Sinking Pellets

[beduth]

I expect this has been asked on the Forum before, but when fishing with either 4/6 mil pellets , what is the best way to prepare 2 mil for loose feeding .

 

[sagalout]

Loose feed pellets can be feed dry, although the smaller ones especially 2mm can have a tendency to float.

To soak a pellet to make it sink and start the break down process put some in a tub, cover with water and leave for 1 minute per mm of pellet, so 2mm 2 minutes, 4 mm 4 minutes, etc and then drain. Leave to stand for 15 minutes giving them an occasional stir to separate them. Flavours, etc can be added to the water before soaking.

 

[beduth]

Thanks for replying ,Already tried what you suggested on yesterday on my local pool , but pellets still floated , perhaps I did not leave them long enough to soak in water ?
Beduth

 

[laguna]

Thanks for replying ,Already tried what you suggested on yesterday on my local pool , but pellets still floated , perhaps I did not leave them long enough to soak in water ?
Beduth

Absorbent pellets are more likely to float due to the trapped air within. Higher oil content pellets are generally dense and dont require soaking - its the tiny air bubbles clinging to the outside of micro pellets that make them float.

Suggest you fill a tub with water and mix in some pellets until they sink or use a pellet pump if your having problems.

 

[beduth]

Sagalout / Laguna
Cheers for your tips , will try them out next week .
Tight Lines
Beduth

 

[sagalout]

Still got floaters? What make of pellets are they?

 

[beduth]

To be honest not too sure , could be , but in future will keep to Ringers , ( not advertising ) but have been told , I wont go far wrong with brand .

 

[caesarson]

You could have bought a fisheries own expander pellets. Which means that you where ment to use a pellet pump on them. This will extract the air from them making them sink.

But stick a named brand in your local tackle shop and they will all sink. Never had any issues with sinking feeding pellets shop bought

 

[sagalout]

I've got confused now. The loose feed pellets shouldn't be expanders, they should be a normal feed pellet. Normally expanders need pumping and are very expensive. The original post mentioned 2mm feed pellets so I assumed something like skretting or coppens.

 

[dorsetandchub]

On the subject of pumping pellets, recently purchased a Ringer's pellet pump. Excellent piece of kit. Seems to be very well made.