Hi there,

I’m quite new to carp fishing and was wondering when you glug your boilies do you leave them submerged in the glug for a long time or once they’ve had a coating do you put them in a pot for future use. I know the question is quite basic but like I said earlier im just starting out.

Kind regards, Simon Jones

Hi Simon,

Good question that one and one which you’ll get a different answer from different people as everyone has varied views on how heavy to flavour a bait. Personally I don’t like my boilies smelling too strong but there are plenty of fish caught on real heavily flavoured baits.

At the end of the day it very much comes down to confidence and how much the fish have been subjected to in the past. I tend to pick up a better average size of fish by keeping my baits subtle smelling rather than real strong. You need to experiment on the waters you are on though as I still fish one place which hasn’t seen a lot of pressure and those fish do seem to home in on strong flavoured baits.

The following is how I use Glugs in my own fishing.

Shelf Life Baits

  • Hook Baits – I usually fill a empty pop-up tub with boilies, add a bit of Glug at a rate of 10ml (2 teaspoons) per 200ml tub (our pop-up containers) then simply leave them near the kettle or wherever I’ll be passing regular and give them a shake about each time I walk by until they have soaked the glug up and become less messy to handle. These I am quite happy to carry around in my rucksack for some time. You can add more glug at a later stage if you wish. I prefer to do this a bit at a time rather than leave them soaking in it.
  • Normal Free Baits for baiting with – I don’t often glug them but if I do I simply give them a light coating then shake them around in a polythene bag until they are evenly covered. I would prefer to do this 24 hour before using them.

Fresh Frozen Boilies

  • Hook Baits – Leave soaking in Glug for several hours before draining off the excess Glug and transferring to a bag to re-freeze.
  • Normal Free Baits for baiting with – The same as the shelf life method I give these just a light coating of glug, shake them around in the bag to ensure even coverage then straight back into the freezer. These will draw the Glug in when you come to defrost them.

Remember you can use the Glug for many other things too such as simply dipping a hook-bait, boosting pellets, particles or ground baits etc.

A favourite method of mine is to use a small Stocking Mesh PVA bag on the hook with Maximum Action Pellet, Micro Feed and crushed boilie then give it a quick dunk in Glug before casting out. The Quest Baits Glugs creep along the bottom as well as spreading around the upper layers. Drop a small Mesh PVA bag with glug into a fish tank and watch it creep along the bottom. You will want to dunk them every cast.

Hope this helps

Best fishes, Shaun

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