Blog about multi species fishing and many more
Reading Time: 5 minutesMaple peas (also known as carlin peas, brown peas, pigeon peas) were very popular as a fishing bait in the 70s and 80s of the last century. Then their use decreased and most anglers started using other modern carp fishing baits. Maple peas are now widely used as food for racing pigeons. It is also …
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis time I went fishing on a commercial lake. Fishing matches are also common on this lake, so there are plenty of fish in this lake. Because there are many smaller carp in the lake, it is so much harder to catch carp over 4 pounds. The 4 pound carp really isn’t big, but on …
Reading Time: 3 minutesDon’t throw away the water in which you have boiled boilie In the water in which we boiled the boilies there are a few traces and flavours of the ingredients from which the boilies are made. Most anglers use different types of seeds (corn/maize, hemp, tiger nuts, wheat, barley, buckwheat, chickpeas, lentils, bird seed mix …
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe river is waiting for me 😎 Spring came, and so did all the fish from the deep pools of the river, where they survived the winter (at least most fish). The water level of the river was excellent and I could already start fly fishing. So let’s try to catch chub on a freshly …
Reading Time: 5 minutesMaking the boilie paste What we need to make boilies (click on the ingredient to buy – ebay): ✔ Boilie base mix ✔ 3 eggs or whole egg powder ✔ 2 tablespoons of powdered ginger ✔ 4 – 5 tablespoons of ground black pepper ✔ 3dcl Liquid CSL ✔ Oil (hemp oil, olive oil, ..) …
Reading Time: 3 minutesin this post I write how I prepare my base mix for boilies and recipe. I always mix boilie base mix at least one week (usually one month) before making boilies. I do this to give the mix a special scent from all the ingredients. But of course this is not absolutely necessary and you …
Reading Time: 4 minutesYou probably know that terrible feeling in your fingers (especially in winter) when trying to crush 15 or more boilies for pva bags or mesh, spod mix, groundbait mix and more. There are quite a variety of fishing tackle available for crushing boilies and other baits (nuts, cooked partickle, …). After comparing between different crushers, …