Sweetcorn

Advantages: Deadly Bait.
Disadvantages: None

...or out of a can, sweetcorn makes one of the best "deadly" hookbait for carp, tench, barbel , chubb and many other coarse fish. Availability This surely has to be one of the most readily available hookbaits known. Just by going to any supermarket many kilos of frozen sweetcorn can be purchased for just a few pounds, although these do need a little cooking before they are used. There are also tins of corn, which are ready to use without ...
...opening a can of unflavoured sweetcorn you should drain off the liquid and rinse the corn under the tap before you put it into your baitbox. This will remove the sweet liquid and stop the corn becoming sticky or slimy in warm weather. Trust me, there's nothing worse than getting your hands covered in this awful stuff, especially when wasps are about and there's nowhere to wash it off. If you wash your hands in the lake you risk catching weils desiese, ... Read review

Advantages: Tried and tested
Disadvantages: Angling is not everyone's cup of tea.

...The wonder bait? Sweetcorn is the answer to that and the point of this piece of writing. Sweetcorn has been used as a fishing bait for many, many years and has been used with considerable success by thousands of anglers in that time. Sweetcorn. We all know what sweetcorn is don't we. In fishing terms tinned sweetcorn is the most widely used because the sugared water in which it is immersed in the tin adds to the smell, flavour and general attractiveness ...
...shops have started to stock sweetcorn of different colours and different added flavours in a bid to improve this already highly successful bait. What kinds of fish like sweetcorn? First and foremost sweetcorn is the classic Tench bait, they seem to love it and never tire of it. Carp too seem to be partial to the odd nibble as well as, Roach, Rudd and even Chubb along with Bream. How to fish with sweetcorn. Stick it on a hook and throw it in the ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, allround bait.
Disadvantages: Only really good during the summer.

...Prices for a tin of sweetcorn obviously vary from place to place. One of the cheapest and best I’ve found is actually Lidls supermarkets. What you’re often looking for is a small grained variety. Then you can stick with a smaller bait by using just a single grain, or put on 2 or 3 grains for a bigger one. Especially through the summer months, when there is a lot of sunlight shining through the water, I really think it can be a quite ...
...particularly well in these conditions, and is therefore easier for fish to see, so hopefully they’ll eat it. Smaller grains can be fished on a hook as small as an 18 and possibly a 20 (2lb+ line) if they’re really small. Grains this size are actually excellent for bream and roach. Fished shallow on a warm sunny day, large roach and rudd will often attack the grains like they have a severe hatred for the poor little yellows. Fished deeper, ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to obtain, fairly cheap
Disadvantages: dozey idiots dropping us in it with the "Anti's" by not taking the used tin home with them!

Sweetcorn has always been one of my favourite baits to use, almost from the moment I switched over to Freshwater fishing...... I think it was the episode of John Wilson's "GO FISHING" series on the River Guden in Denmark that did it. It's also simple to obtain...... simply go into your local Corner Shop, or supermarket.... grab a can of Green Giant Niblets from the tinned vegetable section (or the one by "HAPPY SHOPPER" is supposed to be best from ...
...also been possible to by sweetcorn in all kinds of wierd & wonderful colours and flavours....... but I've never used them. If you want to give it a shot, then you'll have to get it from a tackle shop (if your local tackle shop don't stock it, give Askari's mail-order service a try). Anyway, you can fish it with either just 1 or 2 pieces on the hook.... or present it as a large bait by hooking it as usual, then sliding it up the hook length + on ... Read review

Advantages: 7
Disadvantages: 2

I have found that with extensive testing of baits which include luncheon meat , chicken tikka pieces ,classic maggotts maggots with a twist and corn.I have found with coarse fish in particular and some game fish including trout you are most likely to catch on corn .Sweetcorns vary you can get dirt cheap corn from supermarkets eg.Jolly green giant are the best.but my favourite corn i use is Strawberry corn ,it has several advantages one it stays fresh ...
....I have also found 8 out of 10 fish i catch on corn are over 3 pounds in coarse fishing.Strawberry corn attracts big fish ,carp are attracted on the bottom and base of ponds smaller fish and other varieties of coarse fish are caught up in the water on smaller lighter rigs. Thank you for your time Simonmarkpritchard@hotmail.com Any questions relating to fishing and life in general give us bell ill be happy to answer any queries you have. ... Read review

Advantages: Good baits
Disadvantages: Were cruel to the fish.

...Im big, BIG into my fish KEEPING now. Once upon a time I was BIG into my fish CATCHING. Its only recently that I realised its not nice being forced the wrong way through the water with all of your bodyweight dragged along by a hook through your lip. Still as a teenager, I caught some great Carp. There are 4 types of Carp really in the UK. Crucian Carp are much smaller than their 3 big brothers, the Mirror, the Leather and the Common Carp. To hook the Crucians out, you simply need a bit of sweetcorn on a golden hook and bobs your uncle. Early in the season, you can catch the smaller carp of the top with dog biscuits. I used to prefer to hunt deeper in the water. In search of the big monsters. It was because of this that I ledgered with boilies. Floating ones could be used to keep your bait out of the silt or weeds. I experimented... Read review

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Advantages: Good allround bait
Disadvantages: Keeping fresh and dry

...on tight. With sea fishing you can mix the bread with pilchard oil for extra flavouring, but with coarse fishing the mixtures are much wider either on its own or with sweetcorn,luncheon meat oils,fish bloods the list is endless. In both types of fishing bread will suprise you and give you what you are trying to catch when nothing else seems to work but also meaning you can take just one bait with you and use it in many different ways, try rubbing an earthworm on a piece of bread when fishing rivers the results are excellent. you can use which ever brand you so wish as long as its white either sliced or whole, for coarse try dipping into strawberry yoghurt first try and you will see that bread is a number one bait. Also not forgetting it is excellent for toast too..... Read review

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Advantages: very versitile bait
Disadvantages: not many i can think of

...you could add flavours to the boiling water as well. Drain the boilies off let them cool then seal in an airtight container or if allowed freeze them. Flavours can be brought from a fishing shop but here are some of my own which can be brought from tesco ect. Curry powder or paprika for winter Golden or maple syrup liquidized hot dogs liquidized sweetcorn strawberry jam(melted down mixed with a little milk) a mixture of brazil nuts and unsalted peanuts I always add birdseed to my boilies which contains hempseed and linseed fishlove it.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful