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just making up todays mix (red and white crumb+hemp+crushed trout pellet) and whilst i was at it i put some cake sponge off-cuts out for the birds. my girlfriend often makes fancy cakes for friends so its around quite a bit. anyone ever used it for groundbait instead of standard crumb?

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just making up todays mix (red and white crumb+hemp+crushed trout pellet) and whilst i was at it i put some cake sponge off-cuts out for the birds. my girlfriend often makes fancy cakes for friends so its around quite a bit. anyone ever used it for groundbait instead of standard crumb?

 

Sounds effective for bream, especially in summer. Never tried it myself but it does sound quite effective. Might be worth making it up, preparing it like normal groundbait, then putting it in a swimfeeder in a glass tank or an empty 2litre coke bottle filled with water to see how it reacts when in the water.

 

Ive been thinking of making my own winter groundbait for carp and bream consisting of brown crumb, quarter of a teaspoon of chilli powder, some finely chopped peperami bits and some crushed pellets to make a spicy, oily attractant. God knows if it will work, but i'm planning to give it a try soon.

 

 

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Never tried it, but please post your experience if you try it.

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Not used sponge for many years...but Roach love fruit cake in the groundbait and maybe a sultana on the hook might surprise you although its getting a bit late in the year now for fruit for Roach.

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Sounds effective for bream, especially in summer. Never tried it myself but it does sound quite effective. Might be worth making it up, preparing it like normal groundbait, then putting it in a swimfeeder in a glass tank or an empty 2litre coke bottle filled with water to see how it reacts when in the water.

 

Ive been thinking of making my own winter groundbait for carp and bream consisting of brown crumb, quarter of a teaspoon of chilli powder, some finely chopped peperami bits and some crushed pellets to make a spicy, oily attractant. God knows if it will work, but i'm planning to give it a try soon.

 

 

Best of luck

the recipe i mixed today pulled in a lovely silver bream, maybe 1 3/4lb-2lb. never much fancied bream but this was the biggest silver i've had and it gave a really good account of itself, shook its head from beginning to end. i think it must have been the ground trout pellet but i fancy putting more in, maybe garlic spam?

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Not used sponge for many years...but Roach love fruit cake in the groundbait and maybe a sultana on the hook might surprise you although its getting a bit late in the year now for fruit for Roach.

don't know if you have this book, theres a link to it here. the links clean according to my computer, but you can get it the same way id did, Google 'angling book pdf' then click on the wikipedia link, if old pictures of floats etc.. show at the top scroll down to the bottom. there are three versions there. this one is the 1920 version

 

http://ia341324.us.archive.org/1/items/boo...i00franiala.pdf

 

its really good, a bit like an up date of the compleat angler. theres some stuff about using blackberries for chub.

will try the crumb the next time theres some about

Give a man a fish and he will live for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will live forever

 

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don't know if you have this book, theres a link to it here. the links clean according to my computer, but you can get it the same way id did, Google 'angling book pdf' then click on the wikipedia link, if old pictures of floats etc.. show at the top scroll down to the bottom. there are three versions there. this one is the 1920 version

 

http://ia341324.us.archive.org/1/items/boo...i00franiala.pdf

 

its really good, a bit like an up date of the compleat angler. theres some stuff about using blackberries for chub.

will try the crumb the next time theres some about

 

Many thanks I do not know the book but certainly at first glance is is very good. Much appreciated.

From a spark a fire will flare up

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