keeping my boilies fresh (ADVICE PLEASE)

[big nick]

ok boys some advice needed here goes,im going down south in about 3 weeks time fishing for the week(sat-sat)the place im going dosen't have a freezer and im worried about keepin my frozen boilies froze.the best i can come up with is to use a foil lined bag and ice blocks(changed regulary) what do you think ? i don't want to air dry them as the company i use dosen't advise this/neither putting preservatives in them

did they give you a reason why not to air dry them ?? i find this really odd.......

[smokey]

Originally Posted by Phil highlander

did they give you a reason why not to air dry them ?? i find this really odd.......

i agree there phill , if teh bait has robin red in it then they can pale in the sunlight but once in the water will still let off the same attraction . What you can do mate is store them in pellets then rehydrate as you need to , the pellets will take all of the water content out of the bait so it doesnt go off , you will then need to soak them for a short while as they will be like stones lol .... ive used and caught with bait 2 weeks old using that tech' , hope this helps nick


smokey

[Callum91]

what ur going 2 do sounds good 2 me, but how are you going to get ice blocks if the place doesnt have a freezer?

[skilledhandz]

I would air dry them if i was you but the next best option is put them all in a bucket of trout pellets they will absorb the moisture and stop them going off.Most baits should last at least a week before turning except mabe a HNV bait.A bait that turns white slowly is probaly not going off but the sugars are coming to the surface.Mainline baits do this after about 5-7 days.

[LeAtHeR CaRp]

pile it all in on the saturday and save 7 boilies for hookbaits!!

lol i would air dry mate what you have been told is rubbish, the company probably wants you to use them as fresh as possible because ALL the original flavour levels will be there which they obviously want you to catch on

[HAWTHORN]

You can buy a vacuum sealer for about £50.00. This will keep your baits fresh but not frozen obviously. A small price to pay if you don`t want air dried (although, I agree with previous posts, there should be no problem). You can also (if you are careful) seal your particals with it.

[Carty]

Where you going fishing big nick ??

[StokeBloke]

Do air dryed boillies still give off a good scent when you come to use them,and are they as effective as a freshly de-frosted bait,its something I'm looking at doing in the near future.

[skilledhandz]

As you air dry, the boilie becomes smaller due to water loss so an 18mm might go to 16mm and the flavour attraction usually drops at around the same rate.Ive just air dryed 20 kg of fusion and it still smells the same but is just a bit smaller.I cant see how a fresh against airdryed would differ reguarding the fish picking it up but i would prefer fresh.Travelling abroad i would always go for air dryed to be safe.

[big nick]

im going to weston park,there is a freezer but it is only the small compartment at the top of the fridge,the perswon who advised me not to air dry his baits is a well known manufacturer who's bait is used by a lot of sotas lads ? cant say anymore for obvious reasons

ahhhhhhhhhhh it might be cos of all the bits..............when ive air dried them they break up on me ...........coming out of a throwing stick !


but excellent bait!

[skilledhandz]

Phil,when i air dry mine they go further in a throwing stick as there like bullets.

my mainlines do go loads further, and other brands , but if im thinknig of the same baits here i have had nowt but probs trying to get them out after airdrying.............i even tried re-hydrating them on the bank...... to no avail

[skilledhandz]

Sounds like the blending of the bait is not good maybe time to move on.