Sonubaits Match Magazine 2013

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WELCOME traditional cereal baits along with the more modern crushed pellet and fishmeal mixes creating a groundbait which will be used by anglers both in the UK and abroad.

Creating high quality bait is about listening to our anglers requirements, then using the information they have provided, along with my degree level knowledge of aquaculture and fishery management, we source the best quality ingredients available to create new fish catching baits.

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Many of these ingredients are unique to Sonubaits and are sourced from all over the world; used in conjunction with existing ingredients we develop and create baits for the modern angler.

A perfect example of this is the latest range; Salted Nut Crush, the blend of nut flours that we use are all direct from the growers of the nuts, they are dried and milled to the correct consistency and some are even roasted to enhance the taste, to this we add finely milled rock salt which further enhances the taste and the appeal to fish. These ingredients come from four different countries and then they are mixed with crushed pellet and blended fishmeal which makes the whole product suitable to be used as a groundbait. This is just some of the lengths we will go to in order to create a new and unique groundbait.

Bream Feeder is another addition to the range, this has been developed in conjunction with Tommy Pickering, the England Feeder Team Captain. Being a modern bream groundbait it combines the

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Added to this we have conducted trials into the densities of hookbaits and the ability of hooking fish, from the research we have developed Semi-Buoyant Bandums which float just enough to counteract the weight of a hook so creating a neutral density bait, because of this they are perfect for feeder fishing as they will sit just above the feeder and readily rise into the fishes mouth even with the most wary fish, resulting in quicker and more regular bites.

These are just some of the new products we have developed to accompany our existing range which includes products such as Match Method Mix; the most popular Method Mix in the UK, Supercrush Krill; the most comprehensive range of Krill products and F1; the original and best sweet fishmeal range.

I hope you enjoy using the Sonubaits products which have been developed for 2013; I know they will help you catch more fish.

See you on the bank!

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4 KRILL

21 A STIKI SITUATION

6 SALTED NUT CRUSH

22 EXPANDERS

England International, Des Shipp, shows you how to get the best from Krill VER COO RY ST

Match fishing ace, Andy Findlay, explains why this is his number one choice

8 THE EVER CHANGING METHOD

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Des Shipp discusses keeping ahead of the competition and the best methods to catch VER COO RY ST

10 BAG UP ON BREAM

Feeder ace, Tommy Pickering, explains why choosing the right groundbait when fishing for bream can make the difference

12 MATCH METHOD MIX & SUPERCRUSH As recommended by Lee Edwards

14 SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS

Neil McKinnon shows why the F1 range is so good when fishing for F1’s and skimmers

16 TIGER FISH

Top anglers tips

17 SPICY MEATY METHOD MIX & SUPERCRUSH DARK As recommended by Ade Kiddell

18 MARINE HALIBUT & EXPLODING FISHMEAL Top tip from Dai Gribble

19 DUTCH MASTER

International match winning standard, European style, groundbaits

20 PERFECT METHOD PELLETS

Des Shipp, Lee Kerry and Adam Wakelin show how they prepare their Fin Perfect Feed Pellets

Andy Findlay discusses how he helped to create Stiki Pellet Three top ways the pros use to prepare the perfect expanders

24 ONE-to-ONE PASTE AND FIBRE PASTE Perfect pastes, every time

26 BAND’UMS AND SEMI-BUOYANT BAND’UMS

Tommy Pickering explains the importance that colour can make on your hookbaits

28 DRILLED BOILIES & PELLET O’S

Pre-drilled for immediate use, no prep required

29 MIXED METHOD BOILIES & OOZING BUOYANT BOILIES

Our new innovative products for match and Method Feeder fishing

30 PERFECT S-PELLETS

Packed full of flavour, perfect for use in feeders, bombs or wagglers

31 SOFT HOOKER PELLETS

The number one choice when fishing on a pole

32 LIQUID FLAVOURS

We show you how to get the best from them

33 FIN ON FLAVOUR

Andy Findlay shows the benefits of using our Flavour Shakers

34 PASTE PELLETS & ACCESSORIES

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As recommended by Andy Findlay and Tommy Pickering

36 BARBEL & CARP

Perfect when targetting big fish

37 HEMP & HALIBUT 38 SPICY SAUSAGE SUCCESS

Barbel expert Ade Kiddell explains why Spicy Sausage is his all-time favourite bait

40 HEAVY BAITING FOR BIG BREAM

Expert specimen angler Dai Gribble targets big bream

6 salted nut crush 55 hookbaits

42 METHOD MIXES

Ian Russell and the benefits of Supercarp Method Mix VER COO RY ST

44 GIVE ‘EM SOME STICK

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46 BAG UP

Big fish expert Nigel Williams explains how using stick mixes could transform your season Ian Russell shares his winning PVA bag recipe

48 ACTION RANGE

Everything you need to catch carp

49 FLOATERS

A selection of bait specifically for surface fishing

50 SPODDING MIXES

Sonubaits anglers explain their preferred mixes

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52 SONU GALLERY

26 band’ums

The years best catches

55 MAXIMUM ATTRACT HOOKBAITS

Carp ace Ian Russell explains why our hookbaits will help carp anglers everywhere catch more fish

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Krill The fish catching power of Krill is something that has to be used to believe it. We’ve enlisted the help of England International, Des Shipp to show you how to get the best out of it.

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Available in: • Supercrush Groundbait • Flavour Shaker • Liquid Flavour • ONE-to-ONE Paste • Fibre Paste • Band’um • Semi-Buoyant Band’um - NEW! • S-Pellets (6mm & 8mm) • Soft Hooker Pellets (4mm, 6mm & 8mm) • Drilled Boilies (8mm & 10mm) • Mixed Method Boilies (8mm & 10mm) - NEW! • Paste Pellets - NEW! • Pellet O’s (8mm & 12mm) - NEW! • Feed Pellets (2mm, 4mm & 6mm) - NEW!

The Sonubaits Krill range was one of my favourite baits of 2012 and will remain a top choice for years to come. This small shrimp like animal is the main food source for many species of fish all over the world and when used in groundbait, pellets and liquids it can transform your average catches into match-winning catches.

The Supercrush Krill Groundbait is extremely versatile and I use it for a huge variety of tactics.

It can be moulded onto a Method Feeder or balled in by hand when fishing on the pole. It is ideal for most species, including carp and skimmers and even specimen carp; the possibilities are endless.

My main two uses for Krill Groundbait are for carp and skimmer fishing. I mix the groundbait so it can be loaded on a Method Feeder using a Method Mould or a little dryer so it can be packed into a cage feeder.

As soon as the feeder hits the water the particles and Krill meal start to work, pulling fish from all

through the water column to where my hookbait is lying. My second favourite use for Supercrush Krill is to cup it in the margins. I simply fill a Kup Kit full of damp loose groundbait and tip this onto my margin spots. A big 8mm Krill Soft Hooker Pellet or lump of Krill ONE-to-ONE Paste can then be presented over the top – a deadly tactic for big carp.

When I first saw the Krill Feed Pellets I knew I would love them – I wasn’t wrong!

Their size, shape and texture is just perfect for a wide range of uses. One thing I’ve noticed is that the dark red colour makes them stand out better in the coloured water of commercial fisheries. The 4mm size are perfect for fishing on the pole; regular feeding of these super stinky pellets is irresistible to carp, skimmers, bream and tench. I also use them when fishing up to islands – pinging a few pellets each put-in around the float has seen me catch some huge bags of carp.

One item in the range that I wouldn’t be without is the Krill Flavour Shaker.

An item that has more uses than a swiss army knife! Add it to your groundbait, sprinkle it over your maggots for krilled maggots, cover your pellets in it, add it to the water used to soak pellets and mix groundbait, boost your hookbaits or meat… this is just a few examples of how the Flavour Shaker can give you an edge over other anglers.

The power of Krill is one that has to be used to be believed. It’s something that I’ll be using for a long time. Try it yourself – you’ll see the results.

These super stinky pellets are irresistable to carp

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Match fishing ace Andy Findlay explains why using Salted Nut Crush has become his number one choice when fishing on commercials.

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My personal favourite way of using the groundbait is on a Method Feeder; the mix of salt, roasted nuts and fishmeal makes it irresistible when used in conjunction with the matching flavoured Band’ums.

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• Supercrush Groundbait • Flavour Shaker • Liquid Flavour • ONE-to-ONE Paste • Fibre Paste

Nuts have a proven track record with carp finding them irresistible, they also seem to help catch the bigger carp more regularly, and it is these big carp that I am after when I fish a lot of matches.

I talked with Sonubaits about my need to select out the bigger carp to win matches and my theory that there may be some ingredients such as nuts which actively do this. They set about developing the range and started to compile a list of possible ingredients.

We decided to get the nuts in flour form so they have already been ground down and dried, some of the nuts are roasted before they are ground to enhance their flavour and taste. The nut flours are all of the highest quality and all of them are human grade and also used in the food industry.

We experimented with different blends of nut flours and eventually came up with a combination which we firmly believed to be the best which combines the nutty, roasted flavour and taste of some of the flours with the sweetness and crunchiness of some of the others.

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To our final blend of nut flours we added salt to really enhance the taste and also give the fish something which they crave. Salt in low levels is very important to freshwater fish as they are constantly regulating the salt content of their body using a process called osmoregulation, they need salts to survive and are constantly absorbing it from the foods they eat and the environment they are in.

We used this unique and natural nutty flavour to develop the range and the most important for me is the groundbait, I needed a fairly sticky heavy mix so Sonubaits put a fishmeal and crushed pellet blend together and mixed this with the nut blend and this is how Salted Nut Crush came about.

It is perfect for a Method Feeder because the fishmeals and crushed pellet bind well to the feeder and the mixed nut blend has light and heavy nut particles in it so the majority stay on the bottom with the odd one popping up which makes bigger carp inquisitive.

Through the summer the range really comes in to its own with the Pastes, Soft Hookers Pellets, Bandums and Feed Pellet all playing an important part in selecting the bigger carp out of the peg which is the key to winning more matches.

Nuts have a proven track record with carp finding them irresistible

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The Ever Changing

Method

Des Shipp is a member of Team England and also the two times winner of the Parkdean Masters, he attributes a lot of his success to keeping ahead of the competition and working out the best methods to catch.

Four years ago, Des designed Sonubaits Match Method Mix which is now one of the most popular groundbaits used in match fishing, but according to Des, times are changing on certain venues.

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Method Feeder fishing is now such a common way of fishing, I see anglers fishing it all the time in matches, but I believe that on certain venues it is not as effective as it used to be. I set about making my new mix because I was getting a few knocks on the rod but they were not materialising into a proper bite. Once this had happened, the tip was motionless and this led me to thinking that all the bait had been dislodged from the feeder, so I needed to come up with a groundbait which would withstand the initial attention, leading to the concept of an new harder, stickier method mix groundbait for venues where this occurs.

This is how 50:50 Method:Paste was created. After working closely with Ian Day at Sonubaits we created a sticky, heavy groundbait that can be used in different ways depending on how the day progresses. I can now be certain that all of my bait will hit the bottom when the feeder enters the water, the stickier mix makes the fish work harder to break up the bait on the feeder, creating proper pullround bites and more fish in the net!

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It is very easy to use with the Method Mould as it is easy to compact and very dense. This means it will withstand the impact of casting and also the carp knocking the feeder, so you can fish knowing that the groundbait is still on, causing good attraction to the hookbait. It is also very useful in deep water as hardly any comes off the feeder on the drop meaning all the groundbait is where you want it rather than coming off in the water column. It is not just a bait for the Method and as the name suggests, it is also very easy to make a paste by simply adding a bit more water than you would do for a Method mix and it instantly becomes a superb paste for pole fishing.

The high fishmeal and pellet content lends itself perfectly to creating paste, whether you prefer a sloppy mix or stiffer mix, both can be created from this bag. The 2kg bags allow for both paste and a groundbait mix to be made from just one bag!

The versatility of this groundbait means I always have a bag with me as it covers a multitude of venues where Method or Paste fishing is going to be the tactic which will win the match.

After the success of 50:50 Method Paste Green there is now a lighter coloured Natural version.

Some waters respond better to a lighter brown coloured mix and this ticks all the boxes! Don’t lose out on fish due to finicky bites – Try the 50:50 Method Paste Groundbaits and start winning more matches.

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BAG UP ON Picking the right groundbait when fishing for bream can be the difference between a bumper bag of fish or a blank, we’ll let feeder ace Tommy Pickering explain why‌ Fishing for bream has been changing over the last few years, they still respond to lots of groundbait as they always have, however with the increased use of fishmeal pellets in fisheries they are getting caught more often on fishmeal based baits.

I have found that I am fishing for bream more regularly with my commitment as Captain of the England Feeder Team, and it is apparent that bream groundbaits have not really progressed for a number of years and I feel that we need a new groundbait for the modern bream angler.

It is time for a hybrid bait which combines the traditional golden cereal and biscuit based groundbait and the more modern fishmeal, so after discussions with Sonubaits as to my requirements they started to put together a list of ingredients that could be used.

One of my main requirements for this mix was the colour, it had to be golden yellow which is traditionally associated with bream, the main reason for this is it stands out better on the bed of a lake or river especially when you put plenty of groundbait in to create a feeding area.

In addition to the colour it had to have a few heavy particles in, as these really

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hold the bream in the swim as they sift through the groundbait in search of food items. It also had to contain a large amount of fishmeal as this has become part of their regular diet. It needed to be quite a fluffy mix so it could come out of the feeder but also had to bind well so it could take particles to the bottom in a feeder or when being balled in on the pole line.

I am quite particular about my groundbaits and after a lot of experimenting to get the mix exactly how I wanted it we eventually came up with Bream Feeder.

The mix is just the colour I was looking for and has an interesting smell of buttery sweet corn along with a back note of fishmeal and is very easy to mix.

It is ideal for use in an open end feeder, Method Feeder or bullet feeders if you have to cast long distances as I am finding it increasingly important to do.

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It is great at carrying particles like maggot, caster or corn and creates a good feeding area.

Also included is a new ingredient called “Yellow Mist� which gives a yellow cloud to the water but the groundbait also has heavier particles in it to keep the bream feeding on the bottom.

We also developed a liquid to match with the same sweet smell that bream go for which can be added to the groundbait to further enhance the flavour.

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Match Method Mix • The ultimate pellet based Match Method Mix for use on commercial fisheries.

• Designed for use by the modern match angler who wants to fish the Method on commercial match venues with confidence. With full easy to follow mixing instructions on the pack it is simple to create the exact mix that Lee Edwards and Neil McKinnon use. The mix is based on the highest quality pellets and fishmeals available.

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by adding liquid flavouring to the water before mixing. Scopex or Halibut are my favourites.

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• Its consistency is such that it stays on the feeder through the cast and impact with the water. Once the feeder has hit the bottom it breaks down quickly, building up the swim and keeping the fish there without overfeeding them.

Both Match Method Mix and Match Method Mix Dark come with a free Preston Innovations Flat Inline Feeder in every bag.

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Adam Wakelin

Match Method Mix Dark

• A dark green version of the massively popular Match Method mix. The groundbait mixes and performs exactly the same as the original.

• Designed for the modern Method feeder angler, the darker colour offers an edge when fishing in shallow water or up to features such as islands or far marginal edges as fish are less wary of dark groundbaits in clear water. This also makes it a good winter mix. The particles which come off the feeder attract the fish into the area creating competition without overfeeding them.

• Free in every bag is a Preston Innovations flat bed inline Method feeder which is designed for use with the Quick Release Method Mould. The groundbait performs perfectly with this set up and because of the streamlined shape of the feeder, accurate casting is much easier.

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Supercrush Green

• Made from the highest quality crushed Koi pellets.

• Designed as an all-round groundbait for anglers targeting anything from carp to big bream or even skimmers, tench and F1’s.

It can be used in various different ways depending on the fishing situation.

• The fine particles break down evenly on the bottom creating a fish attracting feeding zone.

• The high crushed pellet content makes it the perfect option for venues that are dominated by anglers fishing with pellets.

“ A good helping of Super Fish Flavour Shaker gives my groundbait an edge over other anglers.

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Neil McKinnon

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to your groundbait to make the mix stickier.

A great tip when fishing with a Method Feeder.

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Supercrush Expander

• Once a secret of many top anglers, crushed expanders create a base of an extremely effective groundbait.

This mix can be used as a light fluffy mix or even an inactive mix by adding more water.

• Doesn’t fill fish up due to being very light.

• Great for using on a Method Feeder, in shallow water on the pole of even mixed up sloppy and cupped in to create a fishattracting cloud.

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Sweet Smell of

Success Neil McKinnon is no stranger to catching big weights of F1’s and Skimmers, so who better to show you why the range is so good!

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Despite feeding all year round, even in the coldest of temperatures, F1’s can be amongst the hardest of fish to catch. The biggest downfall of an F1 is its sweet tooth! Both F1’s and skimmers are suckers for sweet fishmeal flavours. This is where the F1 range excels, the mix of both fishmeal and sweet flavourings pull fish from all over your swim.

BAIT GUIDE 2013 With the development of commercial fisheries, more and more pellets and fishmeal based baits are being used instead of the more traditional cereal based baits. The type of fishing for skimmers has changed dramatically and without using any fishmeal based baits; you run the risk of not doing enough to tempt the fish to your peg. This can spell disaster in a match.

There are a range of different baits in the F1 range, all having their purpose to tempt the finicky feeders.

“The first bait I reach for is the original groundbait. This light fluffy mix contains a mixture of fishmeal, finely crushed pellets and the all-important sweet flavouring. By simply adding 2 pints of water to the 2kg bag, mixing thoroughly and leaving for 30 minutes before riddling, the groundbait you’ll create is a simple easy to use groundbait for any skimmer or F1 session. A bit

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more water can be added to make the mix hold more particles such as dead maggots or casters and balled into your swim, or if you want the bait to be very active try adding less water to create a dryer mix. When fishing in the depths of winter or on natural, clear venues I’ll swap the F1 Groundbait for F1 Dark. This black mix makes the fish feed more confidently on the bottom in clearer venues without spooking fish from your peg.

I have various flavours of Soft Hooker Pellets in my carryall, among them the F1 Soft Hooker Pellets. I like to present a 4 or 6mm pellet on a size 16 or 18 hook when pole fishing for F1’s and skimmers. A single pellet fished over a bed of light fluffy groundbait has won me countless matches in the past with huge weights. Their soft texture is essential when the fish are hard to catch.

The F1 Feed Pellets are the perfect accompaniment to the groundbait.

Available in 2mm, 4mm and 6mm this will cover a huge range of situations. Whether you are softening 2mm’s for using on the Method, cupping in small amounts of pellets on a short pole line or regularly catapulting 6mm pellets when fishing the waggler, these pellets will give you an edge. I like to introduce 50-70 4mm pellets at the start of the session and top up with 5-10 every time I catch a fish.

Available in: • Supercrush Groundbait • Dark Supercrush Groundbait • Flavour Shaker • Liquid Flavour • ONE-to-ONE Paste • Fibre Paste • Band’um • S-Pellets (6mm & 8mm) • Soft Hooker Pellets (4mm, 6mm & 8mm) • Feed Pellets (2mm, 4mm & 6mm)

The original and best sweet fishmeal range, perfect for building big weights of F1’s and Skimmers.

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Des Shipp recommends Ed Warren recommends

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Liquid Flavour

ONE-to-ONE Paste

Pour the F1 Liquid over your pellets to give them a sweet coating that skimmers can’t resist.

ONE-to-ONE paste is extremely easy to mix and is my first choice when paste fishing for F1’s.

Groundbait The F1 Groundbait goes with me everywhere when F1’s and skimmers are the target.

Lee Edwards recommends

Flavour Shaker I use F1 Flavour Shaker to boost my groundbait, pellets and even to coat my hookbaits.

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Emma Pickering recommends ONE-to-ONE Paste

Neil McKinnon recommends

The ONE-to-ONE paste is extremely easy to mix. Great on the pole for skimmers

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Groundbait

Flavour Shaker

The groundbait is perfect for cupping in loose down the margins when after big carp.

I boost my meat with Tiger Fish Flavour Shaker to give me an edge in matches.

Also available in:

• S-Pellets (6mm & 8mm)

Tommy Pickering recommends

• Soft Hooker Pellets (4mm, 6mm & 8mm)

Already established as one of the most productive bait ranges in recent history.

• Feed Pellets (2mm, 4mm & 6mm)

Andy Findlay recommends

Des Shipp recommends

Band’um

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I have 100% confidence in the Tiger Fish Band’ums when using a Method Feeder.

Liquid Flavour Add Tiger Fish Liquid to the water you use to mix groundbait.

You’ll be amazed how good the results are!

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Fibre Paste I use Fibre Paste for fishing shallow on the pole with paste. A deadly tactic in summer.

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Spicy Meaty Method Mix

• Spicy Meaty Method Mix is an all-round groundbait perfect for targeting specimen fish such as carp, bream, tench and barbel.

It can be used in a number of different ways depending on the fishing situation.

• For use on the Method Feeder simply add two pints of water to the bag of groundbait and mix thoroughly, leave this for 45 minutes to allow the groundbait to fully absorb the water and riddle. It is equally suitable for use in cage feeders or can be balled in when mixed slightly dryer.

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“ Try using a bright pink Krill Band’um on a Method Feeder with Supercrush Dark. It makes the hookbait really stand out!

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a mixture of sing U Spicy Meaty Method Mix and Halibut Pellets has caught me huge amounts of fish this year. My No.1 choice of Groundbait.

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Supercrush Dark

• Its light fluffy consistency makes it perfect for a variety of methods when pole fishing. Try coating your luncheon meat in a dry mix for an extra kick or mix it really sloppy to create a cloud when fishing shallow on the pole.

• Mixed normally Supercrush Dark holds together until it reaches the bottom before breaking up to create a fine bed of particles on the bottom, holding fish in the swim for longer, giving you more chance of a bite!

• The blend of crushed pellets provides an excellent fishattracting aroma in your swim.

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Marine Halibut Groundbait

• A blend of crushed halibut pellets, crushed carp pellets and fishmeals which has been sieved to create a very versatile groundbait.

It can be used on a Method Feeder, in a cage feeder or simply balled in. It is equally at home on commercial carp venues or on rivers for barbel and bream.

• Because of its heavy nature it will also act as a carrier for other particles such as pellets or corn and gives off a very rich cloud of attractants creating a tight feeding area.

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It carries loads of particles and drives the fish into a feeding frenzy.

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Phil Spinks

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Exploding Fishmeal Feeder

A hemp and fishmeal based groundbait for the modern feeder angler that bursts from the feeder.

• A modern feeder mix which is based on hemp and fishmeal. Due to the particle sizes it explodes out of the feeder providing a perfect feeding area. The speed at which it comes out of the feeder means you can very quickly build a swim with regular casts.

• Exploding Fishmeal Feeder can be mixed quite dry which means that it will empty from the feeder even more quickly. It can be used as a straight mix or can be used for plugging the ends of your feeder when introducing other baits into the swim.

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Dutch Master Mix and Silver Crush Match are a superb range of European style, bread based groundbaits that have been designed to international match-winning standards.

Designed in conjunction with Arjan Klop and Arnout van de Stadt, some of Holland’s best match angler’s, along with Sonubaits’ top international match anglers, Des Shipp, Lee Edwards and Tommy Pickering; the Dutch Master Groundbaits are guaranteed to attract more fish to your swim. There are two different groundbaits in the range, each designed for different situations.

Dutch Master Feeder Mix Gold

Designed for feeder fishing on rivers, lakes and canals, the carefully blended formula in the groundbait ensures that it can be mixed in a multitude of ways to suit different fishing situations. The groundbait is excellent for use on deep venues due to how well it binds together, leaking off just enough particles to create a superb scent trail to the lakebed. For the best results just add water until you reach the desired consistency, leave the groundbait for 30 minutes to fully absorb the water, if you need to add more water to the mix at this stage then pass the groundbait through a riddle to remove the lumps and you are ready to fish.

The groundbait is made for use in an open-end or bullet feeder as it has the right texture and stickiness for this type of fishing. Plenty of particles can be packed into the mix such as hemp, casters or worms to build up a swim.

Silver Crush Match

Designed to be the perfect groundbait for targeting silverfish on a variety of venues from both rivers and lakes to canals and drains.

Silver Crush Match is a blend of various biscuits, seeds and spices that come together to produce a groundbait that silver fish can’t ignore. Silver Crush is very versatile, it can be mixed in different ways to produce different results, mixed slightly wetter it can hold lots of particles, such as maggots, casters and worms, mixed drier it is very fluffy and has lots of active particles.

Mixing Silver Crush is simple, just add water until the right consistency is reached, then leave to absorb for 30 minutes, add more water if required, riddle the groundbait and you are ready to fish! The perfect choice when silver fish are the target.

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METHOD PELLETS

Every angler has their own way of preparing Fin Perfect Feed Pellets for fishing. We’ve picked the brains of three top anglers to show how they prepare their pellets.

Get trying them and find the one for you.

stuck with one Des Shnyipwapys of preparing pellets in the past, but for the last rfecoupct leonoftheyePoarsleI’veor Me thod Feeder.

I’ve tried ma a thing of the past. Pe t makes soggy pellets tha e iqu hn tec f roo l-p foo

Fill your Bait Tub with 2mm Fin Perfect Feed Pellets.

Completely fill the bait il it tub with lake water unt overflows.

Bait Place the lid onto your will Tub – if it’s not tight it explode!

orb Leave the pellets to abs utes, water for around 20 min ugh. turning over half way thro

e The pellets should hav er and soaked up all of the wat k. resemble a bric

Run your hands through the pellets to break them up.

Lee Kerry

I always prepare my pellets in the same way. I’ve been doing this for a number of years and have lost count of the amount of bag of pellets that I’ve used in that time!

Pour the required amount into a bait tub.

Cover the pellets in water.

Leave the pellets underwater for one minute per millimetre of pellet.

Drain off the excess water and shake the pellets.

Leave to stand for 10 minutes.

Run the pellets through your hands or a riddle and they are ready for use.

Adam Wakelin

I prefer to wet my pellets bit by bit. This way I can’t fail to get them perfect every time.

Pour the required amount of pellets into a bait tub.

Place your hand in a bowl of water.

Run your hand through the pellets to coat them in water.

Fin Feed is available in:

1mm 2mm 4mm 6mm

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Leave the pellets to absorb the water.

Repeat the process until the pellets are just how you want them.

Perfect pellets every time.

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A Stiki Situation Andy Findlay is possibly the best commercial fishery angler in the country and when his brain starts ticking you know it won’t be long before a new idea is born.

When most people cast out with a Method Feeder they seem to think that all of their bait lands in a nice neat pile on the bottom every single cast. Unfortunately – I don’t! This was a problem that I needed to find a solution for. I want to know that on every single cast the pellets on my feeder are staying on until it reaches the bottom, concentrating the fish around the feeder, giving me the best chance of hooking a fish.

Since the introduction of the Banjo Feeder and Quick Cone Mould this is much more important. Having played with different products to try get the pellets to stick, I still wasn’t happy. The consistency of the sticking agents was not how I needed it, and spending time re-doing bait before a match is not ideal!

This is where the knowledge and expertise of Sonubaits came in handy. On my next trip to the office I

was greeted with an array of different powders and liquids to experiment with. With over 20 different products to test I was sure that something would do the job I needed. The final product didn’t just need to make the pellets sticky and increase my catch rate, it also had to be easy to use!

To cut a very long story short, I narrowed it down to a couple of the products that I had been given, that when used in a fishing situation, really made a difference and the most important part – they were consistent. With a few little tweaks, we came up with a product that worked every time and was simple to use!

I can now make perfect sticky pellets everytime I go fishing. It can even be used to make groundbait stickier, to stick maggots together or to make 2mm pellets into ball to get past the small fish more quickly.

How to: create THE PERFECT STIKI PELLETS

Empty a bag of 2mm Fin Perfect Feed Pellets into a bait tub

Using the spoon provided in the Stiki Pellet add 10 spoonfuls of water to the pellets

Stir the pellets to give them an even coating of water

Add one spoonful of Stiki Pellet to the pellets

Mix the pellets thoroughly and allow them to absorb the powder and water

After 10 minutes the pellets will be perfect and ready to use

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EXPANDERS Ever had problems with your expanders splitting and not staying on the hook? It may be down to your preparation. Here’s three top ways that the pros prepare their expanders.

How to: create the perfect expanders

tommy pickering Place the required amount of pellets into a shallow tray and cover with a splash of water

Attach the lid and pump until the indicator on the lid goes down

Understanding the structure of an expander pellet is the most important thing when it comes to pumping them for hookbaits. They have a hard honeycomb structure and are therefore brittle. If you take them straight from the bag, put them in a bait pump and remove the air this may cause some of the

honeycomb to implode on itself and fracture the pellet, unfortunately you will not be able to see it but they will be the ones that split when you try to hook them. The best avoid this is to soften them before pumping them, then as the air is removed the honeycomb structure flexes rather than breaking.

After 5 minutes, drain off any excess water and place the pellets in a storage bag

Place this in a fridge overnight to soak in all the water and soften the structure

Release the valve on the lid of the Bait Pump

If all of your pellets sink, remove the lid and drain off the excess water, repeat until they all sink

At your peg, fill the Bait Pump with water and add your softened pellets

Drain off the rest of the water, but leave them covered so that they don’t dry out.

The perfect expanders that won’t split

How to: CREATE COLOURED PELLETS

des shipp

Half fill the Bait Pump with water

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Add any colours or flavours and as many pellets as you think you will need

I like to colour and flavour my expander pellets to give me an edge over other anglers. A red expander can be deadly on days when others are struggling to get a bite of normal expanders. Its super easy to do and makes a big difference!

Put the lid on and attach the pump. Pump until it becomes hard to draw any more air out

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Once all the pellets are at the surface, release the air through the valve on the top. Repeat until all the pellets sink

Drain off the water leaving just enough to keep the pellets moist

Leave the pellets to absorb water until the centres are soft

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How to: create BIG FISH expanders

LEE EDWARDS

e into boiling Mix a sachet of Gelatinl for 5 minutes water and leave to coo

top of the Release the valve on thesink lets pel the let to pump

When fishing on a lot of lakes the carp go mad for expander pellets. The only problem is that there can be a lot of small fish in the lake that cause a problem.

These fish can pull the pellet off the hook

with the Half fill the Bait Pump gelatine water

in off any Remove the lid and dra er wat excess

without you even knowing. I’ve been using a little trick that makes my expander pellets much tougher for the small fish to pull them off the hook and gives me a much better chance of hooking a carp.

lets you Add the amount of pel n to the water require for your sessio

plastic bag Place the pellets into a overnight ge frid the in ce pla and

p until the Attach the lid and pum s down indicator on the lid goe

your peg By the time you reach -fish pellets you’ll have perfect big

Bait Pump

Ton-Up 6mm

.5ltr capacity Bait Pump, ideal for 0 preparing expander pellets, and introducing colours and/or flavours.

The lid features a vacuum indicator button that shows when the air has been removed and a month/ day indicator to show the age of the contents. The pump is also ideal for keeping casters fresh.

he expander of choice by T professionals, it is an expander pellet but with a much more uniform structure for perfect consistency when pumped. These are denser than a standard expander pellet, so can be fed into the swim with much more accuracy after they have been pumped.

Expanders F in Perfect Expanders are conveniently prepared in a Bait Pump and create the perfect soft pellet every time. They can easily be flavoured by adding our range of flavours to the water in the pump and they are equally effective as loose feed or on the hook.

Expanders are available in:

3mm 4mm 6mm 8mm

11mm

16mm

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E N O o t ONE PASTE

Traditionally, paste fishing has always been something only the more advanced angler could tackle with confidence.

ONE-to-ONE paste is very easy to mix; simply use the same amount of powdered paste mix and water. It really is that simple. Pour the water and dry ingredients into a bait tub and mix thoroughly, this creates a very sloppy mix, but have faith!

Simply leave it for 30 minutes and it will absorb all of the water and create the perfect paste for fishing on a pole.

The best way to use your paste is to take the size you would like to use and roll it into a ball, put your thumb in the middle to make an indentation and put the hook in the thumb print, fold the paste over the hook and mould round the hook, this is then ready to place in the pot.

Included in each bag of ONE-to-ONE paste is a free paste pot designed to ship out the paste on the pole. These have been designed by Andy Findlay

flavours Available: • Salted Nut Crush - NEW! • Supercrush Green • F1 • Tiger Fish • Krill to • Natural PASTE • Green

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and he recommends that you place a few Fin Perfect Feed Pellets in the bottom of the pot before shipping out to help feed your swim. This way, you’ll attract those big fish into your swim and be well on your way to a fantastic bag of fish.

ONE-to-ONE paste is available in several flavours, giving you more options on trickier venues where the fish have seen it all.

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FIBRE PASTE Can you cast paste up to 50 yards? You can with Sonubaits Fibre Paste.

When this product was founded, it revolutionised the art of paste fishing. Today, there are many more flavour varieties that give you more choice on tougher venues.

Whilst Fibre Paste has been specially designed for rod and line fishing, it’s also useful on the pole when margin fishing, or trying to trick mid-water fish that are being fussy. All of the problems you usually get with normal paste fishing will become a thing of the past, as you can cast Fibre Paste an extremely long way without it flying off the hook. It’s got a totally different texture. Unlike a standard paste – which goes very smooth when mixed – Fibre Paste ends up being very soft and fluffy, with a fibrous consistancy.

During the testing stages, Andy Findlay had 143lb at the Glebe Fishery the first time he ever used this paste and has since won using it on the feeder, and also as a midwater bait on sunny days.

There’s no need to mould it around a paste spring or shot. You simply pinch off a large piece and attach it directly to the hook. Leave it fluffy and rough around the edges, as the attractors within can release into the water much more easily.

With a fluffy bait that’s expanding and pumping out attraction, the fish will take it straight away. Fibre Paste leaks off tiny particles into the water, leaving a halo of attraction around your hookbait. Standard pastes simply cannot compete when fishing shallow or in a rod and line situation.

textured paste. We recommend you mix your paste up in tennis ball-sized batches. By leaving the paste for half an hour, you should achieve the perfect texture.

No longer will you have to worry about whether your paste is on the hook. You can fish with Fibre Paste confident that you have a durable bait that fish like to eat.

Fibre Paste will totally change the way you think about paste fishing.

Your first impressions are that the paste is full of larger particles rather than being fine like a standard paste, but when you add water, it totally transforms into a fibrous, stringy-

flavours Available:

NEW

• Salted Nut Crush - NEW! • Supercrush Green • F1 • Tiger Fish • Krill • Natural

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’ Band s m u

How much attention do you pay to the colour of your hookbaits? One simple change can make all the difference.

Band’ums For many years big carp anglers have written about the colour of hookbaits and how a simple change of colour can mean the difference between a bite and a blank. Many top match anglers are now taking note of this and realising the difference it can make in match catches. England Feeder Team manager, Tommy Pickering is one such angler that knows how important colour can be. Here are his thoughts on hookbaits.

“The Band’um Range is perfect when fishing with a Method Feeder, Pellet Feeder, Banjo Feeder or any situation where a bait band can be used. The durable consistency and dumbell shape means that they will

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stay on for a long time, so you can be confident that your hookbait is perfectly presented!

With a wide range of colours and flavours in the range it can be difficult to decide where to start. A top tip is to start with something bright. In coloured water this gives the fish more chance of spotting the hookbait amid the pile of feed. White Chocolate or Krill are good starting points.

Sometimes the fish just don’t want to pick up

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bright hookbaits and more natural pellet coloured hookbaits are by far the most effective. An F1 or Tiger Fish Band’um would then be my hookbait of choice.

Experimenting on the day will show which colour the fish want.

Sometimes two or three colours are needed to keep your catch rates high. Don’t be caught short with too few options – Be prepared, keep winning.”

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“ The Band’um Range is perfect when fishing with a Method Feeder, Pellet Feeder, Banjo Feeder or any situation where a bait band can be used.

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Semi-Buoyant Band’ums When fishing the Method Feeder you are creating an area of bait which fish will come to and suck the light groundbait or pellets from the feeder, along with the groundbait the hookbait should rise into the fish’s mouth and hook them.

Most hookbaits can be quite heavy and added to this the weight of the hook they will rise at a slower speed than the groundbait on the feeder and this can sometimes result in the hookbait not being taken. If a fish takes the feed from the Method Feeder without getting hooked then you will be fishing without any feed to attract the fish, so you need to be sure that every time a fish takes the Method Feeder, the hookbait and hook rises into its mouth.

Because of these observations we have developed the Semi-Buoyant Band’um. These are the same shape as the sinking version so they are ideal for a bait band which sits perfectly in the middle of the two slightly bulbous ends. These float, but as soon as you add the weight of a hook they will sink slowly, so when they are used in conjunction

with a Method Feeder they will counteract the weight of the hook, so becoming neutrally balanced, and sit just above the Method feeder as soon as the groundbait on the feeder starts to break down.

This means that as a fish sucks at the groundbait the Semi-Buoyant Band’um will rise easily, straight into the fishes mouth so you will get bites quicker and more regularly.

They have also been used with great success on a pellet waggler, because they sink slowly with the weight of a hook they take longer to fall through the feeding zone and therefore there is more time for the fish to take them.

Experiment with your pattern of hook to see which size best suits the bait, but most patterns between a size 16 and 10 will work perfectly.

SEMI-BUOYANT BAND’UM

BAND’UMS Available IN: • Pineapple

• Supercrush Green

• F1

• Strawberry

• Tiger Fish

• White Chocolate

• Krill • Salted Nut Crush

SEMI-BUOYANT BAND’UMS Available IN: • Pineapple

• Strawberry

• Krill

• White Chocolate

• Salted Nut Crush

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NEW

Semi-Buoyant Band’ums will rise easily so you will get bites quicker and more regularly

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Drilled Boilies Drilled Boilies have been developed to make hair rigging a boilie a quick and simple task. The kit is supplied with two Korum Quickstops on hook hairs, a Korum Quickstop Needle and enough boilies for a few good sessions catching plenty of fish.

Boilies are usually hair rigged and often when putting a baiting needle through them they will split or fracture causing them to be weak and come off the hair.

At Sonubaits we have eliminated that problem by pre-drilling the boilies for you and supplying them with two Korum hook hairs with Quickstops and a Quickstop needle making them even easier to use.

Drilled Boilies • Pre-Drilled boilies • Complete with two Korum Quickstops on hookhairs and needle

Pellet O’s Pellet O’s are a pre drilled hookbait pellet available in 4 flavours. Each tub contains enough hookbaits for a good number of sessions and also contains two Korum Quickstops pre tied on barbless hooks and a Quickstop needle so the hook can just be tied on and they are ready to be used. These have been very successful for carp and barbel.

Available IN: • Krill - NEW! • Spicy Sausage • Crab • Halibut

Sizes available 8mm & 12mm

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Available IN: • Pineapple • White Chocolate • Tutti Frutti • Krill

Sizes available 8mm & 10mm

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NEW Mixed Method Boilies Sizes included 8mm & 10mm

Mixed Method Boilies are the perfect hookbait for Method Feeder Fishing. Their durable structure makes them perfect for hair rigging or using with a bayonet. Because of their durability they are also ideal for use on the straight lead or bagging waggler. Their strong fluoro colours make them the perfect hookbait which feeding fish pick out.

Oozing Buoyant Boilies Oozing Buoyant Boilies are a new concept in match fishing, they are filled with high leakage feeding stimulators which creates a mist of attraction directly around the hookbait, and because they are buoyant the mist of feeding attraction that drops from the bait settles around the feeder. They are the perfect texture to be hair rigged or used with a bayonet.

Oozing Boilies • High Leakage colours and flavours attract big numbers of fish.

• Tough Durable texture perfect for hair-rigging • Irresistible to fish!

Each pack contains both 8mm and 10mm hand rolled baits, so the quality of them is second to none.

Available IN: • Pineapple • White Chocolate • Tutti Frutti • Krill

NEW Available IN: • Krill • Pineapple • Tutti Frutti

Size available 8mm

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Perfect

s-pellets Having to re-bait each cast when fishing with a feeder, bomb or waggler can waste valuable time during a match. You need a hookbait that won’t come off, but is still packed full of flavour - check these out…

S-Pellets Designed especially with rod-and-line in mind, the S-Pellets have a tougher texture than normal expander or Soft Hooker Pellets. They can be cast out using a feeder, bomb or waggler and reeled in on more than one occasion and still be as effective as the moment you hooked it.

The nutritionally balanced pellets are packed full of oil containing some of the best fish-attracting flavours that you can buy. Designed specifically to pull fish into your swim and trigger an aggressive feeding response, S-Pellets can be directly hooked or hair-rigged to suit your presentation.

Pellets you can match your hookbait to the feed that you’re using. A sure way to gain the fish’s confidence.

AVAILABLE IN: • Original • Strawberry • Hali Hooker

Sizes available 6mm, 8mm & 11mm

• Tiger Fish

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The S-Pellet feed has been designed to perfectly match the S-Pellet hookbaits. Available in 2mm and 4mm, S-Pellet feed is packed full of fish oils and fishmeal, just what the fish love!

Great for use on Method Feeders, through a cage feeder, in a PVA bag or even thrown in by hand around a waggler, they are guaranteed to pull fish into your peg.

• Krill Sizes available 2mm & 4mm

Sizes available 6mm & 8mm

Whether you’re using S-Pellet Feed, F1 Pellets, Tiger Fish Pellets or even Krill

fin's

• Monster Crab & Mussel

S-Pellet Feed

to get on the S-pellet 1. They are the perfect texture for hair rigging or using with a Quickstop 2. They can be used with a bait band 3. They are full of attractants which leak off into the water

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4. They can be side hooked 5. They are tough enough to not be pulled off by nuisance fish 6. They are perfect for Carp, Bream, Barbel and F1’s

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des shipp's top 6 reasons

Soft Hooker

PELLETS

These pellets are designed for pole fishing, they are the perfect soft texture which fish find irresistible, however not too soft or crumbly so they can withstand being shipped out, lifted and dropped and striking at fish.

to get on the Soft Hookers 1. They are tough enough not to come off lifting and dropping or striking at fish 2. Soft Hooker Pellets are the number 1 choice of our anglers when fishing the pole 3. They are perfect for Carp, Skimmers, F1’s and Bream 4. They are the perfect texture for hooking 5. They can be hair rigged or used with a bait band 6. They are full of attractants which leak into the water

They are soft enough to be side hooked and yet they are easy to strike through. They can be hair rigged and some of our anglers use them with a bait band so they can change baits quickly.

Some of our anglers like them even softer, so they take some of the pellets and have them in a small pot of water on their side tray and leave them there till they are ready to use them, this makes them really soft which means the hook will

pull through them very easily when striking into a fish. They will also add flavour into the pot of water which soaks into the soft hooker making it even more potent.

The great thing about the Sonubaits Soft Hooker Pellets is that you can match them to the type of feed pellet you are using. They are the only Soft Pellet that lots of the top team of Sonubaits anglers will use when pole fishing. Need to fish pellets on the pole – look no further!

Sizes available 4mm, 6mm & 8mm

Available IN: • Salted Nut Crush - NEW! • Tiger Fish • Supercrush Green • Fishmeal • F1 • Krill

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LIQUID Flavours This extensive range allows you to add extra flavour to groundbaits, pellets, maggots, meat and corn. The flavours can be used when preparing bait at home, or on the bank to give your bait an added advantage. These Liquid Flavours are particularly effective on heavily fished match venues as they will enhance the bait with a flavour which is highly soluble in water this disperses from the bait and brings fish to your peg.

• Salted Nut Crush - NEW! • Bream Feeder - NEW! • Halibut

• Monster Crab • Scopex • Tutti Frutti • Strawberry • Pineapple

• CSL • F1 • Supercrush Green • Tiger Fish • Krill

Get the best out of them!

SUPERCHARGE YOUR PELLETS

Pour the required amount of pellets into a plastic bag and squirt a small amount of your liquid flavour into the bag.

Give your Groundbait

a boost

Add your dry groundbait to a big Sonubaits Groundbait Bucket, put the required amount of water in a maggot tub.

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Easy – So you want to get an edge over the competition but don’t know how. . It’s winning keep to supercharge your pellets to give you that edge you need t. easy to do and is guaranteed to put a few extra fish into your keepne

Blow air into the bag and give the pellets a good shake. Allow the pellets to dry for a day, soaking in the liquid.

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The pellets will have drawn in loads of flavour to give you an edge.

Most match anglers simply open a bag, add some lake water and mix. It’s effective, but there’s an even better way to do it.

Adding liquid flavours will make you r feed draw more fish into the peg, hopefully getting you mor e bites and winning more matches. It’s easy to do but often overlooked.

Add a generous helping of your chose to the water and mix thoroughly to n liquid flavour disperse the flavouring.

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Add the water bit-by-bit to your groun reach the desired consistency. Leave dbait until you to absorb, then riddle the groundbait and you are ready to catch some fish!

Available IN:

An important part of a match anglers tactics

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Fin on

Flavour Andy Findlay is one of the country’s best commercial anglers, he is responsible for innovations such as the Flat Method Feeder, the Quick Cone and most recently the Banjo Feeder; he also knows a thing or two about bait.

In 2012 he experimented with Flavour Shakers, The Fin is a big fan of his fishmeal groundbaits and pellets as he believes that they work so well because of their natural flavours.

When Sonubaits launched the Flavour Shakers, three of them took my interest straight away as they would enhance any pellets or groundbaits because of their naturally intense fishy smell and taste. These were Super Octopus, Krill and Super Fish, all of them having a unique smell and taste.

I could see a multitude of uses for enhancing pretty much all of the baits I use. When fishing one of my summer method mixes which is 1 pint of 1mm Fin Feed, 1 pint of 2mm Fin Feed, 2 pints of Green ONE-to-ONE Paste and 2 pints of water, I now add in a good shake of Super Octopus Flavour Shaker to the dry mix probably about 1/4 of a jar. This really increases the potency of the mix creating a much stronger fishy flavour.

Flavour Shakers are also really good for adding to paste to increase their pulling power. I am really happy using ONE-to-ONE Paste, it is very simple to mix, adding one part water to one part powder but I now add the Krill Flavour Shaker to the paste mix to really enhance the fishmeal content, how much you add is up to personal preference but I really like to boost the

paste so add quite a lot, it does make the paste slightly softer and not bind as well which I like, but if you need something a little firmer for the paste just add the Flavour Shaker to 50:50 Method and Paste as this makes a stiffer paste.

When fishing paste I often put some 4mm pellets in the bottom of the paste pot, this helps to feed the swim and also helps the paste come out of the pot without sticking. To dampen the pellets which helps them sink straight away I put some Octopus Flavour Shaker in with the water I am going to use, this flavours the water which is then absorbed into the pellets enhancing the fishmeal flavour of the pellets and matching it in with the paste that will go on top.

The Salted Nut Crush Flavour Shaker is my new favourite for using down the edge, I mix a whole pot with a bag of Tiger Fish Groundbait and cup it in, as soon as the big tails start appearing it is time to go in and really boost your weight at the end of the match.

All fish like to eat fishmeal pellets and groundbaits, this is probably because they see and eat them every day, and they have become an essential part of their diet especially on commercials, so creating an enhanced fishmeal Method Mix, paste or pellets is just a logical progression to catch more fish.

Available IN: • Salted Nut Crush - NEW! • F1 • Tiger Fish • Spicy Sausage • Super Fish • Super Krill • Super Octopus • Super Seaweed

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Paste Pellets

These pellets are made from paste and so have all the properties and advantages of paste but in pellet form.

• They can be squeezed and moulded to any shape required, and wrapped round baits and because they are made from paste they are easy to hook or hair rig.

• There are seven flavours available in the range:

- Bacon Grill - Halibut

- Fishmeal - Supercrush Green

- White Fish - Catmeat

- Krill - NEW!

are a great “ Paste Pellets carp hookbait.

Andy Findlay

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Accessories T-Shirts • Be a Sonubaits angler with a 100% cotton Polo Shirt with an embroidered logo on the front and back.

• Available in L, XL, XXL

Caps • One size fits all

Towel • Ideal to keep your hands clean and dry when out on the bank • Size: 80 x 45cm

NEW Luncheon Meat Cutter

• For perfectly cubed luncheon meat there is nothing better than the Sonubaits Meat Cutters.

• They cut the luncheon meat to the same uniform sized cubes making them perfect for feeding and hooking.

• Available in 6mm, 8mm and 10mm.

(Supplied with spare wires.)

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buckets and bowls Bucket Set • With all groundbaits it is important to mix them well and then riddle them, this will give you the best results.

• Provided in the bait bucket set are; a mixing bucket, a bowl, a riddle and a lid.

• This is everything you need to mix groundbait well and take to your peg.

• The lid clips in place under the handles providing a good fit; it also has a zip in the lid so you can use the groundbait without removing the lid.

Bagging Bucket • A 5 Litre bucket with a removable inner tray that clips securely into place.

• The tray is ideal for keeping pre-tied PVA bags or PVA Sticks and pots of pop-ups.

• The bottom is ideal for keeping the Bag and Stick mix or pellets.

Groundbait Bowls Spodding Bucket • A 16 Litre bucket with a removable inner tray that clips securely into place.

• The tray is ideal for keeping Spods and a mixed groundbait to use as a plug when spodding.

• The bottom is perfect for a spod mix.

• Groundbait bowls are ideal for mixing smaller quantities of groundbait and do not take up as much space as a mixing bucket.

• When mixing a groundbait in a bowl it is important to mix it well and then rub it between your hands to remove any lumps.

• Available in Small and Large.

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