Boilie Shape's!

[Blue]

What do people think about the shape of boilies. Does using dumbell shaped boilies make any difference to the mechanics or performance of the rig? When i make my boilies, if getting them out any distance isn't an option, i always use chops, either cut from a 'block' of boiled boilie or cut from boilied sausage shaped boilie. I personally prefer it because, to me, it's a bit different.

Or would a round boilie catch in the same situation?

[Sam]

i roll my baits myself and what ever shape they come out i use as i never catapult or use a throwing stick. so why do i need round boilies?

well that my excuse realy i just can not be arsed to roll them again .

[gazza]

Originally Posted by Blue

What do people think about the shape of boilies. Does using dumbell shaped boilies make any difference to the mechanics or performance of the rig? When i make my boilies, if getting them out any distance isn't an option, i always use chops, either cut from a 'block' of boiled boilie or cut from boilied sausage shaped boilie. I personally prefer it because, to me, it's a bit different.

Or would a round boilie catch in the same situation?

Different shapes and sizes of freebies (and hookbaits) is my preferred method also, as the fish will have to work harder to feed, sucking and blowing harder because of the differing densities of boilie, and therefore more likely to make a mistake than if just feeding on uniform round baits.

[bigted]

i think on any given water if the majority of angers were on boilies, what ever there size
they’d probably be round. that’s my theory anyway LOL
fishing barrels would give em a difference from the norm!

sadly i buy my bait in bulk, and due to finances it’s cheeper for me to get them made up
based on what the table’s been set for preveous, it’s normaly round and its normaly 15mm,
i get round it by fishing chop, double, treble, apple cored, whittle hookbaits and similar for my loose feed, i think to be different’s the way to go

i also think irregular shape baits give them a harder time in terms of ejection,
plus i think they give better hook turnage GGGGGrrrrrrrrraaaattee!

[Bet]

I'v had success with home made irregular baits when you can't seem to buy a bite on normal round boilie,I always make the same flavour to match my mainbait.I mount inch long chops vertically and use with a longshank as I think it improves the turn and makes the hook harder to eject

[lancashirecarper]

Boilies i'd have thought are the easiest shape bar none for carp to eject

Im on barrels this year, id of chosen a more deranged shape but they still need to go out 70yds or more

[Callum91]

Trakker redskins look like a good shape. Are they a good bait tho?

[lee]

Originally Posted by gazza

Different shapes and sizes of freebies (and hookbaits) is my preferred method also, as the fish will have to work harder to feed, sucking and blowing harder because of the differing densities of boilie, and therefore more likely to make a mistake than if just feeding on uniform round baits.

I agree this is the way i have gone just to put something different than the norm, i have also started to put paste round my baits of varying sizes, this year i am going to look at slightly varying flavour levels and adding bits and pieces on one rod just to try to encourage more or less pick ups, hopefully more

[LeAtHeR CaRp]

i'm trying barrel shapes at the moment and so far very pleased. time will tell

[Blue]

Thought I'd rejuvenate this one again as I was about to create a similar thread until I noticed I'd already done one a while ago

What are your thoughts on round baits verses chops/barrels, does it make a difference? It's something I like to hear peoples thoughts on....

[nick27g]

Originally Posted by Blue

What do people think about the shape of boilies. Does using dumbell shaped boilies make any difference to the mechanics or performance of the rig? When i make my boilies, if getting them out any distance isn't an option, i always use chops, either cut from a 'block' of boiled boilie or cut from boilied sausage shaped boilie. I personally prefer it because, to me, it's a bit different.

Or would a round boilie catch in the same situation?

Got to laugh, not because it's funny, but because the round boilie shaped came because of our "need " to get baits out consistently to distance and the use of catapults.

Having watched Carp sucking and blowing baits I think the different shaped bait make a bit of difference, but not just putting a dumbell from corner to corner rather than end to end
Try your disc without a hook, if it ever gets blown out it tries to flip, then frisbee style plane on ejection, so how does this compare to being on a hair?


Personally I far prefer using different shapes and sizes, and sometimes even the dumbell is too much effort for me and I end up with things more like "pillows".
Like you I also like the Sausage chops/discs, or block cut squares, they work well and are what very few people use.

I'm not sure but maybe in some cases that the round boilie shape is starting to get boilies sussed, and on pressured waters the different shaped baits are better, which is why the marketing of dumbells. If a bait is properly fished and pre-baited, then it will go on long term, but someone somewhere decided that dumbells are the best.

On top of that having perfectly round baits is also time consuming compared to making other shapes, unless you go to the trouble of getting out the pastry cutter.

[HAWTHORN]

Got to laugh, not because it's funny, but because the round boilie shaped came because of our "need " to get baits out consistently to distance and the use of catapults.

Not entirely true They came about as spherical is the perfect shape to stop shoal fish from whittling down the hook bait, which was the common thing long ago.

Like you I also like the Sausage chops/discs, or block cut squares, they work well and are what very few people use.

Thank goodness Despite all the articals that have been written and `Blue` moderators` giving the game away, the majority of people are too lazy to be bothered going to any greater lengths than `buy in a bag`
Which pleases me no end.

[nick27g]

Originally Posted by HAWTHORN

Not entirely true They came about as spherical is the perfect shape to stop shoal fish from whittling down the hook bait, which was the common thing long ago.


Thank goodness Despite all the articals that have been written and `Blue` moderators` giving the game away, the majority of people are too lazy to be bothered going to any greater lengths than `buy in a bag`
Which pleases me no end.

I stand corrected, although I do have a feeling the 2 were probably interconnected as well.

Same here. Even if I do buy in a Bag (well 10kg anyway) I take the trouble to cut some down into halves, quarters or even a disc out of the centre.

Sometimes when I wanted to be able to differentiate between my Mega Hard or slightly tweaked Hookbaits and Free Baits if the 2 got mixed or stored together I would use Cubes on the hook and Bait with round ones. Think that was originally a Ken Townley tip.

[Blue]

Originally Posted by nick27g

Same here. Even if I do buy in a Bag (well 10kg anyway) I take the trouble to cut some down into halves, quarters or even a disc out of the centre.

Thats it mate, if I ever fish with a standard ready made, I'll always fish a rod with the baits butterfly style (broke in half and back to back on the hair) with a stringer of halved boilies, it's a great method to make the round boilie a bit different.

[Big Dave]

I will cut down a round pop up into a square shape and fish it with a pva bag of pellets which has proved successfull.However the legend Ritchie McDonald stated in a recent article that in his opion a carp cannot tell the difference between shapes...!
Something to think about........