Homemade Vs Shelf life boilies

[CARPCRUNCHER]

Originally Posted by jonjo

been using shelf life but gonna start making my own im sure i can do a better job than the companies plus i can tweek them ingriedents to siut the venue.

and you get so much more for your money.

but beware, its time consuming and messy.

[DeepEnd]

I think the answer is to use a good quality bait.

I don't think that freezing a poor bait makes it any better and there are good baits in both frozen and shelf life.

[Tannerboiz]

i would like to try and make my own boilies but dont no how to. got idea where to find out?

[CARPCRUNCHER]

Originally Posted by Tannerboiz

i would like to try and make my own boilies but dont no how to. got idea where to find out?

research and then some more research mate.

[AlunY]

Want to make my own - but where do I start!!!
So shelf life for now!

[pete]

Originally Posted by tom

well, my preference is home made boilies as you are not so limited for choices of flavours, colours and can adapt bait recipes.

hi tom no question home made baits are far superior. Tight lines pete@puds

[Tom]

Originally Posted by AlunY

Want to make my own - but where do I start!!!
So shelf life for now!

Have a look in our bait articles, i've done a step-by-step guide on how to make boilies

[Yeti]

This is a common question and one that doesn't have a yes or no answer. There are many good quality shelf life baits and many bad freezer baits. Some shelf life baits are packed full of preservatives and some use human grade preservatives. You can never really be sure what goes in to them unless you make your own but even then you don't know the exact quantities of the ingredients within the base mix. There are top carp anglers who will just use shelf lifes and there are top carp anglers who would never use shelf life baits.

[MarkeR]

i've voted no preference i've caught well on home mades, freezer baits and ready made preserved baits

[carpbagger]

I do prefer shelf life but used to make my own, not very successfully I might add, but as there is so much info on the net re making your own and recipes I now feel confident that I will succeed.