alternative paste for chub

[viney]

Has anyone ever tried or heard of using anything other than cheese to make a paste for chub? im planning on cracking on with the chub fishing at the weekend, i really want to use cheese paste but theres a catch..... I HATE cheese, even the smell is enough to make me gag! ive got a few ideas ticking over in my head but any ideas from people on here would be great!

matt

[davedave]

Havent tried either but i hear paste made from groundbait or pellets are effective.

 

To make the pellet one you place as many pellets as you want in a bait tub or whatever and pour on boiling water, leave for a few minutes then knead into a paste, obviously adding as much water as is needed.

 

For the groundbait one i think you just add normal water until it can be kneaded into a paste.

 

 

 

Good question, id like to hear the answers as i reckon winter is probably a good time to start using pastes.

[watatoad]

Yes:

 

Shipmans Fishpaste - salmon & shrimp

 

Shipmans Fishpaste - Sardine and tomato

 

Any meat paste - any make

 

Every sort of pate you can find

 

Egg and celery - I believe the eggs were part cooked

 

Potatoes - boiled whole - part whole - mashed with various additives

 

Bread with garlic and / or tomato puree

 

And many more even stranger ones

 

I still prefer dairylea cheese spread made into sandwiches with buttered bread and shaped up at the river bank.

[davedave]

Yes:

 

Shipmans Fishpaste - salmon & shrimp

 

Shipmans Fishpaste - Sardine and tomato

 

Any meat paste - any make

 

Every sort of pate you can find

 

Egg and celery - I believe the eggs were part cooked

 

Potatoes - boiled whole - part whole - mashed with various additives

 

Bread with garlic and / or tomato puree

 

And many more even stranger ones

 

I still prefer dairylea cheese spread made into sandwiches with buttered bread and shaped up at the river bank.

 

 

Do you leave the hookpoint clear or bury it watatoad? And how big a piece would you normally use, and to what size hook?

 

thanks

[watatoad]

I always leave the hook point just showing size varies from just covering the overall hook to about 3 times the size, although with potatoes it gets more difficult and I have found that for me it has to be a very gentle cast - though that might just be me.

 

EDIT:

Hooking through the skin or the potato helped.

END EDIT:

 

Think of the size of the fishes mouth then think you want the fish to take it in one go and not struggle with it.

Edited November 24, 2010 by watatoad

[ayjay]

The easiest way for a variety of different pastes is to use a boilie mix, just don't boil it.

[JV44]

The easiest way for a variety of different pastes is to use a boilie mix, just don't boil it.

That is what i am sat here using as we speak and as yet no crays have bothered me thanks to the frosts i suppose ,havent had so much as a knock yet but its still early.

Fishmeal base mix with a few other bits thrown in here is hoping the Chub wake up and bite soon Steve.

[davedave]

You can make paste from basic bread crumb cant you? Just mix it to the right consistency then its done? how long do you think it would last for?

[Tigger]

I've made paste out of halibut and trout pellets. Just pour boiling water on them and leave to soak, then just mash them up into a ball of paste. Failing that you can buy halibut paste.

[davedave]

How long do they last on the hook? And what size hook would you recommend?

 

Sorry viney i dont mean to mustle in on your post im just interested in it too