Boilies

[stringfellow]

A French friend wants me to pick up a collection of Boilies - he is a keen angler and ideally would buy in bulk. Any suggestions what to buy and where? I'm a sea angler first so have little interest/knowledge in such things. Travelling back to the continent next weekend so any advice appreciated asap
ta

[steveclem]

Assuming your pal hasn't stipulated any particular brand I would suggest contacting Frank at Catcherbaits.co.uk or Gary at Poacherbaits.co.uk.
Bulk buying from the independent suppliers normally ensures a better deal than from the big companies such as Mainline or Richworth.

[stringfellow]

Thanks Steve, I'll call them - anyone else have any suggestions?

[blankerman]

how about halibut pellets:thumbs:

[wriggitt]

dosent tell you where to buy them from but gives a good idea of what type of boilie to get.


http://www.fishingmagic.com/news/article/mps/UAN/2723/v/3/sp/366537254396206899518

[marc portch]

Hi Stringfellow,

is the water he is fishing a "known" water ie Cassien, Orient etc?

if it is there is likely to be info on the web about the type of boilies to best go for and the typical amount of feed for the water. (it used to be where piling in the bait worked but that was a long time ago now..most french lakes respond to more normal UK type baiting nowadays i believe)

I would personally steer well clear of shelf life boilies and go for freezer baits instead.

as advised, i would contact several of the dealers and get prices...it is hard to buy crap freezer bait nowadays due to market competition.

hope this helps.

Marc

[stringfellow]

Thanks for the advice so far
I am not sure where he fishes but he lives alongside the River Vienne in SW France. I know of carp to over 50lb being caught in the area - it is dammed every so often for hydro power and catfish of gargantuam proportions-well toward 200lbs!! I'll post a pic soon

[Taz36]

That's a serious Moggy!!!!!!!!!!!!

[marc portch]

that is a big catfish !

do you know when that was caught?

and did it go back in?

[SuperBassMaster]

dont look like it did but id say that fish has gotta be pushing 200lbs!!

[marc portch]

even if the bloke is short..say 5 1/2 ft...the fish is still getting on for 8-9ft.

it should be 180lbs + at that length but the fish's stomach is totally empty

I have had 160lbers myself at 8ft, with empty stomachs.

generally the fish looks a bit thin and long.

big fish though...especially for France

[Gremlin76]

A French friend wants me to pick up a collection of Boilies - he is a keen angler and ideally would buy in bulk. Any suggestions what to buy and where? I'm a sea angler first so have little interest/knowledge in such things. Travelling back to the continent next weekend so any advice appreciated asap
ta

hi mate how many bags did you want i have a job lot of old shop stock all still in date which i need to shift

pm me if you still need some

Ben