Best Flavours/Oils for Deadbait

I want to start spicing my deadbait up, whats the best Flavors/Oils to use, do certain flavours/Oils get better results in different seasons of the year.

hi caveman

i tried alot last year with different oils, tuna, hallibut, smelt, predetor plus, you name it i tried it............. did it make a differnce? who knows.
but to be honest, the best and cheapest oil i found, was in morrisons , good old fish sauce

salmon oil
all year round.

dave78 wrote:hi caveman

i tried alot last year with different oils, tuna, hallibut, smelt, predetor plus, you name it i tried it............. did it make a differnce? who knows.
but to be honest, the best and cheapest oil i found, was in morrisons , good old fish sauce

"is that the stir fry stuff"

I'v read, mixing the oil or flavor with milk, 50/50, it suppose to help the additives disperse better and creates a visible cloud, also inserting an Alka -Saltzer tablet into the dead bait, the fizzing of the tab makes the bait twitch, especially popped up bait, you ever tried it?

Theres only one oil I'd put on a Deadbait and its these;

http://www.eddieturner.co.uk/pike-tackle/Oils-20-1

The Best.

Do i oils make a difference ?? who knows!! but if it give you confidence to use it then use it .
I have to say i,ve not seen any significant difference in results and to be honest it would be difficult to say whether is does, but is can,t hurt to have oils releasing into the flow to hopefully draw the predator to your bait ,but just make sure its a winterised oil

cavemandom wrote:

dave78 wrote:hi caveman

i tried alot last year with different oils, tuna, hallibut, smelt, predetor plus, you name it i tried it............. did it make a differnce? who knows.
but to be honest, the best and cheapest oil i found, was in morrisons , good old fish sauce

"is that the stir fry stuff"

the very same stuff, i've found it as strong and oily as any branded oil , and great value for money.
also, i sometimes fish a maggot feeder rather than a lead, filling it with chopped fish and injected with oil, just to add scent into my swim, again, might not make a differnce, but gives me hope

i use chopped up rabbit livers and chopped up sardines in an open ended feeder and found this to work well

oils dont really work as an attractor they are not soluble in water
most oils in bait are there for food value
they do have a use though with dead baits bar the extra food value

if anything disturbs your bait added oil certainly alerts you to it

anyway my oil of choice
http://www.robinsons-uk.com/products/ProductDetail.asp?ProductCode=76206&campaign=Basefeed

you can get it cheaper that is just the shop near me
also check out the codlivine

any old hands at carping remember that one

Emulsified, water soluble oils do.

AndyOBrien. wrote:Emulsified, water soluble oils do.

do you use oils Andy?

ive heard he uses a lot of baby oil

cavemandom wrote:

AndyOBrien. wrote:Emulsified, water soluble oils do.

do you use oils Andy?

true and how many of those are there?

consider this as well most emulsifiers that can be used are not the nicest of chemicals (nutrabaits use only one emulsifier for that reason) and also rely on temprature in a good few cases

use oils it wont do you any harm but think and really think about what they do achieve

flaavours on the other hand especially EA ones work as an attractor weather for pike (when piking this) or on silver fish that then attract pike ive no idea and couldnt prove one way or another

cavemandom wrote:

AndyOBrien. wrote:Emulsified, water soluble oils do.

do you use oils Andy?

Yes, I use Eddies oils on most of my deads.