Lord Paul of Sheffield
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I've never used marshmallows for surface fishing for carp even though I've heard them used effectively,
What baits have you not tried
What baits have you not tried
Baits you've not used
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Windy
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Boiled potatoes
nicepix
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on treble hooks :wh
slaphead
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Raw potatoes, cubed and flavoured with gravy mix.
Lord Paul of Sheffield
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Strawberries is another bait I've heard used but never had the confidence to use
dorsetandchub
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Pearl barley (though as one of the non bream o phobes on FM, I am tempted) 
sumtime
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I've never tried a boilie, nearest to a boilie has been pellets.
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barbelboi
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La Madeline au Truffle...........
Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC)
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Er....surely the list is endless. There's kin thousands of things I haven't used as a bait.
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wes79
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Blackberries (apparently the local Chub eat them in late summer when ripe and fall into the water)
Live baits (Roach, Dace & Minnow etc)...not sure I ever will either, but never say never and all that as if fishing purely for sustenance then I would defo.
Pop-ups, Bollies, Grasshoppers & croutanz (the original soup surface/pop up bait for humans)
honey comb, Wasp grub & "gozzer" (blowfly larvae)
weetabix, wheaties, malties, Maltezers, dog & cat food
Live baits (Roach, Dace & Minnow etc)...not sure I ever will either, but never say never and all that as if fishing purely for sustenance then I would defo.
Pop-ups, Bollies, Grasshoppers & croutanz (the original soup surface/pop up bait for humans
)honey comb, Wasp grub & "gozzer" (blowfly larvae)
weetabix, wheaties, malties, Maltezers, dog & cat food
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Try using some latex/plastic surgical gloves - you can get a big pack of them at the £1 shop (don't ask how much?!
)Always useful to carry round - if you don't want to fork out on Marigolds - to protect your delicate little hands from coloured/flavoured groundbaits or maggots or glugs. Also very useful for gripping rod/pole sections that are sticking!
xenon
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livebaiting-done it once, didn't feel good about it so never again. Fake/plastic baits-no doubt they can work but have no confidence in them.
Try using some latex/plastic surgical gloves - you can get a big pack of them at the £1 shop (don't ask how much?!
Always useful to carry round - if you don't want to fork out on Marigolds - to protect your delicate little hands from coloured/flavoured groundbaits or maggots or glugs. Also very useful for gripping rod/pole sections that are sticking!
£1.50p in the pound shop nearest me
mg:Agreed.
I haven't used rice pudding for bait, or a boiled egg, or shredded wheat. Or a brick.
Alan Tyler
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If gloveless, use a large leaf. Slugs are very tough, just nick a barbless hook through the margin of the foot so the point stays clear; if it has time to get off, there probably weren't any chub in the swim. Slugs seem to work best when you can see the fish you're after... that's highly subjective and based on a tragically small data set, so I'd be happy to hear otherwise.
Of the old favourites, I've never tried Greaves or brains-and-pith (because of unavailability), rice or pearl barley (laziness), or chopped worms (eeeww!).
Of the old favourites, I've never tried Greaves or brains-and-pith (because of unavailability), rice or pearl barley (laziness), or chopped worms (eeeww!).
