Skrettings Elite trout pellets

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- 02/03/2016 at 9:53 am #60124
  TF_Dishyfish
  Hi all,
  
  Just recently I purchased some of these pellets from the company pure pellet. First thing I noticed was they were very dark more like a Halibut pellet colour.
  
  Not to be deterred I opened the bag to have a better look and a smell, this again surprised me as they didn’t have that nice fishy smell normally associated withe these pellets.
  
  Apparently this is due to Skrettings trying to elimate fishmeal from their pellets for marine conservation whether thats true I don’t know. So now they use a mix of fish,veg oils and land animal proteins, probably the reason why they are much darker and why the smell is totally different.
  
  So I would just like to enquire has anybody else encountered this and more to the point if so, do the fish still like them 🙂
  
  I must admit it’s more the smell that’s has me casting a doubt over them, so maybe need to add a flavouring of some sort.
  
  On another note can anyone recommend maybe another slow sinking brand in bulk not Coppens or the course Skrettings I haven’t seen a batch which don’t float.
  
  Any advise will be appreciated especially on the Elites.
  
  Many thanks.
- 02/03/2016 at 1:25 pm #175781
  TF_JohnH
  Did you describe these correctly? Trout pellets are banned on pretty much every major commercial I can think of.
  Coppens seem to have replaced Skrettings coarse pellets (due to these floating).
- 02/03/2016 at 1:52 pm #175782
  TF_Dishyfish
  Hi JohnH,
  
  Yes, I did describe them correctly. I should of mentioned in my last post that the two venues i fish don’t have a ban on these pellets.
  
  I do alot of pellet waggler fishing and found the coppens in the 8ml apart from being on the big size sink like stones and the Skrettings course ones float.
  
  The Elites don’t have that much of an oil content 20% when you consider some anglers smother the course ones in oil to make them sink.
  
  Just really interested in if anyone used these newer darker ones (venues permitting) and if so, have you still caught using them.
  
  Waiting on a reply from skrettings regarding the farm yard smell 🙂
- 03/03/2016 at 9:55 am #175784
  TF_JohnH
  I agree the Coppens 8mm are huge, I tend to use the 6mm. They do sink quicker than the old Skrettings ever did. You would be surprised how far the 6mm will go. Lee Kerry did an interesting feature on pellet wag emphasising that its more about accurate feeding, casting and depth than casting to the horizon and spraying pellets everywhere!
  Maybe small is better!
  One other small point I read somewhere that tiger nut pellets are the slowest sinkers so if rules allow I use these for hookers and put some in the feed too..
- 04/03/2016 at 1:17 am #175780
  Anonymous
  Not sure its about marine conservation and more that Skrettings have found that reducing the fishmeal from 30% to 15% is better for farmed Trout. Probably cheaper too! The darker colour is likely to be more/extra ash beng used than in the past. Not sure about the strange smell. Check the use by date to make sure the pellets have not gone off.
  
  Not sure what the issue is with your Skretting 8mm course pellets. However, soaking them in cold water for 30 seconds. Then draining the water off and leaving for 20 minutes should solve the problem of any pellets still floating. This should also mean that you can feed further and/or more acuralely as the pellets are a little heavier. I would not worry about the wetted down carp pellets sinking too quickly. A trout pellet is likely to sink much faster than a wetted down course pellet of a similar size.
- 04/03/2016 at 8:12 am #175759
  TF_Double Blank
  Be better if we could add Pellets to the “Blown Methods” thread on this site……IMO of course.
  
  Skrettings have always been poor, stay away from them until they consistently sink, our seagulls are fat as pigs, but great fun when your mate catches one….accidently
- 04/03/2016 at 10:30 am #175761
  TF_Dishyfish
  Hi,
  
  Thank you for all your replies, I’ve made a few phone calls and now my issues have been sorted. In the mean time this was the email I received from Skrettings and makes interesting reading.
  
  Many thanks for your enquiry regarding our Elite Trout pellets. The pellets do contain fishmeal in them but it is the addition of Land Animal Products (bloodmeal etc) that darken the products in colour. Whilst there has been a change in the formulation of the pellet, the nutritional content of the pellet is the same as before. From a fishes point of view there is no problem with using a variety of ingredients as long as the pellet contains all the dietary requirements that it needs.
  
  As such, you will do no harm in introducing these pellets in to a Carp fishery and your catch rate should not be affected but may actually increase as blood meal is a superb attractant and highly digestible to many cyprinid fish.
  
  Regards,
  
  Steve Wood
  http://www.skrettingfishfeeds.co.uk
- 07/03/2016 at 8:16 am #175757
  TF_JohnH
  Surely they must know most carp fisheries will not allow trout pellets?
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