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Games Guy | October 19, 2011

Using pellets is a very cheap way to bait fish. The inexpensive price makes it good choice to use for catching fish and that is possibly the explanation that they’re so easily available. Another fact is that almost all of the commercial fish have been fed pellets all of their lives by the fishermen, so a pellet would be familiar to them as food, much more than another kind of bait such as a worm could be. Although most of us would think it logical that a worm may indeed seem more natural to a fish, if the fish have seen pellets as food for all their lives, the pellet would appear to them to be the most natural type of food.

There are many different types of pellets, and they come in several sizes and shapes. There are soft pellets and there are hard pellets. Some must be drenched in water before using and some come ready to use. They contain a few ingredients, including fish meal, bloodworm, crushed hemp and other ingredients that would make them desirable to fish.

For successful fishing with pellets, patience, more than ability is typically required. Like with any bait, it can sometimes take a particularly long time to get the fish to bite. Nonetheless pellets are successful the majority of the time, so with that in mind, patience is the key.

If carp are the fish that you’re most interested in catching, there are a variety of carp pellets available. These are blended with such ingredients as bloodworm, eggs, flour, oatmeal and other ingredients which are designed to attract carp. However , you can catch other fish with these as well , as many other types of fish may also find them irresistible.

Pellets are a neat way to fish without using live bait, or something similar to a worm, that might truly turn some individuals off. Unfussy and inexpensive, pellets can be threaded on, or super-glued onto the fishing line.

For more info on carp bait visit Baitcraft.com where you’ll find handy tips on selecting the best boiliesfor freshwater fishing.

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Games Guy | August 21, 2011

In order to increase the likelihood of success an angler needs to judge which of the huge range of catfishing baits will attract catfish today.  As catfish will eat anything that could mean anything.

We can group catfishing baits under five headings:-

Natural baits – garden worms, night crawlers, small frogs, grass hoppers, prawns, shrimps etc.

Live fish – normally bait fish that are caught earlier in the day from the water the angler is planning to catch the catfish.

Dead bait – dead fish that have been acquired or pre-caught, stored (frozen) and perhaps cut into portions.

Specialised baits – marsh mallows, unscented ivory soap, chicken livers, hot dogs yes I said hot dogs.

Homemade baits – many people have concocted different baits from sweet corn, cornflakes, fish oil, blood, bread. – Young children tend to have as much fun from developing and making the bait as they do fishing. This fun is increased for the children by making the bait as smelly as possible.

Never forget, however, that the bait is only one of the decisions you need to get right. The adage “location, location, location” is very true if you are to be successful at catching catfish. Learn how to recognise where the catfish will be lying especially if you are fishing in the day. Look for those holes in the bank, spot the fallen tree, where the rocks provide good vantage points and you will start to catch those larger catfish. Dams are a site where there are large gatherings of catfish during the breeding time – spring through to early summer. Although not as pleasant cloudy and wet days usually prove more productive for catching catfish. At night the catfish will leave its lair and go searching for food this usually makes them easier to capture.Get all these various components of the art of catfishing right and you will catch catfish and a few will be monsters.

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