaceful fish can be attracted by the aroma of canned corn, in another - strawberries, in a third, in general, kerosene, etc.
Secondly, coming home with a catch and being sure that your branded bait played a decisive role in this is not the last thing for any fisherman endowed with even the slightest ambition.
Thirdly, such bait is several times cheaper than store-bought bait. It is especially important to take into account the fact that sometimes successful fishing requires several kilograms of dry mixture.
Flavors
When adding flavors to homemade fish bait, it is also worth considering the water temperature. If you fish in cold water, then initially you should not use flavorings in the bait, and add them only in cases of weak bite, but here you should be prepared for the fact that they can completely kill the bite, so you should not add much at a time. Flavorings should have mild, spicy or animalic aromas.
Summer is a time for experimentation and fishermen use different flavors, mixing them with each other in different proportions, but the most universal for warm water are sweet, fruity flavors.
Anise oil can be used as a flavoring carp fish respond well to it. Garlic , you can grate and add to bait or use finely chopped arrows instead of the head. Garlic is good for catching crucian carp and bream. Tutti-frutti, strawberry, peach, banana are those signature fruity scents. Blackcurrant leaves must be finely chopped and brewed, after which the resulting decoction is added when the bait is moistened. with honey and gingerbread , especially tench and bream. Cocoa is suitable for catching any peaceful fish. Finely chopped dill and fennel , carp fish respond well to them, but catfish may also be suitable . Coriander and basil go with bream. Caramel and vanilla are suitable for carp fishing. Cinnamon is used for catching bream and large roach.
Is homemade bait much worse than store-bought bait?
Bait from a fishing store
Let's be honest - homemade bait is much inferior to high-quality branded bait. Only a few fishermen manage to make good bait at home, but even this can only be compared with mid-level bait produced on an industrial scale.
It is very difficult to compete with a serious manufacturer who is engaged in research into the food preferences of different types of fish - they have technology and access to any raw materials that are difficult to find in regular stores. This is especially true for various flavors.
However, this rule applies exclusively to sport fishing. In amateur fishing, homemade bait can be even more effective than factory bait. It is also capable of luring fish and providing a good bite. Except that it will take a little more time, which plays an important role in various competitions, where the fishing result directly depends on seconds and precisely measured grams.
How to prepare the right bait yourself
To prepare good bait, you should follow some rules that will help you effectively use the prepared mixture for your catch. If super bait for fishing is prepared in advance at home, then the product is brought to the reservoir after it has been sitting for at least 1-2 hours.
Therefore, in order for the bait to retain its aroma and taste, you should adhere to the following tips:
- do not open the pan with boiled cereal until complementary feeding;
- organic components of bait (worms, bloodworms), which quickly deteriorate, should be put into use within 2-3 hours from the moment of preparation;
- flavorings are added immediately before using the mixture for its intended purpose, as they quickly lose their aroma.
Based on the properties of the food components, fishermen are advised to mix good food on the pond or at home, but not earlier than 3 hours before fishing.
For kneading, use a large container (basin, bucket). It is advisable to mix the liquid components of the feed separately from the dry ones, and then combine them, diluting them with water from the reservoir in which the fishing will take place. In terms of consistency, the most suitable bait for fishing should be thick rather than liquid, since it can be diluted with water at any time. In this case, fishing will be effective.
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Main ingredients for homemade bait
Making your own bait from available ingredients
As trite as it may sound, you can make bait from almost any edible supplies lying around on your kitchen shelves. You just need to know what kind of fish you are going to go for, what result you want to achieve, how each component of the bait will affect the catch, and based on this, think about its composition.
Crackers for bait
The main ingredient for homemade bait is ground white or black bread crackers, as well as breadcrumbs, sold in any grocery store. And then the rest of the components are added to them. In this case, one should take into account the fact that additives can be binding, neutral and loosening.
Binding
Any sweet treat will do for them - gingerbread cookies, dried out rolls, half-eaten cookies, etc. You may also need: semolina, oatmeal, heavily boiled porridge (pea or millet). Binders help the bait stick together; their quantity determines how long the food will erode after immersion in water.
Loosening
If it is necessary to reduce the viscosity of the bait, then baking powder is used. They are not sticky and do not dissolve in water. For example, wheat bran, uncooked peas, corn, dried rolled oats, corn or any other cereal, live worms, maggots, bloodworms.
Neutral
They do not affect the viscosity of the bait, but only make it more nutritious - milk powder, corn flour, flour and other plant cakes or ground seeds. These components also play an attractive role.
Composition of bait
Base and rippers
Homemade bait for fish, as well as branded bait, consists of a base, flavoring and nutritional additives, flavors, dyes, loosening agents, adhesives and weighting agents.
The base is a mixture that has little nutritional value, mild odor and taste. When a fish comes to the fishing point, it sees food, there is a lot of it, it tries to eat as much as possible, but cannot get enough. This is the same as seeds for us. The amount of base in bait averages up to 60% of the total mass.
Breadcrumbs (crumbs crushed to the state of bread crumbs) are used as a base; you can buy them or make them yourself using a meat grinder or blender. Breadcrumbs are made from rye and wheat bread. Wheat crackers are light in color, and if lightly fried, light golden brown, and have a neutral stickiness. Rye, dark in color and absorb moisture, slightly sticking the bait together. The amount of breadcrumbs in the base ranges from 30% (when various components are added to the base) to 60% (when the base consists exclusively of breadcrumbs).
It is very good to add ground sweet cheap milk biscuits of the “cow” type or ground biscuit to the breadcrumbs; they impart a sweet taste and aroma to the bait, which carp representatives cannot resist. However, it is important to remember that cookies can stick together the bait, which is especially important when fishing in the current. Their presence in the base is 1/3 of the amount of breadcrumbs.
You can also add flour (the cake left after the oil has been squeezed out of sunflower or hemp seeds). It also increases the activity of the bait, since it has many light particles that float up and attract fish from the water column, so if you are fishing in the current, it is very good when the cake is combined with cookies or biscuits in the bait, the amount of flour in the base is up to 20%.
Instead of cake, you can use ground roasted seeds , but you need to remember that they are not stored for a long time, and after a week or two, their aroma weakens.
It is equally useful to add ground hemp seeds as a base , in a volume of 30 to 50% of the volume of breadcrumbs. The seeds are fried and then ground in a meat grinder, but here you need to be careful and make sure they don’t burn. If you did everything correctly, then you will have white grain at the break. It is very good to roast hemp and sunflower seeds in the microwave. Ground roasted hemp seeds should also not be stored for more than two weeks. It is most effective to add them when fishing for roach and bream.
Another bait ingredient is corn grits , which can be added up to 30-40% of the volume of crackers. Add raw, steamed or fried.
Homemade fish bait can also be based on oatmeal or barley flour. Add up to 1/3 of the volume of crackers to the base.
If you fish in still water, then you must add various rippers . An inexpensive ripper is bran (flour mill waste), they have a beige-caramel color and serve to break up the bait ball and not allow it to lie in one piece at the bottom. By destroying the ball, they float up and attract fish that stand in the water column, especially roach. Bran should also be added in a ratio of 1/3 of the amount of breadcrumbs. It is also very useful to include various waffles in the base composition; you can use wafer sheets without filling, then they will only act as a ripper, making the bait more inert or with different flavors, for example vanilla, which will significantly improve the taste and aromatic properties of the mixture.
coconut shavings up to 20% as rippers Coconut flakes are not a cheap ingredient, but they have their own flavor that fish respond well to.
It is very useful to add soda to the groundbait after we have moistened it and it has steeped; when it gets into the water, it literally breaks the ball from the inside. Only after adding it should the balls be immediately filled with water
Homemade fish bait. Feed components and additives
Feed components
Their task is to keep the fish at the fishing point for as long as possible; this is actually what the fish will eat.
The base creates a lot of turbidity and attracts fish, gives the bait taste and aroma, but if the fish comes and does not find anything significant, it will quickly lose interest and will look for something to eat elsewhere. Typically, feed components, protein and flavor additives, as well as various adhesive elements in total account for up to 40% of the weight of the rest of the bait. But it is worth considering that in cold water, as well as in small stakes, where the fish are not accustomed to heavy feeding, their quantity in the bait is minimal or you can do without them altogether.
As feed ingredients we use boiled peas, steamed or boiled pearl barley, canned corn, steamed or raw oat flakes, boiled millet or steamed flaxseed. In cold water, as well as in a small, shallow reservoir, you should not add more than one or two handfuls of these components to the bait.
Also, to keep the fish at the fishing point and activate its bite, homemade bait should contain such nutritional components as maggots, bloodworms and chopped worms, and they should not be poured into the bait itself when mixing, otherwise they will quickly die. We add live food to the bait ball, directly molding it before casting, but you can simply mix it with soil and throw an earthen lump or glue it together using a special powdered glue.
Nutritional supplements
Various nutritional additives are added to the bait, such as vegetable protein PV-1, its content in the bait is up to 10%. It has binding properties, so it is often found in baits for feeder fishing in current conditions. An excellent nutritional supplement for catching bream, tench and carp is roasted and well- ground peanuts . Powdered milk and dry cream are a protein supplement, nutritious, aromatic and tasty, which also creates cloudiness.
Flavoring additives
In order for homemade fish bait to be more tasty, you can add ground coffee (natural or instant), which also has aromatic properties and darkens the bait, fish meal , salt , it is very useful to add it in cold water when there are few minerals in it. Squid - can attract both predatory fish and large carp and grass carp.
Adhesive additives
They are used when fishing in the current, their task is to glue the ball of bait, allowing it to sink to the bottom and then, under the influence of the current, disintegrate, creating a feeding table. Here you need to be careful and not overdo it, otherwise you will get a lump of cement that will lie at the bottom like a dead weight. To glue the bait, you can use oatmeal, ground to flour, corn and wheat flour, starch . Baby food baby , however, it can also be classified as a protein supplement, since it improves the nutritional value of bait.
Mixing and moistening
Moistening the bait on a pond
Any experienced angler knows how important mixing and moistening the bait is. In order for it to start, as they say, “working correctly,” it must be thoroughly ground through a sieve until a homogeneous fraction is obtained, and then mixed using a screwdriver with a special mixer attachment.
In principle, mixing with your hands will do, but if you use equipment, your bait will turn out to be of better quality. While mixing the bait, it is gradually moistened, trying to achieve the required viscosity.
The role of moisture when mixing bait:
- If the bait turns out to be too dry, the bait ball will simply break on the surface of the water when casting. Such moistening is justified when fishing for top-mounted fish, but is absolutely unsuitable when fishing from the bottom. However, under-watered bait with sufficient ballast is sometimes used to quickly attract fish.
- Average, normal moisture is suitable for bottom fishing. A ball made from such bait should disintegrate within 5-30 minutes (depending on the amount of binders) after immersion in water.
- Overly moistened bait will resemble plasticine in consistency. This is a real defect, unsuitable for fishing.
- Liquid bait. Plays the same role as dry. That is, it is only suitable for catching fish swimming in the upper layers of water. It’s just that when thrown into the water it will create a lot more noise.
Making silicone baits from existing and damaged ones
Over time, after numerous fishing trips, many fans of spinning and jig fishing accumulate a variety of damaged silicone baits. It will not be difficult to provide them with a “second catchable life” by using them to produce new ones. To do this, the remains of damaged baits made from this polymer will have to be cut into small pieces and melted in any convenient way. The smaller the pieces, the faster the material will melt. The resulting liquid composition can then be used to cast new baits.
You can make new baits from leftovers used directly while fishing (provided that you have a suitable container for low tide). To do this, finely chopped old baits should be placed in a small tin can. For convenience, you can clamp the jar with pliers and hold it over an open fire, stirring from time to time until the silicone is completely melted. After this, you need to pour it into the mold, greasing it with any available fat before doing so. It is better to remove the material remaining on the walls of the jar, as it will be quite useful for future meltings. After the product has completely hardened, you need to take it out and trim off the excess protruding pieces of material with scissors. To increase elasticity, homemade bait should be placed in cold water for 10 minutes.
Step-by-step production of silicone baits
- You need to prepare a container for pouring gypsum, place pre-prepared baits that will be cast in the future, carefully pour the gypsum into the container, and leave until the plaster hardens completely.
- After complete hardening, it is necessary to remove the silicone baits from the plaster, and carefully remove the stuck parts of the silicone.
- Old damaged silicone baits should be cut into small pieces and melted in hot water or in the microwave.
- Pour the resulting molten liquid into a mold previously greased with liquid soap.
- Cool the silicone and remove excess silicone using a sharp knife.
- Due to its elastic properties, the homemade silicone bait is easily removed from the mold and is ready for use.
The role of ballast in bait
You may ask: “Why is there no ballast in all bait recipes?” And you will be absolutely right, since ballast plays the most important role in baiting. Except, perhaps, when fishing in the upper layers of water.
The main ballast in bait is ordinary soil, which has no nutritional properties, but can create a cloud of turbidity. In addition, it is able to hide food additives, thereby keeping the fish in one place and forcing it to fish out tasty grains from the bait ball for a long time.
The best ballast is the so-called molehill, which can be collected in places where the mole comes to the surface of the earth. There is no need to grind it through a sieve. But you can take loose soil directly from the shore of the reservoir.
How to properly mix bait on a pond:
- prepare a low and wide bucket in advance;
- mix dry ingredients in it;
- add some water from the reservoir;
- pour out chopped worms, maggots, etc.;
- mix with the battery using a screwdriver;
- let it brew for 20 minutes, add water if necessary;
- Lastly, pour the ballast into the bucket and mix.
Every keen angler has his own recipe for fishing bait that works best in a particular body of water for a particular fish.
Types of bait, composition and differences
The process of preparing good food has its own characteristics. The recipe and stages of preparing the food determine which bait is best and how successful the fishing will be. Bait can be purchased in a store, or you can make an effective composition with your own hands, taking into account the characteristics of catching high-water and deep-sea fish.
The best components included in any homemade bait:
- The basis. It includes cake, rolled oats, corn flour, crackers. It creates the bulk of the food supply for fish.
- Food supply. The main ingredient of the food supply is the organic component that the fish in the given reservoir primarily feed on (worms, flies, fly larvae, caddis flies, bloodworms).
- Supplements Ingredients are added to the bait that give it a strong aroma that attracts fish, as well as dyes for the visual perception of the bait. Among the most suitable flavorings are vanillin, fried cereals, and seeds.
In addition to the composition of bait for fishing, it is necessary to take into account its viscosity and consistency for fishing in different seasons of the year, since the taste preferences of fish change throughout the year. To add viscosity, it is effective to add flour, egg powder, semolina, and clay to the composition. The friability of the fish mixture is achieved by increasing the food supply itself, as well as adding river sand. To make the mixture muddy the water well, dry milk powder and sawdust are added to the mass.
DIY bait for summer fishing
Making bait for the summer is not difficult. Through trial and error, you will quickly determine the main ingredients that will suit the taste of a particular fish. There are several recipes that every amateur angler undoubtedly uses for catching fish in the summer.
Prepare mashed potatoes, to which you need to add a raw egg and stir. Grind sunflower seeds. Dilute the cake with water and leave until it swells. Grind some dill seeds. Mix all ingredients and leave until morning. You can fill mesh feeders with this mixture and throw them into the water; it washes out slightly.
Take bran and chopped corn. Add crackers and a little vegetable oil. Before dipping the bait into water, add a little water to swell it. Ready. Grind the halva and mix it with semolina.
Boil in water until thick (determined by the degree of readiness of the semolina). Cool and mix with breadcrumbs. The structure should be crumbly, it can be adjusted by adding breadcrumbs or water.
As you can see, the basis of most baits in the summer is crackers. As a replacement, some fishermen use bran, feed, and wood filler. These components are able to bring the consistency to the desired state.
Principle of operation
The device is capable of luring fish within a radius of 35-45 meters by emitting enticing low-frequency emissions. To turn on the mechanism, it is enough to lower it into the aquatic environment. The bait resembles a cylindrical shape and is painted in bright red tones.
The upper and lower parts are equipped with covers. In the upper area of the cover there are electronic contacts for positive and negative charges. The surface of the device is made on the basis of light-emitting elements. The presence of a small ring allows you to fix the bait on the tackle.
When thrown into a pond, the device comes into operation and vibrates along with sound waves. After a few seconds, it begins to emit light and flash. The device is equally effective when used both in muddy water and in clear water.
The main advantages of “Super Cool” include:
- the ability to influence all receptor functions of fish;
- no risk of overfeeding;
- large radius of influence;
- ease of use without the need for special knowledge;
- long service life - using a battery makes it possible to recharge the device from the mains;
- a universal type of bait that allows you to catch fish equally successfully in a variety of reservoirs and at any time of the year.
The main disadvantages include:
- high cost of the product;
- rapid battery drain;
- constant monitoring of the device (it easily becomes entangled in underwater vegetation);
- some fishermen do not note a positive effect , which indicates the presence of counterfeit goods on the market.
Operating principle of electronic fish bait
Using bait
The device is equally successfully used for fishing both at depth and on the very surface of the water surface.
In order to extend the life of the device, you should follow some rules, namely:
- Do not allow the device to fall onto a hard surface.
- After fishing in sea water, the bait should be washed under running water and thoroughly dried with a towel.
- Avoid sudden changes in temperature.
- Immediately after use, the device is thoroughly dried.
- The bait should be stored in a dark place, preferably in a box intended for packaging.
- Before first use, the battery should be fully charged. To do this, a black clamp is connected to the suspension (on the side cover with the - sign). The red tone clip is connected to the terminal with the + sign. The connector is plugged into a socket. The charging time should not exceed 60 minutes, so as not to render the device unusable.
- After each charge carried out according to all the rules, the battery functions for about 120 hours.
- If drops of water get on the electrical connections, they must be removed using a soft sponge.
Prohibited bait for fishing
Today, fishermen are not satisfied with the amount of fish caught. They want more and more, so they very often resort to bite activators for help. These are fermented preparations that cause the fish to crowd together in the fishing area and affect it at the cellular level.
Even non-hungry inhabitants of reservoirs act on such bait. Next, the fish’s metabolism is disrupted and it begins to wander in search of bait. In addition, purchased bite activators contain chemical compounds that harm the environment of rivers and lakes. This negatively affects all underwater flora and fauna. There are several complementary foods that are prohibited from use:
- Magnet;
- Fish Hungry;
- Hemp seed bait;
- Katyusha.
- And this is not the entire list of those drugs that are prohibited by the Rybnadzor.
Banned bait for fishing in Europe is still the same FishHungry and similar stimulants of fish appetite using chemicals and various enzymes.
This bait, the price of which is affordable for everyone, disrupts the water balance of all living things, which is why special authorities fight poaching and impose heavy fines.
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Some people have fishing in their blood, as they say. Their fathers and grandfathers could not sit at home and for a week, despite the indignation of their wives and mothers, they collected their gear and went to a nearby pond for the next catch. Only here could they rest their souls, sitting by the water, continuously watching the float swaying on the waves. And it doesn’t matter whether it’s summer or winter, when Epiphany bathing is in full swing. Nothing can keep a true fisherman at home.
Today, a similar situation occurs with their descendants. Having gathered before the light, not the dawn, we headed to the river. Often it is not the size of the catch itself that is important, but the process. Although, experienced fishermen rarely return without a catch at all. Today we want to share one bait recipe, which was shared by one professional fisherman, who claims that he has never returned from a pond empty-handed, and his secret lies in this miraculous bait.
It doesn’t matter that today there are specialized fishing stores in almost every town or village that offer all kinds of gear and ready-made bait mixtures from world brands, domestic fishermen prefer to make bait with their own hands, which they believe is more reliable.
So, to prepare super bait you will need (unit of measurement is a 100-gram glass):
- 4 tbsp. wheat;
- 2 tbsp. Hercules;
- 1 tbsp. roasted sunflower seeds;
- 4 tbsp. breadcrumbs;
- 1 tbsp. milk powder;
- 3 tbsp. corn grits;
- 0.5 tbsp. flaxseeds;
- 0.5 tbsp. vanilla sugar;
- ripe beets or some other dye (food coloring) for coloring.
