Well not totally new as Its probably been done before.
But I have mixed up a nice groundbait for tomorow (breaming again at the Tamar lake) using a mix of ground vitalin and ground coarse rabbit food. The rabbit food is an interesting addition as it contains lots of pulses, grains, grass pellets and biscuits and vegetable matter which give it a nice organic feel.
As discussed, careful preparation is needed as it seems to contain quite a high content of molasses and its also quite protein rich.
But its nothing that a good blender, sieve and maggot riddle wont sort.
It also takes a fair bit longer to absorb than the biscuit or fishmeal based groundbaits, but this isn’t a problem as most of the time we need inert groundbait and mix it well before is needed.
I have also worked out that if you need more attraction all you have to do is add a small handful of the dry mix to the wetted mix, and it makes it more active.
A nice by product after the initial sieving once blended is a residue of coarse particles. These could also have good usage and i can see once wetted down they could be added in case you need the mix to contain some bigger particles.
Another obvious advantage is cost, both these products can be obtained for as little 60-90p per kilo, perfect if you intend to use a fair bit. 😀
I can see it being popular on the commercials as well, especially with the growing popularity of groundbaiting down the edge.
Its also a much better alternative to fishmeal, which lets face it, is only going to get more expensive.
So there we have it, the proof as they say is in the pudding so we shall see how it performs tomorrow, im going for the big uns 😀
TF_thedog.
