sweetcorn

[fisherman dave]

Does anyone ever mess about flavouring sweetcorn?

 

Whats the most successful flavour?

 

 

[wotnobivvy]

I have bought tins of flavoured sweetcorn, and apart from coloured hands, I haven't really noticed any increase in catches

[Anderoo]

I did quite well with brazen flavoured corn for tench a few years ago. I just squirted some of the liquid flavour over the corn in a bait box and left it for a while. Oddly, and I still don't know why, I caught quite a lot of small perch on the flavoured corn and none on the unflavoured...!

 

I was actually mainly after bream, and thought the extra sweet flavour might increase my chances after dark.

 

Stupid phone - that should be brasem!

[garylee]

One thing I like to do is add a little more salt a squirt of honey for sweetness top up with water so its all covered then freeze.

It makes it softer and I believe increases your chance of a good hook hold.

[Andy Macfarlane]

Never really bothered flavouring corn but I use it often enough, so maybe I should try it. Even a bit of honey or something. Tried Strawberry Pescaviva a couple of times but it didn't seem to catch any more fish, though it smells quite tempting, so probably best avoided in case I run out of sandwiches.

[davedave]

Never bought flavoured/coloured corn but I tried colouring corn red once, my hands looked like a serial killers and saw no difference in catch results. Unless it's a water that sees a lot of 'regular' sweetcorn I wouldn't bother.

If it aint broke

Edited March 2, 2013 by davedave

[Dales]

I often add some liquid flavour to my corn, I empty the tin in a plastic bag and add a little bit of liquid flavour and give it a good shack and leave it over night or at least a few hours to soak in. Saves bringing a tin to the bank and I do believe it makes a difference. I tend to use pineapple or scopex when after Tench or Bream but happy to use any so called "sweet" addatives.. Dynamite Baits pineapple being my favourite additive for corn.

[AddictedToScopex]

I have tried flavoured vs unflavoured and actually found natural corn to out fish the different coloured and flavoured stuff. I dont really bother to add to it now. A lot of the time if I am using corn it will be carried in a groundbait anyway and I would use one or two pieces on the hook. The groundbait takes care of the flavours and the corn takes care of the visual attractant.

[Steve Burke]

Sweetcorn has a great smell and taste to it anyway. However I suspect the fish will eventually wise up to it. So flavours can be useful. I've done particularly well with sweet flavours. I tend to use a sharp flavour like pineapple in low water temperatures, something smoother like peach when it's warmer.

[Phone]

All,

 

Attractants of note with sweet corn are kola nut, licorice root, beet molasses, brewers yeast, marshmallow root, and peppermint. Anything that starts "gly"

 

 

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