How Many Boilies?

[Elton]

Posted on behalf of Joel. Please add all replies to this thread:

 

alright guys how many boilies should i be taking for a weeks fishing in the uk

[RUDD]

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210 based on cathing three fish a day for seven days using a new hookbait and nine freebies for each fish.

[Dales]

How long is a piece of string

 

It's a hard one to answer with out knowing the water, stock of fish, are they feeding, how you plan to fish and lots of other things.

 

It could be as little as one or two up to many kilo's.

[Dales]

210 based on cathing three fish a day for seven days using a new hookbait and nine freebies for each fish.

 

How many 14mm boilies do you get in a 1 kilo bag?

 

Is it essential that you use 9 boilies as freebies with each cast or will 8 or 10 have the same effect?

 

Does the size of the boilie matter, is nine based on a 20mm boilie, so if you only have 10mm boilies do you need to use 18 boilies?

 

Using the example of a 20mm boilie, can you mix and match to get back to the nine. I.e use 5 20mm, 4 10mm & 8 5mm. Or do they all need to be the same size?

[RUDD]

How many 14mm boilies do you get in a 1 kilo bag?

 

Is it essential that you use 9 boilies as freebies with each cast or will 8 or 10 have the same effect?

 

Does the size of the boilie matter, is nine based on a 20mm boilie, so if you only have 10mm boilies do you need to use 18 boilies?

 

Using the example of a 20mm boilie, can you mix and match to get back to the nine. I.e use 5 20mm, 4 10mm & 8 5mm. Or do they all need to be the same size?

I tend to find nine totally different sizes, colours and flavours add confusion.

[dean in devon]

I tend to find nine totally different sizes, colours and flavours add confusion.

well i don't ue different flavours as i don't want the free offerings to be better then my hook bait no mater what.

i use differnt sizes but only by 1mm differnt from my hookbait, ie: 15mm boilie hookbait (now all thi will get a bit differnt) but i will use 14mm boiles and 16mm boilies i use normaly about 6 especialy with a pva bag all are the same flavours/colour.

IE.

if i use peach boilie as my hookbait (orange) but i use strawberry free offerings and only that turns them on they will not want the peach.

but with temps of the water and spawning not long from now results are going to change every day.

but as your there for a week i would use pva use about 6 free offerings in the pva, i ued this technique last year i only went fishing 4-6times doing 24hours. i posted pics up my fave catch was a 20lb 8oz never caught one before.

and this was in the day! well 8am in the morning.

very sunny, but like dales said all places are different, have you emailed/contacted the owner of the lake and ask for advice and what/where have been bewt results for the time of year you are fishing, i normaly get free advice where ever i go from owners anyway, so they should be happy to help.

[Dales]

I tend to find nine totally different sizes, colours and flavours add confusion.

 

That actually makes a lot of sense

Edited March 15, 2011 by Dales

[Dales]

Are you sure you want to take Boilies?

 

I'm just wondering by your initial question whether you have used them often before and wonder are they the best bait for the water that you plan to fish.

 

Boilies can be a great bait, but not the only one that will catch you Carp.

[RUDD]

That actually makes a lot of sense

In all honesty I do use Boilie / dunbell pellets on the hair with a pva bag containing loads of types and sizes of pellets (timebomb method) and have caught plently of carp from different venues.

[dean in devon]

In all honesty I do use Boilie / dunbell pellets on the hair with a pva bag containing loads of types and sizes of pellets (timebomb method) and have caught plently of carp from different venues.

+1 but not used dumbells as of yet, i do this method with a pop as a kd rig works a charm but i might give dumbells a go.