Make Boilies

Boilies are paste or dough boiled to use as fishing bait. Most tackle shops carry a large variety of boilies, which come in different flavors, colors, and sizes. You can find several forms of boilies, including ready-made shelf life, frozen bait, or homemade boilies. If you enjoy fishing for carp, tench, and bream, you may want to consider making your own boilies.

Things You'll Need

  • 2 cups of dry dog food
  • Blender or food processor
  • 2 cups of soy flour
  • 2 bowls
  • 4 eggs
  • 4 teaspoons of oil
  • 1 teaspoon of crushed pineapple
  • Spoon or spatula
  • Timer
  • Water
  • Pot
  • Draining or slotted spoon
  • Sandwich bags, jars, or containers

Steps

  1. This is how to make the paste for pineapple-flavored dog food boilies.
  2. Dump 2 cups of any flavor of dry dog food in your blender or food processor.
  3. Blend the dog food until it becomes powder. You may need to pulse a few times for the dog food to really get powdery.
  4. Add 2 cups of soy flour, which is high in protein. You can also use semolina, rice, corn or white flour as a substitution for the soy flour.
  5. Mix the dry ingredients together and pour the mixture into a bowl. Set it aside in a place where it won't get knocked down.
  6. Crack 4 eggs into your blender.
  7. Put 4 teaspoons of oil in the blender. You can use corn, grapeseed, soy or vegetable oil for this recipe.
  8. Add 1 teaspoon of crushed pineapple.
  9. Blend all the wet ingredients until smooth.
  10. Pour the wet ingredient mixture into a clean bowl and set it aside.
  11. Slowly add the dry mixture to the wet mixture. Continue stirring and adding dry ingredients until you reach a cooked-oatmeal consistency.
  12. Set the paste aside for about 5 minutes. The dry ingredients should soak up some of the moisture.
  13. Check the consistency and add more dry mixture to the paste if it looks too gummy. You want dough that you can comfortably handle. Add the dry mix in small amounts. If the dough consistency gets too dry, it will crumble, making it impossible to roll the dough into balls.
  14. Form boilie balls from the paste. Make sure you make the correct size!
  15. Pinch a small section of paste and roll it between your hands to form a small ball. The ball should be the size of a marble and no larger than the diameter of a dime.
  16. Continue to roll balls until you finish rolling the entire batch of paste.
  17. Fill a large pot about 3/4 full with water and boil it.
  18. Drop about 20 balls at a time into the boiling water and continue to boil for about 2 minutes.
  19. Remove boilies from the boiling water with a draining or slotted spoon. It is much like taking dumplings out of soup!
  20. Lay the boilies flat and allow them to air dry for about 2 hours.
  21. Store boilies in sandwich bags, jars or containers.
  22. If you aren't planning to use the boilies in the next few days, you can freeze them until you're ready to use them.
  23. Take the boilies out of the freezer to thaw the night before your fishing trip.

Tips

  • You can easily change the boilie recipe by adding a little Jello powder, Kool-Aid powder, sugar, jelly, honey, or syrup. Carp like the sweet and sour taste, along with salty and spicy flavors. Use your imagination when creating these recipes.
  • Soak your boilies in water prior to putting them on the hook. Carp seem to like boilie bait better when it's wet.

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