Making Bread PasteBREAD PASTE MUST have been with us since the earliest days of angling, Izaak Walton recommended a paste of white bread and honey as an excellent bait for carp and I am sure that it still is! Although I must confess that I am yet to get round to actually trying that one out.
The great thing about bread is that, with the exception of predatory fish, it is possible to catch virtually all coarse fish on it. There are several ways to make bread paste. The most common being the reduction of the bread to a paste with the use of a muslin cloth and a lot of soaking and squeezing, at the end of your efforts you will get a sloppy mess that, depending on your skill as a bait maker, will stay on your hook with varying levels of success. The only problem with this is that small fish love bread every bit as much as big fish. If you need to get your bait down, past the ravenous mouths of those little bait robbers, then you need a big lump of paste or a paste of a slightly firmer consistency. My Method My preferred method of making bread paste involves the use of bread (obviously) and cod liver oil. Cod liver oil works as an effective fish attractant as it exudes from the bait leaving a scent trail that can easily be followed by hungry fish. The method for making bread paste in this way is quite simple and, because it is so fast, is a good technique for those of us who find themselves regularly preparing their bait minutes before going fishing. First, cut off the crusts Then apply the cod liver oil Knead the bread Vary the oil Try flavours and colours too
It is also important not to overdo it with non oil-based additives as they can easily turn a good bait in to an unusable slop. Make the crumb For this stage I use a hand blender, simply because that is all I have, but I am sure that any food blender will do just as good a job. Blend the bread until it is as small a crumb as you would use if you were cooking. This is the base for our groundbait. We will feed our groundbait regularly throughout our fishing session so, if I could only give one piece of advice it would be this: MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH. Add your non oil-based products at about half the quantities you did when making your hookbait. Next, the oil. It is important that you don’t add as much as you would if you were making hookbait. I use one capful of oil per slice of bread when making bait so I would probably use one or two capfuls per three slices of bread when making the groundbait.
Finally remember that bread paste has been around almost as long as people have been bait fishing. Nothing I have said is a hard and fast rule. Experimentation is, I believe, the whole point of angling and is the skill that will give you that much sought after edge.  When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission, which supports our community.
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