Creating a Boilie Mix That Catches Carp

A lot of carp anglers have a great deal of trouble creating a boilie mix that they have confidence in to actually use on a regular basis. It’s hardly surprising really given the amount of conflicting information and the sheer number of different ingredients available to today’s carp angler.

 So where does one start? It helps a bit to understand some of the basics, and what some of these ingredients will do to your mix. And why they are used in certain mixes together, and sometimes not at all. Your aim should be to create a mix that will consistently catch fish, roll relatively easily, and not cost a fortune to produce on a regular basis.
 Sounds easy well it is but be prepared for a few initial disasters, a lot of people give up before they get started making homemade boilies but it is well worth persevering with until you get the desired results. There is nothing like catching big carp on homemade boilies. Using homemade boilies will give you an advantage over shop bought boilies.

Lots of these ready made carp baits are produced with one criterion in mind to roll easily and run through expensive boilie machines without any problems and enable mass production. There are a few exceptions to this rule, but I have a big problem with how a bait can be continually improved from one year to the next. If we believe everything we are told by some of the big bait companies.   Although lots of these baits catch fish and will continue to do so, I personally believe that making your own boilies is the way to go over shelf life boilies or readymade boilies. Especially given the availabilty of these baits and the cost involved for the American carp angler. Make your own guys its cheaper more rewarding and you know whats going in them.

The basic building blocks of a good boilie mix are as follows: 

Binder, Protein, Sweeteners, Texture, Soluble Protein, Oils, Flavors, Vitamins, and Minerals.

At this point it’s probably worth saying the ingredients mentioned here and in the following pages  are not all recommended by me but are some of the ones most commonly used. Some are substitutes for common ingredients used by European carp anglers. This is mainly due to the difficulty American carp anglers have in obtaining similar products. In my pinion it is not worth the effort trying to import liquids or other bulk ingredients from other countries because of customs restrictions. Some of the Euro flavors and other ingredients are now filtering through American online Carp fishing tackle stores. However these ingredients command a premium price, lower cost alternatives available in the USA will do the same job most of the time as the carp here are not as pressurized or conditioned to certain baits.In the following pages I will try and include as many sources of lower cost ingredients as possible.