Homemade Groundbait Recipe

A quick and easy, storable groundbait for carp and coarse fish, ideal for single sessions or baiting up areas over a long period of time. Make it at home in less than 5 minutes!

1. Groundbait Ingredients
2. Methodology
3. Groundbait Preparation
4. Storage

Groundbait Ingredients and Equipment

• Budget: £2.   Dependent on how much you want to make, but this will easily make enough for two sessions. Have a look at our bonus groundbait additions below if you have more of a budget.
• Bread – White and brown together ideally, or just on their own. This is the backbone ingredient. The best places and time to get bread can be at closing time at supermarkets or bakerys when its reduced and drying out anyway. Use one loaf for the mix.
• Sweetcorn – The cheapest will do, drain and retain the can juice in a bottle, but dry the sweetcorn out if you have time. You will need one small tin for the mix.
• Angel Delight – Or equivalent, ideally stawberry flavour. One pack per mix.
• Instant Custard Powder – Just 9 Pence from Sainsburys, this addition adds more flavour and creates a superb cloud effect in the water. One pack per groundbait mixture.
• Liquidiser – This will do the hard work!

 
Extra Bonus Ingredients

• Pellets – Bonus pellets can be liquidised and added to the groundbait mixture.
• Boilies Crushed – Bonus boilies can be crushed and added into the groundbait mix.
• Maggots – Add at the venue.
• Worms – Add at the venue.

The Groundbait Methodology
The idea is that particle baits, i.e the sweetcorn, are combined and complimented with a cloud effect in the water from the crumb and powders, and a sweet groundbait pungency that permeates through the water.

Preparation – How to make?

1. If you have the time dry the sweetcorn out so it can be liquidised easily. If you do not dry the sweetcorn out add it to the mix at the end or at the fishing venue.
2. Dry the bread out for several hours if you have time too. If there is no time for this it is not imperative, you will just have to add less water to the final mix.
3. Liquidise all the bread, then use the bread bag as the storage container if you like.
4. Add the strawberry angel delight and instant custard powder to the liquidised bread in the bag and shake well.
5. At this point add any extra pellets or crushed boilies etc to the mix, and shake.
6. Finally empty the sweetcorn juice into a bottle, then liquidise half of the sweetcorn (if dried) and add this and the other half into the bag, providing a range of particle sizes. If the sweetcorn isn’t dry do not liquidise it simply add at the venue with the sweetcorn tin juices.
7. Add any further extra ingredients (maggots, worms etc) if avaliable at the venue, then add the retained sweetcorn juice, possibly some extra water to create a stiffer mixture ready for use as loose groundbait to throw in, or with feeders.

The groundbait mix is best stored in the freezer until use and taken out one hour before to defrost. It can be made well in advance and stored for long periods in the freezer.

The mix is great for Carp Fishing and appeals to most other coarse fish across commercial venues and rivers. It is a killer groundbait for attracting shoals of bream and can result in some super catch counts and non-stop action!

It can be particularly effective on rivers sending an irresistible smell through the current creates a slip stream, and the cloud effect can produce a flurry of activity and competition resulting in quick bites.