Spring Mix
An attractive, easy-to-digest fishmeal and krill boilie for warming water, with a little more food value than a winter bait.
Recipe
Amounts for a 1000 g batch of dry mix
| Ingredient | Dose | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Dry mix | ||
| Semolina | 30 % | 300 g |
| Standard fishmeal | 20 % | 200 g |
| Skimmed milk powder | 15 % | 150 g |
| Krill meal | 10 % | 100 g |
| Brewer's yeast | 10 % | 100 g |
| Full-fat soya flour | 10 % | 100 g |
| Wheat gluten | 5 % | 50 g |
| Liquids and eggs | ||
| Whole hen egg | 9 units/kg | 522 g |
| Corn steep liquor (CSL) | 15 ml/kg | 18 g |
| Salmon oil | 5 ml/kg | 4.6 g |
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About this recipe
This recipe is for the weeks when the water climbs past about 10 °C and carp start feeding again. Semolina keeps the paste smooth and light, standard fishmeal gives a food base, and krill meal and brewer's yeast add the strong, savoury attraction that wakes fish up after winter. Skimmed milk powder dissolves quickly and leaves a milky trail around the baits.
Full-fat soya flour brings a little natural oil and helps the paste bind, and 5 % wheat gluten keeps the skin together without making the bait hard. That matters in spring, because fish are still feeding in short spells and a bait that breaks down within a day or two gets found and eaten.
The liquids are deliberately light on oil. Corn steep liquor gives a sweet-sour soluble signal that keeps working in cool water, and a small dose of salmon oil adds smell without slowing digestion. Add the eggs beaten, then the liquids, and roll the paste a little softer than a summer bait.
As the water keeps warming, raise the fishmeal and the oil step by step and move towards the summer recipe. In a cold snap, swap some fishmeal for more krill and yeast and feed less.
Questions about this recipe
How many eggs does this recipe need?
About 9 medium eggs per kilo of dry mix. Add them beaten and stop when the paste no longer crumbles; the exact number depends on how much your ingredients absorb.
Can I change the ingredients?
Yes. Open the recipe in the calculator, swap or rebalance any ingredient, and the nutrition, binding and cost update straight away.
How long should I boil these boilies?
As a rule of thumb, boil 18 mm baits for about two minutes, smaller baits for less and hard hookbaits for longer. Air-dry them on a rack before freezing.
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