Kick off the new season with these great baits!
One thing you’ll not be short of this season is a choice of suitable baits.
There are plenty of new releases to fire you up this year, including the latest fantastic plastics from E-S-P, very vivid Rapid Response Hooker pellets from Richworth, and Bait-Tech’s superb Stick Mix Liquids that have played their part in numerous hits of big fish on waters such as Suffolk Water Park.
Not that it’s all about carp and stillwaters… Sonubaits has just released new Elliptical pellets that are ideal for all river fish, along with a brilliant new Barbel Hookbait.
Stick mix liquids
Bait-Tech Stick Mix Liquids will heighten the attraction of any type of feed or bait. Scopex, Berry, Pineapple, and Krill flavours are all PVA-friendly, and ideal for use with solid bags and mesh sticks.
The water-soluble formulation leaches off rich, intense flavours around your hookbait to pull fish in. These liquids will also bind micro pellets together for Method feeder work, and enrich spod mixes.
Price: £7.99
E-S-P artificial corn and boilies
Super new fake boilies will critically balance Stiff Hinge Rigs made with size 5, 6, 7 and 8 E-S-P Cryogen Carp hooks without the need for putty.
They are also ideal for Ronnie, Chod and Multi-rig applications. Tough and super-buoyant, they come four sizes and a range of proven fish-catching fluoro colours, 16 to a pack.
Double Corn baits feature recesses for hair-rigging and come with rig stops – as do the boilies. Perfect for leaving in strong glugs, E-S-P artificial corn is the bait to be on at runs waters such as Linear this year.
In Fluoro Yellow & Orange, Pink & White and Sweetcorn Yellow, there are 16 pieces per pack.
Price: £3.45
sonubaits elliptical pellets
THESE oily feed pellets have a high fishmeal and oil content and will leak off enticing smells to draw fish into your swim and hold them.
In fact these pellets can be used all year round – for specimen tench in spring, big carp in summer and winter, or huge autumn barbel.
An elliptical shape means they will hug the riverbed and not roll around, remaining in your swim for longer – a great edge when targeting river barbel or chub.
They will be a new and different feed for carp, too, fish that are used to seeing conventional cylindrical pellets. Elliptical Pellets are available in 8mm and 10mm sizes and come in 1kg bags.
Price: £4.99
sonubaits barbel hookbaits
Sonubaits’ Barbel Hookbaits are fishmeal-packed, with a strong meaty flavour and aroma, and are loaded with top-quality oils.
On the riverbed they ooze off their flavours to attract barbel to your hookbait, even in murky or dark water. Tough enough to be hair-rigged, they will last a long time without washing out and losing their flavour. In small and large versions.
Price: £3.99
kodex munchies
These new Kodex buoyant oozing hookbaits can be fished on the surface or be cut to size and used as zigs popped up off the bottom.
They are sufficiently textured to be easily side-hooked, or mounted on a hair rig and cast long distances without any fear of them flying off.
Once in the water the baits leak off flavour and colour. They come in 125ml tubs and are available in Natural, Almond Pink, Pineapple Green, Corn Yellow and Krill Red.
Price: £4.99
dynamite frenzied pulses & Particles
Frenzied Pulses and Particles, in 2.5-litre jars or 700g cans, are ‘nailed on’ feeds for big carp.
These cooked-in-the-jar pulses and particles retain all their natural sugars, nutrients and attractants.
Ingredient particles include maples, tares, mung beans, lupins, red maize and hemp. The full range comes in Infused Krill, Sweet and Milky and Naked varieties.
Prices: Krill £10.99 (2.5 litres) £3.99 (700g); Naked £9.99 (2.5 litres) £3.75 (700g); Sweet & Milky £10.99 (2.5 litres) £3.99 (700g)
richworth rapid response pellets
For commercial anglers targeting carp, Richworth’s vibrant Rapid Response Hookable Pellets in vibrant colours and strong flavours are ideal for pole, waggler and Method feeder use.
These specially textured baits can be side-hooked or
hair-rigged without splitting or crumbling. They come in a choice of Red Krill, White Chocolate and Pineapple Hawaiian flavours.
Price: £3.49
ringers chocolate yellow range
Just bedded down in the Ringer stable are brightly-coloured 10mm fluoro Chocolate Yellow Bandems and Boilies. For use with a Method feeder or fished as single baits on a straight lead, they have a lip-smacking chocolate aroma, and look perfect for coloured water or big-fish venues such as Barston, Boddington and Clattercote. Price: TBA
impact boilie dips
Richworth has added Tutti-Frutti and Esterberry to its Impact Boilie Dip range. Carp-attracting oils and essential ingredients blend with flavours in the perfect ratio to attract carp by smell, but not so much that it discourages the fish from feeding.
Price: £5.99
Airo pop-ups
Esterberry and Tutti-Frutti join Richworth’s renowned range of Airo Pop-Ups.
These ultra-buoyant 15mm baits are said to be able to hold up a size 4 hook for 24 hours or more. Perfectly rolled, they hold just the right amount of flavour and are perfect for all Chod, Ronnie and Stiff Hinge rigs.
Price: £5.99