halibut boilies for barbel

[fantasticfisherman]

what do you lot think to using halibut boilies for barbel? i've heard not to use shelf-life boilies for barbel because of the preservatives in them. so why was the british record barbel caught on shelf-life boilies?(source boilies) i'm planning a trip barbel fishing this weekend so any help will be much appriciated.

 

thanks.

[jeepster]

wouldn't bother using boilies at all for barbel, try hair rigged halibut pellets, maggots or meat instead

[J.K]

Have to agree stick with a halibut pellet. I use 10mm - 14mm and they are great.

 

Infact I may have more proof for you after the weekend. Off to the warks avon the weekend

 

Joel

[Russell Fitzpatrick]

source,trigga,maple-8,activ-8 allwork very well.plus you dont have to **** about drilling pellets,maggots are good but require corect feeding and presentation.

meat is pants for anything other than eels.

 

or do something completely different,and try,cockles(non-pickled)prawns,bacon rind,corn all sorts!

 

be quite honest theres bugger all difrence between halibuts and decent boilies.failing that make your own boilies from ground down halibut pellets!

[Rob Ward]

mr. bean:

what do you lot think to using halibut boilies for barbel? i've heard not to use shelf-life boilies for barbel because of the preservatives in them. so why was the british record barbel caught on shelf-life boilies?(source boilies) i'm planning a trip barbel fishing this weekend so any help will be much appriciated.

 

thanks.

Been using them for a while now, try the frozen ones!

[J.K]

If you dont want to drill then do what I do, use a bait band

 

OR

 

you can tie a knot less knot and superglue the pellets to the hair.

 

TADDAR .. no drilling

 

Joel

[Russell Fitzpatrick]

yes yes but they smell awfull!

and my dog keeps nicking em!

[seph]

I use boilies for Barbel with great results although I do prefer pellets. I have found that a switch to boilie if pellet is slow usually produces so I always carry them. The boilies also seem to wrinkle out the better fish. As for flavours I have found it does vary from river to river, one flavour is good on one but is useless on another.

[darrreng]

Boilies are the way forward!! More versatile, among other things.

[fantasticfisherman]

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Originally posted by Rob Ward:

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Been using them for a while now, try the frozen ones! [/QB]

 

i hadn't realised you could get frozen halibut boilies. is there an advantage when using frozen ones instead of shelf-life ones?