I hope you enjoy this video and find it useful. It's a hookbait that I have been using for a number of years. Yes, it takes a little bit of effort to make, but the barbel (and chub) like it. You can add whatever flavours and additives that you like, but most of the time I use it just as it comes. When the water is a bit colder it can be worth adding a couple of drops of Black Pepper oil which barbel really love. Let me know what you think, hopefully I will have some more underwater barbel footage this summer.r
Barbel premiere on the 16th of June, Paul you are a legend, exactly the one I was craving for the opening day. Thankyou. Best wishes and stay safe and well to you and your family. And ultimately tight lines
Thanks for this tip Paul! Just made some hookbaits in a mix of sizes using ground up 8mm halibuts, and a few krill and shrimp boilies + an egg, they smell really good! the 10 quid Lidl Silvercrest coffee grinder is great for the money if anyone is looking for a cheap option for one. Hope to catch on the bait at the weekend. cheers :-)
Absolutely awesome video paul thank you made a great batch of pellets just followed yout instructions on the video well happy cheers paul stay safe buddy,para
Hi Norbert, best is to store them in the freezer, but you can also cover them in some oil (cooking oil is OK, or cover them in salt, these methods should stop any mould from growing. Best wishes! Paul
Hi mate, don't get the wrong end of the stick this isn't criticism I love watching your vids and I find them very helpful. I dont quite understand what you are achieving here, could you please explain? You have bought pellets, ground them up, then made pellets....out of pellets? What am I missing?
Hi mate, thanks for the comment. Sorry, if I didn’t make the benefits clear. I mainly started doing this years ago because I wanted a bait that was easy to hair rig - you can just push a boilie needle through them. OK, you can get pre-drilled pellets, but I find they break down quickly for my liking. In fact my hookbaits will last for hours, which is handy at times. You can also make them any size (including really small), incorporate any additives that you like, change the shape and even add some cork dust, or pop-up mix to make a wafted version. So there’s a few advantages over a straight pellet. Tight lines! Paul
Yes mate, that normally works - can’t say I’ve tried it with these, but all it’s really doing is reducing the moisture content. I’d take a bit more time forming the baits (the cut ends are a bit ragged) just to stop too much water getting in. I’ve done well on wafters for barbel in the last few years too. Tight lines! Paul
Hi Chris, yes mate, though not for a long time. I lived in the Lake District for three years back in the late '90's and fished the Ribble quite a bit. Back then the barbel were fairly numerous, but a double was a rarity. The chub fishing was amazing though, loads of big fish. What's it like these days?
Yes mate it's changed a lot there is a lot of double figure barbel now. You will defo like it now chub go up to7 pound now. In the winter when it goes dark fish bread on hook with cast up stream leave a loop in your line and you can have 20 chub in a session. Awesome mate give it a try when you are in area. Keep your videos coming mate I will share them with all my friends. Tight lines Chris
Hi Paul, another good video as always. I am struggling Though with making them around 35mm in size as they just split when you squeeze them. I’ve done them at 2min all the way upto 3min 30, what am I not doing wrong please ?
I hope you enjoy this video and find it useful. It's a hookbait that I have been using for a number of years. Yes, it takes a little bit of effort to make, but the barbel (and chub) like it. You can add whatever flavours and additives that you like, but most of the time I use it just as it comes. When the water is a bit colder it can be worth adding a couple of drops of Black Pepper oil which barbel really love.
Let me know what you think, hopefully I will have some more underwater barbel footage this summer.r
Hello, I am a freshwater fishing TH-camr in Korea. Thank you for the fishing video. Thank you for the good video.
Looks pretty tasty to me and plenty of room for adjusting the shape/size/recipe to suit your needs. Thanks for sharing
Barbel premiere on the 16th of June, Paul you are a legend, exactly the one I was craving for the opening day. Thankyou. Best wishes and stay safe and well to you and your family. And ultimately tight lines
Cheers mate. Tight lines! Paul
Made some pellets today Paul turned out bang on. The best tutorial I've seen
Thanks Brian, I appreciate you taking the time to comment. 👍
Never, never wouldn't thought for this. Thnx Paul. Paul
No worries Paul. Glad you like enjoyed it. Tight lines!
Again outstanding,sharing,innovation from you. RESPECT. 👍
Thanks Robert. Tight lines!
Superb video yet again , probably make some of these up later and try them for the elusive scottish barbel 👍 thank you
Good luck Paul should work well for them.
Thanks for this tip Paul! Just made some hookbaits in a mix of sizes using ground up 8mm halibuts, and a few krill and shrimp boilies + an egg, they smell really good! the 10 quid Lidl Silvercrest coffee grinder is great for the money if anyone is looking for a cheap option for one. Hope to catch on the bait at the weekend. cheers :-)
Great stuff. Let us know how you get on. Tight lines! Paul
Outstanding video, i will 100% be making some up over the next few weeks, thanks Paul your a legend. Tight lines
Thanks again! Tight lines. Paul
Well done paul something iv never fished for but i will give it a go tight lines mate 😊👍
Works well for other species too Roy. Tight lines mate.
Absolutely awesome video paul thank you made a great batch of pellets just followed yout instructions on the video well happy cheers paul stay safe buddy,para
Really good video. 👍
superb information thank Paul
Thanks John.
Cheer Paul ill be giving that a try this season :)
Brilliant info,thank you.
Dear Paul! If i have some leftover baits, how should i store them without spoilage. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Norbert, best is to store them in the freezer, but you can also cover them in some oil (cooking oil is OK, or cover them in salt, these methods should stop any mould from growing. Best wishes! Paul
How long can they be kept Paul? Can they be kept in a freezer? Another great vid, thanks.
I'm a bit confused. You seem to have taken pellets, blitzed them, kneaded them into a paste and then made pellets out of them. Why?
Hi mate, don't get the wrong end of the stick this isn't criticism I love watching your vids and I find them very helpful. I dont quite understand what you are achieving here, could you please explain? You have bought pellets, ground them up, then made pellets....out of pellets? What am I missing?
Hi mate, thanks for the comment. Sorry, if I didn’t make the benefits clear. I mainly started doing this years ago because I wanted a bait that was easy to hair rig - you can just push a boilie needle through them. OK, you can get pre-drilled pellets, but I find they break down quickly for my liking. In fact my hookbaits will last for hours, which is handy at times.
You can also make them any size (including really small), incorporate any additives that you like, change the shape and even add some cork dust, or pop-up mix to make a wafted version. So there’s a few advantages over a straight pellet.
Tight lines! Paul
@@drpaulgarner Ah right, I see. Thank you for replying mate. All the best
Do the float or sinkers
please make one where you show us how to make pellet from scratch, not every country has pellets or grounded pellet. Please!!!
Will see what I can do. Tight lines!
How long would they last? Would you freeze them as they have egg in them ?
If you place it in the microwave then you have pop up pellets that you can add to a chod rig right
Yes mate, that normally works - can’t say I’ve tried it with these, but all it’s really doing is reducing the moisture content. I’d take a bit more time forming the baits (the cut ends are a bit ragged) just to stop too much water getting in. I’ve done well on wafters for barbel in the last few years too. Tight lines! Paul
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Hi Paul, are these ok to freeze?
Thank you I will use them on the river ribble you ever fished it Paul. Its a top river
Hi Chris, yes mate, though not for a long time. I lived in the Lake District for three years back in the late '90's and fished the Ribble quite a bit. Back then the barbel were fairly numerous, but a double was a rarity. The chub fishing was amazing though, loads of big fish. What's it like these days?
Yes mate it's changed a lot there is a lot of double figure barbel now. You will defo like it now chub go up to7 pound now. In the winter when it goes dark fish bread on hook with cast up stream leave a loop in your line and you can have 20 chub in a session. Awesome mate give it a try when you are in area. Keep your videos coming mate I will share them with all my friends. Tight lines Chris
Hi Paul, another good video as always.
I am struggling Though with making them around 35mm in size as they just split when you squeeze them.
I’ve done them at 2min all the way upto 3min 30, what am I not doing wrong please ?