Carp Fishing Secrets for Making Nutritional Homemade Baits!

Nutritional

carp baits or food baits are very popular now because they consistently produce big carp again and again!

The theory of balanced amino acid profile and nutrition carp baits, has been repeatedly proven by consistent catches of big carp for decades.

Your baits amino acid profile, that is its content, and biological availability of refined proteins to carp digestion, is central to your nutritional bait attraction and success. By refining these things in your baits, on the right fisheries, your big fish catches can really become the stuff most anglers only ever dream of…

This is mythical top secret homemade baits become a reality!

The numbers of big carp that get caught on other types of boilie baits have seriously reduced especially in the UK and Europe, where angling pressure has become so high. For numerous reasons, other baits will of course always catch plenty of carp.

Now we get to the interesting bit; the effect of a carps dietary requirement for individual amino acids. This is a variable between individual fish at any point in time!

There are about 13 essential amino acids for carp, (10 essentials for the majority of fish) and the easy definition of essential is: An amino acid that cannot be synthesized in the carps body from internal resources. Therefore, carp must consume them in their diet to not simply live healthily but to maintain being alive!

The advantages do not end there. Nutritional bait will often contain a complete balanced, nutritional profile, including essential fats, minerals, vitamins, trace elements, and salt, which are all proven carp attractors.

The individual components of the bait ingredients work together in the bait itself, and in the carps digestion and assimilation processes. This provides the optimal nutritional bait performance, and benefits in the carps body.

This multiplies the effect of all the individual bait ingredients for maximized carp attraction, and repeated desire for consumption of your bait.

How do you make your bait release even more carp attracting amino acids? Well, very water soluble, easily ‘digested’ amino acids are supplied in greater quantities by predigesting your baits, using bacterial action or ‘curing’ your baits, or by using artificial enzyme activity within your baits.

You can always add more ‘free’ form liquid amino acids as a bait dip or soak too to really maximize attraction.

To my knowledge, every top commercial bait manufacturer utilizes elements of, or all of these effects! So, if you fish a ‘pay lake’ where it seems most anglers have been using the same shop-bought bait, try applying your new homemade nutritional bait to give a top edge.

Soon, you’ll be the one catching all the biggest carp yourself, although you may need to introduce a very plentiful amount of bait in advance, to get the fish feeding confidently on it.

Such baits can become habit-forming, with seemingly addictive powers over the carp’s natural caution.

A bait triangle effect is at work with high nutritional bait:

Initially, this is where many types of fish will sample your bait to begin with, after its first introduction to a water. Different sizes of carp and bigger fish such as bream, tench and catfish will push out the competing smaller fish.

As the dietary benefits are experienced by fish eating the bait, the fish which have the largest, energy efficiency and dietary requirements push out the lesser size carp, when the bait is repeatedly introduced over a period of time.

At this stage the largest fish tend to monopolize the bait and will eat it in preference to other food and less nutritionally balanced baits.

This is why mixing bait ingredient weaknesses is so powerful; you can catch the biggest fish in a lake, in a very short period of time, by the balancing your bait nutrition and by regular feeding of free baits.

To use these baits most effectively, the very top successful fishermen keep their free baits going into their lake or swim very regularly, and this is especially important in winter fishing. It can require 3 visits to the water every week just to keep the carp searching for bait, feeding confidently on it, and feeling its beneficial effects.

So why bother doing this? Well, this activity can become so productive in terms of catch results; it can actually become addictive as your results just keep improving!

So, it is essential to mix bait ingredients, that have different weaknesses in their essential amino acids distributions; this limits nitrogen loss through ‘deamination’ and provides the best opportunity for protein utilization in the carp.

In the base mix, I prefer to use the highest levels possible of whole protein foods ingredients and predigested protein food extracts. I also maximize the levels of ‘free’ aqueous (in solution) amino acids compounds in the bait mix.

A mixed amino acid compound bait soak or dip, complete with naturally derived extracts like spices, attractors and ‘behaviour stimulators like sea salt , hot and red capsicum powders and natural flavours / special amino acid containing components like squid extract, will give your bait more attraction power and range.

The attractive benefits are maximized and enhanced further by important methods that sustain biological-activity within the bait. My baits are normally fermented or cured too, at the very least, to release further nutrition and enhance carp attraction factors.

Why not try making a nutritional carp bait yourself. Yes, bait making involves making mistakes and trial and error. In fact, some of my mistakes have led to some of my most productive baits so never be afraid to make your own! Owning your secret nutritional carp bait recipe can be a massive catches and confidence booster over using readymade baits! This fishing bait secrets ebooks author has many more fishing and bait secrets to share though his unique ebooks - so read on!

By Tim Richardson.

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By TIM RICHARDSON

Fishing for pleasure and more pleasure

When I was a kid, my Dad and Uncle Larry and some friends of Dad's used to take us fishing at Barnegat Bay in New Jersey. At the time I thought the bay was as big as the ocean and often worried about finding our way back. But Dad and his friends seemed to have that under control and we always made it back with our catch. We were out looking for blowfish but also caught some bluefish, sea-bass and weakfish as well. But I always remember the blowfish. Sometimes when aggravated they would blow up like a balloon. Naturally my brothers and I thought that was funny. The other thing I remember was the teeth. They reminded me of rabbits teeth like in the cartoons. I remember that sometimes we would have a hard time getting our hooks back because they would clamp down on them with those big teeth.

After I joined the Air Force I had the opportunity to fish for several kinds of fish from the shore, from bridges and from boats. I've caught bass, walleye, pike, catfish, crappie and some I don't remember the names of. I've also caught snakes, turtles, clams, shrimp and crabs, usually not on purpose, except for the shrimp and crabs, but that's another story.

However, the best times I ever had fishing were during the 11 1/2 years I spent in Panama, the one with the Canal, not Florida. During my time there I went out about twice a month with friends and/or family. Usually we went to Gatun Lake in the Panama Canal, but I've also fished other lakes and the Atlantic and Pacific oceans as well.

Because I was in the Air Force, I had access to the Army recreation facilities at Fort Clayton. There I could rent a 14 foot aluminum boat for $10.00 for the entire weekend. It came with the motor, gas tank, paddles (just in case) and life vests (also just in case) and trailer. We would usually pick it up on Friday afternoon and return it Monday.

On Saturday morning about 5:00 am, everybody would meet at my house and we would hook up the trailer and drive to the public ramp at Gatun, about 10 miles. On the way we would stop at one of the several bus stops where kids were selling live minnows, twenty for a dollar. Sometimes you could get some extra for a sandwich or soda. We would get a couple hundred and then go on our way.

Once we arrived at the ramp there would be some young kids charging five dollars to get your boat into the water, put your gear in the boat and then see you off. The same kids would be there when you returned to get you out and it didn't cost anything extra. It was slow going getting out to the canal because of all the boat traffic and the vegetation. Once we were in the canal we could crank up the motor and head for our favorite spots, of which there were many.

On the way we would pass ships of all sizes traversing the canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific or vice versa. Usually people on the decks would wave to us and naturally we would wave back. We had to be careful of the wake coming from the ships. Sometimes if you were passing a ship, especially in a narrow part of the canal, the waves could be pretty big.

Usually we would go to the furthest favorite spot first and then work our way in during the day. A lot of the other parties seemed to prefer it the other way, that is, start close and then work their way out. Personally, I liked the boat ride early in the morning and was usually anxious to get on shore by the end of the day.

Anyway, we would find our spot and anchor in. What we were after were peacock bass or Sergento, sergeant in Spanish, because of the stripes. It was basically a big mouth bass. Now I have to tell you, in Panama you do not need a license to fish and there are no limits. As you can imagine being bordered by two oceans, seafood is plentiful in Panama and there are markets everywhere. Anyway, when we went fishing in the Panama Canal or Arenosa Lake we would usually have four people in the boat and would fish for about 6-8 hours. During that time we would catch 200 or more keepers and no, they don't just jump in the boat. They were simply so plentiful, that almost anywhere you dropped a line, you could catch something. The best thing about it is that every one we caught gave us a run for our money.

When we were done for the day we would come back into the dock where the same young man who saw us off, would now get us unloaded again. He would also fillet our catch for five cents a piece and maybe a soda or two. So all in all you couldn't have a better day. With the kids there to help you in and out and fillet the fish, all you had to do was catch fish and who wouldn't enjoy that? Like I said, some friends and I would usually go out about twice a month. The reason we didn't go out more is that our freezers could not hold all the fillets. I have numerous stories I could tell about my fishing trips, like the time a friend and I lost our way during a storm, but I'll save those for another time.

If you like fishing or know someone who does, then I have a couple of sites you will want to visit. You can learn more about Salmon Fishing and Cat fishing by going to my sites at www.Salmon.TellMeAboutThat.com and www.Catfishing.TellMeAboutThat.com. Well, enjoy yourself and then go to my blog at www.TellMeAboutThat.com and leave a comment to let me know how the trip turned out.

Tom Stabler is a retired Air Force logistics specialist. He has traveled extensively, mostly in the Middle East and Central America. During his travels he gained experience and insight into a variety of subjects. He uses his articles to talk about his life experiences as well as promote his blog and 94 websites at www.TellMeAboutThat.com. He currently lives in South Carolina with His wife of 32 years.

By TOM STABLER

The Top Five Things To Do Before You Go Fishing

Fishing is one of America’s greatest past times. But it’s a lot more enjoyable when you are prepared. This article will show you the top 5 things to do before you go fishing, to help you enjoy your trip.

Fishing is a great recreational sport, that can be very relaxing, and enjoyable if you are prepared. I have made a list of the top five things you need to help you enjoy your trip, and they are.

1. Knowing the location of your trip, is it a lake, a river, or the ocean. This will help you to choose what equipment you will need, so you don’t take equipment for fishing in the ocean if you are on a lake, or river, or vice versa.

2. Knowing what your fishing for. If you are fishing in fresh waters, bass and trout, in the ocean, well you name it, you can catch anything from a shark to a squid, that’s what makes fishing in the ocean so exciting.

3. Bait, this is the most important thing, without it you won’t catch anything. Location is also important for what bait to use. If you fish in lakes and rivers, you can use worms, lures, flies, shiners. In the ocean well you can write a book on all the bait you can use, just make sure you bring plenty of bait, because if you run out, so is your trip.

4. Make sure you have plenty of equipment, like poles, hooks, weights, bobbers, line, and of course all this stuff needs to go into a fishing box. You will also need a fish chain, or bucket to put the catch of the day, you can also use a net when you catch a fish, but you don’t really need one, it’s optional.

5. Bring food and an emergency kit. You should always bring a small cooler, with water, or drinks, and sandwiches, trail mix, ect. Trust me you will get hungry, and many fishing spots don’t have stores right next door, so it’s wise to be prepared especially if you are with kids, they are always hungry. It is also wise to bring an emergency kit, this will include, band-aids, ointment, cell phone, and bug spray is always a good idea, because like food, there is no store next door.

When I go fishing I use this list to help me prepare for my trip, I have two types of gear, one is for fresh water, like lakes and rivers, and another for deep sea. If you follow this list hopefully it will help you be more prepared and safe, because fishing is a lot of fun when your one step ahead. With the economy the way it is, fishing is a good way to have fun and not spend a lot of money doing it. So take your family and enjoy the outdoors, it helps families get closer.

For more specific information on the top 5 things to do before you go fishing go to:http://www.squidoo.com/drhowtofish/

Thank you, Daniel Richard

By DANIEL RICHARD

Koh Samui - From Fishing Port to Resort Island

Koh Samui is one of the most popular tourist destinations within Thailand. It is the third largest island behind Koh Chang & Phuket and has an "official" population of about 55,000 people according to the Mayor's office as at 2008.

The island is located only 35km(21miles) northwest of Surat Thani town on the mainland, in the Gulf of Thailand & is the largest of around 60 islands which compose the Ang Thong National Marine Park.

Koh Samui measures some 21kms(12.6miles) at its widest point, and 25kms(15 miles) at its longest. The population & all the hotels & resorts are located all around the coast as the centre of the island is a very dense mountainous jungle. The highest point on the island is Khao Pom, which is 635metres(2,116feet).

The old capital of the island is Nathon(pronouced Nat-on), which is located on the south-west coast, it is also the major port for fishing and ferry services between Koh Samui, the mainland & other outlying islands.

Nathon is the seat of the regional government, and the true commercial hub of the island and is popular with Samui locals. It has a charming pace, and is still small enough to walk everywhere. One particular area of interest are the old Chinese shop houses along the middle street which all whisper of an exotic history !.

History of Koh Samui:

The island is thought to have been first inhabited around 1,500 years ago, with the first settlers being fishermen from the Malay Peninsula and Southern China.

The island first appears on Chinese maps dating back to 1687, under the name "Pulo Cornam", its present name of Koh Samui is considered a mystery, perhaps it is an extension of one of the islands native trees "Mui" or it could be a corruption of the Chinese word "Saboey", meaning "safe haven". Koh meaning "island" in Thai, so its naming would best suit the description of "safe haven" particularly if used by the fishing populations that might have sheltered on the island from the tropical storms typical of this area of South-East Asia.

The island remained an isolated self-sufficient community until late into the 20th century, having little connection with the mainland, no formal roads until the early 1970s or airport until 1989.

The main development of the island as a tourist destination is attributed to early hippy backpackers who were overwhelmed by the islands natural beauty & completely laid back lifestyle.

Koh Samui since those days has been developed beyond anyone's wildest dreams, and is now one of the world's top 10 exotic holiday locations, most of the traditional backpacker style accommodation has gone, being replaced by 5* hotels & Spa Resorts, the backpackers have moved onto cheaper "climes" such as Koh Phangan & Koh Lantra (near Krabi).

Economy:

The island's economy is now very dependent upon tourism,with the majority of its Thai population involved in every different aspect of it.The small fishing fleets that operate from its shores provide fresh delicacies for its ever increasing & demanding audiences. Its core products of Coconuts & "latex" (rubber) are still exported from the island, but these industries are diminishing, as the forests are felled to create more tourism opportunities.The islands airport serves not only as a "hub" for flights from Bangkok, but also offers direct international flights to other major South-East Asia cities including Hong Kong & Singapore, handling over 1,000,000 passengers per year.

Main Beaches:

With the phenominal growth of tourism seen over the last 10 years, most of the beach locations on Koh Samui have grown into small towns each offering a differing array of services:

Chaweng Beach is a large beach on the northeast coast. It is the most crowded and tourist friendly beach on the island. Along the beach there is lodging ranging from budget bungalows to luxury villas. 100 metres from the beach there is a bustling town with all kinds of western and Asian food options, including Starbucks, McDonalds & KFC !!.

Lamai Beach is south of Chaweng has a smaller beach, and the whole community is a little more chilled and cheaper than its rich "neighbour" to the north.

Maenam Beach is on the north coast of the island giving this beach amazing views! Its golden sandy beach is stunning and is usually less crowded than the east coast beaches. The area is still heavily Thai making food and accommodation more reasonably priced.

Bophut Beach is known locally as the "Fisherman's Village" this beach has a more chill vibe and is a good place to relax.

Bang Rak Beach is home to the Big Buddha (the first landmark you see before arriving at the airport), it's a is very relaxed beach, under-developed & affordable location.

By Car:

Choeng Mon Beach is one of the smallest tourist beaches on the island, although it lies in a nice secluded bay on the north eastern tip of the island. This is a nice place if you are looking for some peace and quiet.

Lipa Noi Beach long curving beautiful white sands and is the only good swimming beach on the west coast of the island, it has the most amazing sunsets every night, its also one of the least touristy beaches on the island, very laid back & affordable.

Koh Samui Weather The island really has only two seasons, a rainy season & a dry season. Samui's rainy season lasts from October to mid-January, and the dry season is from January-February to October.

As the island's weather is tropical(high in both temperature & humidity), it does rain regularly throughout the year, the rain, when it does fall, is quite often heavy but a "storm" usually doesn't last long, and any signs of rain disappear very quickly.

Most people find Koh Samui's year round temperatures pleasant, the average daytime temperature is constantly around 30C (86F), with nights being only 5 degrees or so lower.

How to Get There:

Ao Tong Takian Beach also known as "Silver Beach", for its white sands, this small cove just north of Lamai has always been popular with the "ganja fans" for decades.

By Flight:
During the rainy season it can rain for days and even weeks almost without interruption, which does lead to heavy flooding.

Samui Airport (USM) is a very beautiful privately owned airport, hourly flights to Bangkok, good services to other Thai cities & international destinations.

By Boat:

The main ferry port on the island is located at Nathon this supports most of the fraffic from the mainland( sailing time 3 hours), there are several other smaller ports that offer services to all the outlying islands.

By Bus:

There are extensive services from Bangkok to Koh Samui, buses leaving daily, travelling time approximately 12 hours.

The roads from Bangkok to the south & Koh Samui are generally very good the travelling distance is around 700kms (430 miles) and takes around 9-10 hours to cover.

Author: Kevin Butters Email: kevin.r.butters@gmail.com Website: http:www.visit-chiang-mai-online.com Article URL: http:www.visit-chiang-mai-online.com/koh-samui.html

By KEVIN BUTTERS

All About Fishing for California Halibut

California Halibut (Paralichthys californicus) are the most famous of all sand flat fish. Everyone loves to catch and eat Halibut. This is not the species that grow to 300 lbs or more in Alaska (Pacific Halibut), but a home grown, Southern California only, species. They're just as tasty as their bigger cousins, though. Halibut start out their lives swimming more or less like other fish, vertically in the water with one eye on each side of their heads. As they pass from this juvenile stage into adulthood, one eye migrates from its original position around the nose of the fish and ends up on the other side. The blind side then turns white and the fish begins swimming horizontally over the bottom with the white, blind side down. Halibut are members of the left-eyed flat fishes, however 40% of them are actually right eyed (the left eye migrates to the right side.)

California Halibut can grow to five feet long and 60 lbs, but most are far smaller. In fact, throughout most of the 1980's and 1990's it was very unusual to find a keeper sized Halibut (22 inches.) You would throw twenty back for every fish that measured up. Now, since conservation efforts and heavy restrictions on where trammel nets (the commercial nets used for flat fish) may be set, the population of Halibut is increasing and the sizes of sport caught Halibut is also increasing. By 1997, about half of all Halibut caught were breeding adults (bigger than 22 inches) so the comeback of this sought after game fish is well on its way.

Catching Halibut

Halibut are masters of ambush. They sit partially buried on the bottom awaiting prey to wander by, then leap out grabbing the unsuspecting forage fish. Halibut usually prefer live bait. Even scientists used to believe they were more like Sole or Sand Dabs grubbing for food and scavenging anything that came by, but now it's known they're aggressive predators. They eat sardines, anchovies, squid and any other smaller bait fish.

Halibut range from in-shore beaches, harbors and river mouths, all the way to deep, deep water. They live in over 1000 feet of water. Deep water caught fish are the best eating, but often trophy fish are caught in about 20 feet of water.

To catch Halibut, drift over likely sandy bottom with a live anchovy, sardine, herring or other bait fish (grunion work great too!) with a reverse dropper loop setup - that is, a sinker attached to a loop tied a foot or two above the bait. Keep it close to the bottom and just barely moving to cover more ground. Halibut wait for bait so if you keep your bait still, it might be literally inches from the tail of a big fish and it would never know it was there. Use just enough weight so that the bait stays on the bottom. When Halibut hit, they mouth the bait first so the strike is more like a slight ticking feel on the line. At this stage have patience, if you set the hook too soon, you'll pull the bait right out of the Halibut's mouth. Give it line and when you're fairly sure it's got the bait, go ahead and set the hook.

Halibut will also strike lures. Rubber swim baits seem to work best and are even more effective when baited with a thin strip of cut squid. Halibut have even been known to come up off the bottom and strike deep trolled salmon lures. Preparing Halibut

On the boat, have Halibut headed and gutted, then ice them down quickly. The meat is delicate so spoils easily. Once home peel four nice fillets off the fish. Don't bother trying to steak the fish, like Pacific Halibut in the grocery store, the local variety are usually too thin for this. Be sure to peel off the engawa (outer strip of meat at the base of the fins.) The Japanese know how to find these great eating morsels on different types of fish. It makes excellent sashimi!

Eating Halibut

Halibut are one of the best eating fish in California waters and have the most broad appeal to people with different tastes. I've never heard anyone ever say that fresh Halibut tastes fishy. They're excellent as sashimi, baked, broiled, fried, sauteed, and even poached. The meat is light, delicate, flavorful, and mild.

Jeff Spira is a fishermen and writer of fishing and seamanship books. His web site California Ocean Fishing offers further insights into this fun sport and has links to online sources for his books on the subject.

By JEFF SPIRA

Seven Steps of the Structure Bass Fishing Technique

One bass fishing technique that most bass fishers know about is called the structure technique. However, there is a world of difference between knowing about the technique and being able to use it properly. You can easily read about this technique in books and magazines, but you won't really get to know it until you put it into practice for yourself. The key to being able to use this structure effectively lies in knowing what to do with it once you know the seven steps involved.

The seven steps of this technique are:

Define. Once you read about structure fishing, then you have to internalize it so that you feel you thoroughly understand what it entails. You need to have a good understanding of the different types of topography that exist under the water and how they apply to bass. For example, it is important to understand the three levels of water - top, middle and bottom - and the various times of the year when you are likely to catch bass in each of these layers. You also should have an understanding of the bass habitat and its feeding patterns. Some of the other factors that you need understanding of are: soil composition, the channels flowing into and out of the lake or river, the water cover, the effects of weather on bass and the available cover for them to hide under.

Research. This involves doing a detailed analysis of the water in the area where you intend to fish. You have to look at the different types of structures. You would not fish a deep lake in the same manner as you would a shallow river.

Locate. This step starts when you get on the lake or river. You should have a depth sounder on your boat and be able to read it so that you know when you have located a school of bass. The reading will also give you a view of the topography of the area.

Define Again. Once you have an area pinpointed where there is a school of bass, you have to note several things about the area. You should record these features in a notebook so that you can refresh your memory when you return to this area or be able to compare them to a different area. What you need to look for are any ledges or areas that drop sharply into deep water, where the deep water locations are, the composition of the bottom and any areas that could be a bass habitat around the shore.

Evaluate. Take your time and study the features to determine the best method for bass fishing in this area. You need to know the exact locations where you are most likely to catch bass, where you should position your boat and the best lures to use.

Exploit. Once you consider all the factors and make your decision, then you can start casting out to catch bass.

Retain. Make a map of the lake in which you record the position of the boat and where you had the most success with bass fishing. This is important if you fish in different locations and will help you from getting them mixed up.

By LYNCH SMITH

Big Carp Fishing Bait Secrets Of Plant Extracts Bioactive In Your Baits!

When you think of fishing baits often meats and proteins come to mind. Worms and liver for example have their place, but what can you think of that can actually multiply the performance and catch rates of these baits? Why not turn your bait into a drug!

Some of the most important health providing and ‘recreational’ drugs originally have plant origins although these days, many are cloned or copied using synthetic chemicals. Even the most basic of whole plant product baits like sweetcorn, maize, hempseed and ‘chufas’ or tiger nuts or peanuts have powerful effects on fish, having brought brilliant and consistent catches for many fishermen in the past.

But do you really know what it is that has that effect on fish in these baits? They are not highly flavoured or high protein when compared to many commercial boilies so it must be other factors involved... (Think 'THC' in hemp; and one of the 2 most stimulatory substances in cannabis...

Obviously carp, like many fish will attach danger to a bait they have been hooked on and will begin to avoid eating it with enough repetition of captures. There are many ways to keep ahead of the fish, for instance, simply use a totally different bait like changing from maize to tiger nuts, to hazelnuts, to peanuts to black eyed peas etc.

Or keep on changing the colour, flavours or attractors soaked or cooked into these baits. The predominant baits for carp are boilies and pellets and there are many variations on physical properties of these baits. This includes, size, dimensions, densities, colours, solubility, porosity, oil content and quality, flavours, additives content, amino acid content, protein and quality of protein content and so on.

So many baits catch carp and other species of fish that eat the baits meant for carp that it can be very confusing how to choose which to use. This is especially confusing when it comes to using boilies with so many commercially produced ones and various ingredients to use!

Many fishermen will ‘swear by’ a bait or a company’s baits because they have caught fish on them. But this does not mean success cannot come on many other different boilie baits used in that fishing situation. Often a homemade boilie bait will score for big fish on its first cast simply because it has not been seen and has not hooked fish before.

In fact some very basic much cheaper baits than the commercially produced varieties can produce as many or more fish than commercial baits because they are so unique. Often the usual subjects of fishermen’s conversations about boilies revolves around different company’s baits and their favourite ones.

Multiply this effect by thousands and you have thousands of anglers fishing using very similar if not the same few most popular baits. This kind of defeats the object of bait. Ideally you want to keep ahead of the fish and the majority of anglers, by using a bait that has not already hooked all or most of the biggest fish in your water.

Unfortunately, the first few to use a commercial bait on a water, perhaps even the commercial company’s ‘bait testers’ will get the best effects and results from these new baits. So you might consider why bother using these baits now? After all, how can you match the results of people who fished a bait which the fish were not scared of which now does scare the fish even though they will still eat it?

You have in effect just made your fishing potentially far harder by using these baits after they have ‘proved successful’ on your water!

The trick is to keep ahead of the fish by ‘topping’ or adjusting these successful baits to make them ‘new’ to the fish in different ways. Many anglers like to add a favourite commercial flavour or special dip made from an amino acid supplement and possibly added oils or flavours. These characteristics help to a limited degree to boost the baits’ effectiveness.

However, there are far more powerful methods than this standard approach to altering commercial baits characteristics. These are in effect like adding ‘drugs’ to the baits. Perhaps instead of thinking of changing flavours or ‘labels’ from perhaps pineapple to cranberry, or ‘Scopex’ to crab, you might think of something that will actually change the stimulating effects of the bait completely!

Going back to plants, have you ever considered soaking your baits in neat essential oils? Or in chilli oil (oleoresins), or in pineapple powder in solution? (Think the multipurpose enzyme bromelain etc.) You might consider added ingredients like specific curry powders in solution, or individual spices like turmeric, cinnamon, ginger, or lemon grass or even take a look at the alcohol based mouth washes and cough mixtures or vitamin and mineral supplements available.

Even tooth paste brands contains highly volatile ingredients and have been very successful. All these things work by being highly active and volatile in water, making it very easy for the fish to detect your baits even in some cases from great ranges. They are also very successful because they are alternative and different to the usual baits attractors and flavours which are being used by those fishermen are usually found insisting particular commercial baits are their favourites.

There is no ‘super’ or ‘ultimate bait’ because everything changes too fast for them to last! As soon as fish ‘get wise’ to them they need to be changed or altered in some way to keep ahead of the fish and other anglers using them!

You might consider applying the use of tomato powder or asafoetida powder with added herb or spice extracts instead of a flavour. These do indeed affect the physiology of the fish in highly stimulating and beneficial ways beyond what the majority of most alcohol, glycerol, isopropanol or propylene glycol flavours can do for example!

So next time you’re thinking of what bait change to make or what homemade bait to make why not think of any food ‘stimulant’ you can’t stop eating or drinking. Apart from high protein or fatty foods with added salt, you will probably find them based on plant extracts and many will have sugar, a sweetener or stimulating plant extracts involved... You might also wonder why we put sugar, salt, herbs and spices on our food too; their combined effect is much greater working altogether upon senses and fish metabolism and digestion.

This fishing bait secrets ebooks author has many more fishing and bait edges; so read on to find out more about a very unique bait secrets ebooks series!

By Tim Richardson.

Seize this moment to improve your catches for life with: “BIG CARP FLAVOURS AND FEEDING TRIGGER SECRETS!” And “BIG CARP AND CATFISH BAIT SECRETS!” And “BIG CARP BAIT SECRETS!” For much more visit: http://www.baitbigfish.com These unique homemade bait making and enhancing fishing secrets guides are proven cutting-edge tools for success for anglers just like you now in 50 countries!

By TIM RICHARDSON

Making Homemade Carp Fishing Baits Flavours And Sweeteners!

Flavours are one of the favourite topics of discussion among carp anglers. But some are many times more effective and have literally caught millions more carp than others! Let's take a deeper sniff at irrisistible flavours...

Many flavours general effectiveness on different waters differs over the season and in which bait they are used. Probably the biggest variable in using flavours is the best level to use in a bait or bait soak or dip mixture.

Flavours are often used conventionally as a ‘label’ to differentiate your bait from others, perhaps even on a similar base mix. The orthodox thinking of most anglers on ‘the bank’ is that flavours effect your bait pretty much solely by making it smell good Perhaps in a fruity, fishy, sweet or other appetising way. True, flavours can do this and at least this is how we as humans experience many flavours.

Many of the flavours which have stood the test of time in an increasingly competitive carp fishing market are feeding triggers of extraordinary dimensions. They can stimulate a search and feed response from various ranges in the water and impact on multiple carp senses and responses simultaneously.

My personal opinion is that this is the whole point of a bait anyway.

Most flavours can catch carp very effectively even if only for limited periods when used directly as a neat soak. Although the very much less water soluble propylene glycol flavours have been very much used in the UK, being a cheaper alternative, their use is now far less prevalent.

In the States and many parts of the world, propylene flavours and those supermarket cooking flavours based on acetic acid are used by the majority of anglers to good effect still. However, the fully water soluble alcohol and glycerol flavour, for example are much more popular in the UK for pressured carp water fishing.

Many Americans will mention the still popular ‘supermarket flavours’ as part of their homemade bait recipes. This goes for even those fishing competitively in pay lake tournaments; although many are learning there are much superior options available.

Almost invariably the 2 most commonly used cheap supermarket flavours seem to be Strawberry and vanilla, but chocolate and coffee are also popular along with other fruity ones. It might be a surprise that many Americans use ‘Cola’ or ‘Red Bull’ or ‘Cream Soda,’ or ‘Cool Aid’ to flavour carp baits in dough or boilie baits.

Flavours are most often complex combinations of quite volatile ingredients. Anglers have been able to achieve good results on many such alternatives from ‘Slush Puppy’ flavour, milk shakes, ice cream flavours and melted ice cream. I think at the last count the ‘MacDonald’s’ strawberry flavour formula had approaching 30 different components.

Everyday drinks make ideal flavours for many wide and deeply scientific reasons. From ‘vodka,’ ‘Tia Maria,’ whiskey, brand, liquors, condensed milk, coconut milk, in fact many nut and seed milks, like sesame seed ‘Tahini.’ Yeast extract and peanut butter blend with other ingredients and make great flavours; these 2 examples will enhance your bait’s taste and ‘palatability’ effects too.

In solution, kelp and seaweeds powders for example, add taste enhancing factors and very carp attractive minerals and certain important vitamins. There are many sugary concentrates that carp love and sugar extracts from various industrial processes and bye-products. Adding these gives a very attractive ‘difference’ to using simply straight liquid flavours.

For example, malt extract maltose, lactose, and fructose. Liquorice extract is another very sweet alternative if you are trying to avoid the usual use of the more commonly used sweeteners from fishing bait suppliers and supermarket ones like sodium saccharin, ‘Splenda’ and the like. (Saccharin is certainly not the best for a sweet after-taste and Splenda is positively unhealthy.)

Some of most well-known additives to sweeten your bait are 2 extremely sweet natural proteins available from bait suppliers; namely ‘Talin’ and ‘Thaumatin B.’ If all you use presently is a supermarket flavour like vanilla, and are just adding molasses, honey, black treacle or brown sugar, then using one of these super sweeteners will make a big difference to results. However, there are many forms of intense sweeteners and in the food and confectionary worlds these can range from new forms of sugars articficially created, to common amino acids you might not expect to be used for sweetening. The amine forms called betaines (yes there are many forms of this) is just one example. Some sweeteners are used to stabilise other factors such as food acidity, but in reality the ways substances work synergistically is very complex.

You may not favour anything that appears to be artificial but many of these flavour and sweetening substances are in fact highly beneficial and you need to dig deeper in order to discover what the effects and more significant drawbacks any of these might or might not have. Ccmoore Lactose B plus is a really well proven taste enhancer, feeding trigger, attractor and sweetener. Their fructose concentrate is outstandingly successful too. You can make up your own sweeteners and flavours etc by all kinds of means starting from simply mixing 2 substances together. Of course you can be as creative as you like becuse you are aiming to stimulate carp receptors not human ones. Once you have observed carp consuming duck or goose excrement your idea of what is attractive to carp has got to change. All those adverts pointing out the flavorist lingo of top notes and subtle tones, rich deep profiles etc of a pineapple or strawberry flavour are not particularly helpful and really intended to sell the bait to you.

Some of my best flavours and liquid complexes can easily make you feel physically sick to your stomach; but carp go mad for them, so think about it! Many kinds of solvents are used by glue sniffers. Why is this? Are you strangely drawn to take a second sniff of anything from amyl acetate, or nail polish remover, or Airfix glue perhaps? These should not be attractive (or should they?!) It comes down to our evolution of sensory reception and special sensitivity and adaptations to stimuli, (as seen in my flavours, feeding triggers and carp senses-explained, and exploited, ebook.)

I think most carp anglers would personally favour a bait substance resembling a ripe banana or fresh salmon than something relatively high in ammonia which drive carp mad but stink out everything when the bottle is opened! I laugh when I consider the impact of the Rod Hutchinson called Secret Agent and how spillage of this was a big deal and generally reminded you of its presence even for months afterwards.

Real extracts in solution work very well giving off fine particles off the bait along with dissolved compounds, flavours and so on. Vanilla extract, blue cheese powder, anchovy extract, garlic powder, chilli powder, spirulina powder, ‘Robin Red’ type products and kelp powder are good examples of what I’d term as ‘innate’ bait flavourings.

There are numerous tastes to exploit in flavours and one not mentioned in angling circles is that Japanese originating one called ‘unami.’ This is a unique taste which will give quite an edge in some competitive fishing situations and is worth exploiting.

As for the usual sweet, savoury, salty, fishy, spicy, meaty and bitter type tastes most of us are familiar with I have noticed an important trend. It seems that if a bait has milk type ingredients or fishy ingredients for example, then the flavour added by the average angler might well reflect the perceived characteristic of those ingredients.

A milk powder based bait would usually have a milky, creamy, sweet or fruity flavour. A fish and shellfish based bait might get flavours like crab, lobster, salmon etc, although fruit flavours are often used and compliment the acid nature of these protein type baits. It does pay to experiment and use flavours that are not normally thought of as used in that type of bait.

Combinations of fishing flavours have always been a good ‘edge’ whenever the dominantly successful single flavour on a water is losing its effectiveness. For example, adding another flavour to Scopex or Tutti Frutti can produce good results. Care needs to be taken not to over-do flavours most especially in hard pressured waters where carp may by very wary of strongly flavoured baits of particular types.

The flavours from bait companies have mostly been evolved from decades of use and testing in fishing situations and these are best used as the basis of your flavour combination if you are new to the practice of making your bait as unique and different to the normal as possible. This fishing bait secrets ebooks author has many more fishing and bait edges; so read on to find out more about a very unique bait secrets ebooks series!

By Tim Richardson.

Seize this moment to improve your catches for life with: “BIG CARP FLAVOURS AND FEEDING TRIGGER SECRETS!” And “BIG CARP AND CATFISH BAIT SECRETS!” And “BIG CARP BAIT SECRETS!” For much more visit: http://www.baitbigfish.com These unique homemade bait making and enhancing fishing secrets guides are proven cutting-edge tools for success for anglers just like you now in 50 countries!

By TIM RICHARDSON

Northern Pike Fishing

The Northern Pike is one of the most underrated fish species in America. Much of the country views the Pike as a threat to other species of so called game fish.

I, however, feel the Northern Pike can be a great sporting fish which can be caught by any angler of any age. They are extremely aggressive and will bite almost any lure. Combined with their size and sharp teeth, they can be one of the toughest fish to land in the world.

In getting started pike fishing, one must have a sturdy rod and fishing line at least 10 lb test. This will allow you to battle these water wolfs and hopefully land them with some ease.

Next, lets pick and lure and attach it with a steel leader. You MUST use a leader. Again, i hope that was clear, you must use a leader. A pike of any size will saw your line in half with their teeth or gill plates. Trust me, learn from my mistakes.

In picking a lure, anything that is somewhat large and can be retrieved quickly should do fine. Pike are not picky and any flashy lure should world. Do not be afraid to reel fast, as Northern Pike can swim very fast.

So where to fish for these fish??

They are cool water species so often times they will strike right after ice out. Early in the year try shallow bays and you can even probably see the fish and cast toward them. Later in the year, I would try edges of weed beds.

I will post more details later on tips and tricks to Northern Pike fishing.

By PIKE KING