| How would you like to know how to get your fishing | | | | with a mesh bag containing crushed nuts should do the |
| bait on the cheap, from the local supermarket? You | | | | trick. |
| can occasionally find some gems tucked away on a | | | | Tuna flakes in oil. |
| shelf at your local supermarket. By the time it gets to | | | | Tuna flakes in oil as apposed to brine is best as this is |
| late summer most fish would have had enough of the | | | | good to make a ground from. |
| ordinary bait so what if you could go round your local | | | | This works well for bream so I do not see any reason |
| Morrisons or Sainsburys armed with £10, could | | | | for not trying it for carp and tench. |
| you find an alternative. Fishing at ponds in particular and | | | | Sweet corn. |
| with tench and carp on my mind here are some | | | | Sweet corn is just as good for fish as it is for us. |
| alternatives that I think would work. | | | | Sometimes the bright colours can put the fish off so its |
| First I came to chickpeas. Dried chickpeas used to be | | | | always a good idea to have a tin of black cake die. |
| very fashionable carp bait, but now they no longer | | | | Put a teaspoon of die into the sweet corn and stir in |
| feature and at 69p they looked a bargain. This time | | | | well. Leave over night to soak, This should change the |
| though I was going to go overboard and buy a bottle | | | | colour and will not scare off the fish. |
| of oyster sauce. Soak the peas over night, then let | | | | Dog Chews and Dog Food. |
| them simmer for about an hour, then soak them in the | | | | Everyone knows how good dog chews and dog food |
| oyster sauce for a day. This makes the peas go a | | | | can be. Frolic is very good for barbell, its very tough so |
| darker colour when soaked. | | | | it will stay on the hook when casting. A packet of |
| Next came the baked beans in tomato sauce. Try to | | | | bacon flavoured dog chews are also a good thing to |
| find a brand with a high salt content. Forget the healthy | | | | have in tour bait tin, they can be cut up into small |
| choice, fish like their food salty, so I would buy a bag of | | | | pieces to look like pellets. |
| salt as well and sprinkle on the beans. | | | | Last thing on my list is a tin of dog food, a chicken |
| Salted peanuts were next on the isle, cashew nuts are | | | | flavoured large sausage. This could be flavoured up |
| also good for carp bait but as I was looking for cheap | | | | with some spicy curry powder for extra zing. |
| bait I went with the salted peanuts. Soak the peanuts | | | | Well thats it for now, time to put this lot to the test, |
| in salty water for two days, then simmer for about 30 | | | | good luck. |
| minutes. Attach a couple of whole nuts to your hook, | | | | |