Alternative to boilies

[boilie-soaker]

Hi guys
just been talking to a guy in my local tackle shop and he mentioned using grapes instead of boilies ...
has anyone else tried it if so have you had any luck with it????

[Cliff]

Not heard of them being used before! Not sure how well they would stay on during a cast! But wouldn't do any harm giving them a try!

[boilie-soaker]

i was thinking the same thing
but maybe in a small bag with pellets or a bit of stick mix would help keep them on the hair.

im doing a couple of nights on my local runs water this weekend so i'll let you know how i get on

[Cliff]

Yeah mate, be interesting to see how you get on!

[boilie-soaker]

this really has got me thinking...

can anyone make sense of this
and are they a beneficial food source for carp


www.nutritiondata.com/facts-B00001-01c20Uy.html

[Blue]

Originally Posted by boilie-soaker

Hi guys
just been talking to a guy in my local tackle shop and he mentioned using grapes instead of boilies ...
has anyone else tried it if so have you had any luck with it????

Who owns the shop? The man from 'Del Monte'.

[Steve Baker]

I wouldn't have thought that they would be of great benefit to carp as they are mostly water and haven't got much substance to them for the carp to digest.

Can't understand much on that site. Makes my head hurt

[Stig]

Elderberry is a blast from the past bait for roach all depends on each idividual carp i suppose you may reduce your chances somewhat by targeting only vegitarian carp ..lol.
Seriously though i may give it a try as i am not a big boilie fan so i may give the odd grape a go i feel carp may pick the odd onw or two up off a baited area out of curiosity if nothing else.

[philntomo]

put some free offerings of Cheese & Biscuits in too!

[gaz]

Originally Posted by philntomo

put some free offerings of Cheese & Biscuits in too!

Perhaps a spot of wine as well?

[Julian Grattidge]

Originally Posted by boilie-soaker

Hi guys
just been talking to a guy in my local tackle shop and he mentioned using grapes instead of boilies ...
has anyone else tried it if so have you had any luck with it????

Sounds like roach fodder to me!

[Stig]

tutti fruity ,strawberry and pineapple flavoured boilies they all catch fish so i wouldn't be surprised if grapes or grapes flavoured stuff caught fish
Always say you dont know in the fishing game it wasn't so long ago that if you had metioned that you were going to use pineapple flavoured bait you would have been mocked with something like
'Why not chuck in a few cherries as well and a can of custard'
Old saying dont knock anything until you have tried it! (and its failed)
What about gutsy on capes main caught on cherries under that tree at the end of the sandy bank opposite the hall near where that broken down chicken coop used to be years ago.

[snagmaster]

try strawberries they waft and they work

[kerrwaf]

I think you will find that if you try anything that vaguely looks edible to a carp over a small bed of pellets on a runs water it will hoover it up.

without a word of a lie...............when we where kids in the local park the carp would mouth on ciggy buts...............we tried em on the hook ....my mate had a common of 7ish i never caught................