Make meat mush and catch more carp
There is much more to fishing luncheon meat than chopping up a couple of tins into cubes, throwing a few in and dropping a pole rig over the top.
Sure, you’ll catch doing this, but you won’t be making the most of this bait.
Meat is a very filling bait, and unless your swim absolutely full of carp there is a chance you will overfeed them if you feed cubes and cubes only.
That’s why I much prefer to feed enough to provide the right amount of genuine food content, while adding a cloud of attraction.
The idea is that the cloud draws fish into the swim and the cubes on the bottom keep them grubbing around.
Best way to feed
My feeding strategy is simple – with a small cup close to the pole-tip, I’ll introduce a nugget of the cubes and mush each time I ship out. However, I will also have a separate bait box containing 6mm cubes and will throw or catapult a few extra morsels over the top.
three ways to use meat
1) 8mm cubes
I’ll use these bigger pieces to pick out the bigger carp.
2) 6mm cubes
My ‘go-to’ cube size for all fish – not just carp.
3) Mushed up
My deadly loosefeed when mixed with a few 6mm cubes.
How to make my meat mush
Take two tins of meat and run one through a 6mm cutter and the other through an 8mm cutter. My favourite brand is Dulano Chopped Pork and Ham, available at Lidl.
Place half the cubes from each tin into the same bait box and tip the rest into a hand-operated mincer. To avoid family ructions, buy your own, don’t borrow the wife’s!
Once the luncheon meat – the equivalent of a whole tin – has been minced, place it in the bait box with the cubes and mix it all up until it forms a squishy mush.
Add around half-a-pint of water. This will stop the bait from floating when fed. The mixture is used to make small nuggets of feed that can be fed via a cup after every fish.