GREAT BAIT TIPS: PEANUTS

ANGLER’S MAIL is number one for fishing tips and tricks! Here is another tip from Duncan Charman.

My first choice hook baits for grass carp are peanuts. They are not just great for grass carp, though, as mirror and common carp love them too and two halves fished on a hair, back-to-back, will give you an edge over others, especially on pressured waters.

I usually clip up and use a Spomb to introduce a good bed of smaller particles such as hemp, maple peas and crushed tiger nuts at distance to the main body of a lake, then drop my hook bait on top, along with a small PVA bag containing Sonubaits Hemp ‘N’ Crushed Tigers which is PVA-friendly.

Peanuts can come of on the cast, especially when casting upwards of 60 yards, so a baitboat is advantageous when using them for grass carp as a big payload can be deposited accurately, something they seem to love, as well as delivering the soft hook bait effectively.

Apart from hemp, which l have prepared myself in the past, l would recommend anyone wanting to use particles such as peanuts to buy ready-prepared ones – Sonubaits produce a fantastic range. If you do want to prepare your own then always soak the particles for at least 24 hours before boiling them for a minimum of 20 minutes.

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