Non bolie waters

[baker]

No, the subject line is not an old blues musician but a question I have.

I've just joined a local club whose waters are absolute quality. Well maintained, and the quality of the fish is near perfect. The waters I fish are large Stillwater’s where carp and tench seem to predominate. The only slight drawback to this is that boilies are banned. That in itself is not a bad thing as all of the local disaffected youth, intent on ruining other peoples enjoyment stay away in droves. The waters are quite hard fishing in the day, and conversely from the earlier thread of 'Natural baits', I wonder if you gents could suggest some good alternatives.

I've tried the usual: Sweet corn, Maize, Maggots, worms, luncheon meat, pellet, bread etc and wondered if there were any suggestions.

I read an article about using potato that had been cut with a bread punch, par boiled and then coloured and flavoured in the usual way to great effect, anybody have an idiots guide for this?

[RUDD]

Dont have a clue about the potato thing but try something different to the rest.

I used maple peas last year to great effect for carp and Tench.

You can buy them in bulk and cook yourself or buy the dynamite baits ones.

I used the dynamite baits one and prebaited a few swims with them over the course of a few weeks.

There are loads of different particle baits that can be used as baits.

Take a look at hinders or your local seed/animal feed merchant.

[Newt]

Re: using potatoes - no need to cook them at all and usually better when raw. No real need to punch either. Take a knife and cut a piece to suit yourself.

 

Then just pretend it's a boilie although if you are power casting you will need a piece of tubing thru the center to keep from cutting it.

[Russell Fitzpatrick]

dyanmite meaty bites(i think thats what there called!),comes in a tin like luncheon meat but it sits in an oily flavouring very good bait,or like rudd said particles,maples,tiger nuts(same as maples dynamite ones etc or pellets are good for non boilie waters.cockles,prawns(classic stalking bait) pastes(make from scalded pellets or ground down pellets etc) pepperami(good winter bait) man i could go on and on..hope these help ya

[chesters1]

what about the old fashion trout pellet paste? if its not "boiled" then it cannot be a boily

[Will Wilkinson]

I was going to suggest paste as well. Experiment with flavours untill you find one that works. Also pepperami makes an excellent bait fished on a hair rig if you're being troubled by smaller fish.

 

HTH

 

Will