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Herb shelflife, as good as the frozen version? On a par with DNA for instance?
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In reply to Post #1106
Evening everyone.
We are just about to embark on a 10 day shutdown.
It has been a very busy two months and we all need a break so the whole factory is closing down for a short while. If you were thinking about placing an order it will have to wait for early September and I have no doubt that the first week back is going to be nothing short of more chaos 😂
But we will do our best and get lots more bait ready as soon as we can.
I keep meaning to come on here and share some mega carp but I guess you can see them on our social media if you want to.
I don’t look here as much as I used to but I will keep replying to your messages when I see them.
Tight lines for now 😉
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In reply to Post #1105
Very well spotted or sniffed
Your nose will get tuna
Squid
And the spice comes from a bird food that not many will have put in a large scale bait 😉
One of my favourite ingredients!!
Interestingly those little 12mm pop ups are working for a huge amount of anglers out there.
They are made with the basemix in them which for me is a huge edge!
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Properly used the skipjack for the first time today.
One rod on a popup one on a bottom bait.
Fished 2 quite different swims and had 7 runs in 8 hours, 5 landed all on the matching popup. No muck or glugs just around freebies.
The stuff proper stinks after being out of the freezer for a bit I swear there's a low level of an oriental spice in there, but none of that matters really because on this water today, it's really done the job. I'm one happy new handcraft customer 👍
Just hoping for one more run before home time 🙂
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In reply to Post #1103
Well done lads and glad the service was spot on!
We have sent out a lot of bait and hookbaits this week and I hope it all arrived safely!
Even managed a few carp myself today….. little herb Wafters, royal supremes and a mix of herb and skipjack 12mm produced two corkers!
Loads of carp coming out again this week 😉
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In reply to Post #1102
More to the point then will catch fish. Just had a great session on my syndicate that is fishing hard, Deep C and Almond wafters with small pva mesh bags of pellets did the job for me when most people on the lake were struggling
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Ordered 3 tubs of hookbaits a couple of days ago. Delivered next day. All 3 smell right, look right and all I need to do is put em in the right place. Great service and quality gear.
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In reply to Post #1099
Cheers gav just made my life harder lol . Just placed a small order for the herb to try next weekend , i already tried and tested for you in the earlie stages tho last year the squid , so i give the herb ago next weekend then make my mind up and place a big order for france next month.
Thanks mate
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In reply to Post #1099
Get on the super squids …….  
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In reply to Post #1098
Afternoon all!!
Apologies I have been mowing grass round the lakes all day today and sorting out a minor flood in our unit after a storm!
Skipjack or herb?
So so difficult to answer this. I love them both and my customers do too! Skipjack is very different to any other squid/tuna bait that I have ever seen (never seen one with actual tuna in commercially) and it’s already produced some mega fish.
Herb needs no introduction and I guess that if you judge it on results alone then Herb has 3 years of proof behind it whereas skipjack is the new boy with big shoes to fill!
My lads who use and promote it fairly are all blabbering on about the skipjack and how they never thought they would use anything other than herb until I gave them the squid!
Both very good
Both made with really nice different things in compared to a lot of baits out there.
Tricky choice to make isn’t it! Let’s ask this again in a years time 😂
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In reply to Post #1097
I would suggest using messenger as I have had many a conversation with them out of hours via that method of contact
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In reply to Post #1096
You might be better off copying that message and putting it in an email to the Handcraft team. You'll get a reply very quickly there during office hours. Gav doesn't check here consistently as he's usually swamped in tuna fish and other assorted bits and pieces lol.
info@handcraftbaits.co.uk
Good luck on your trip.
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Hows the skip jack comparing to the herb at min catch wise.
Im off to france in a month and fishing a 10 acre lake that only started fishing 2 years back and was untouched for 20 years . Stock been added 2 so there in there and used 2 boiles now but there lot naturals food in there crayfish etc .
Im thinking big c and the squid pop ups but need a a feed bait .
So out of the skip and herb.
Gav lend a hand ?
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In reply to Post #1094
When will skipjack be available in 12mm
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In reply to Post #1093
I do like the smell of the finished bait but my god it stinks when I’m blending the hydros, flavours, tuna fish and garlic…..makes me gag 😂
I’m also not keen on tuna sarnies anymore 😩
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Handcraft hookbaits.
#1108 23 Aug 2024 at 5.05pm
