Feed Pellets....can't decide

[Paul f]

I have two choices here these are some of the main ingredients.

 

Sheep pellets.

ground corn,ground oats,wheat middlings,alfalfa meal,corn gluten meal,soybean meal.

 

Pig pellets

ground corn,soybean meal,dried whey,sucrose,cane mollasses,alfalfa meal,L-lysine

 

i would of chosen the sheep pellets because of the corn gluten but then remembered about the L-lysine which was used in a tank test by kevin ________s (Carp Fever)where the carp reacted strongly when introduced.What are your thoughts fellas?

[singy]

neither mate, Stick to trouties. More expensive, but loads better. I went down the sheep feed route and was not that impressed.

 

Singy

[Warren Gaunt]

I been using sheep feed, they bloody love it.

Hallibut pellets are worth looking at too.

 

:cool:

 

[ 02. September 2002, 12:43 PM: Message edited by: Warren Gaunt ]

[Les]

On the pellet subject, I heard that if you soak pellets in sunflower,(or other)oil the pellet takes longer to break down.

Is this true and if so how long should they be soaked?

[singy]

Very true, the higher the oil content the more water resistant the pellet and the longer it will take to break down. I would suggest salmon oil/cod liver oil instead of sunflower oil though.

 

The oil content is the reason why halibut pellets can last all night (Oooer) they have a 40%+ oil content.

 

Singy

[Les]

Thanks for that, thought I'd check before I started messing around.

[peter mccue]

Les,

Be a little careful when soaking Halibut pellets, Singy is right they do last longer, but if you soak them too long in a dip (ie like boilies) they will begin to break down, I speak from experience!!

 

I have found a few hours to be ample, the time my pellets had broke down they had been in a dip for a week.

 

Great bait though, especially when teamed up with trout pellet method feeder.

 

In reference to your original question, I have used Pig & Sheep feed, but unfortunately didn't find them that effective, however, I did boil the pellets up & drain off the resultant liquid which is very dark & strong, it makes an ideal partner for groundbait.

[Les]

Thats great Peter as I was'nt sure how long to soak them.

I was going to try a larger one on hair rig and pva with smaller ones?

The method sounds good though.