I’m sure this bait boosting technique works in many variations and the following guide is just one possibility and a personal preference using some specific Dynamite products that work perfectly for me.

What you need:

• A cooker, a kettle and some water
• 26mm boilies (in my case “The Source” and “The Crave” do the business)
• Liquids (The Source, The Crave, Marine Halibut hookbait dip and CSL)
• Groundbait (in my case Marine Halibut)
• 2 empty pots made of a thick enough material (thinner materials will become deformed by the hot water – therefore I personally use an empty pop-up or paste pot)

Step 1:

Put some boilies in one of the empty pots and boil some water. Then fill the hookbait-pot with the hot water so that the boilies are completely covered.

Step 2:

Let it brew for around 5 minutes. Now the cells of the outer boilie layers are opened again and ready for deep soaking.

Step 3:

After removing the hot water from of the pot, add the liquids…

Step 4:

Close the lid of the pot and shake it like a “professional bartender” before leaving it to soak for at least one or two weeks. It also works with shorter soaking times, but after one week I can be sure that the liquids are penetrated to the core of the bait.

Step 5:

After the soaking time is up empty the liquid into a spare pot (this way you can re-use the liquids).

Step 6:

Add some groundbait and a small amount of The Source or The Crave liquid, close the pot and shake it again.

Step 7:

The “Sludge-Bomb” is born and ready for attracting some monster carp.

Using this bait I’ve managed to catch the first two carp over 20kg from a local gravel pit and both within the last 4 weeks. I had to wait for 8 YEARS to net my first 20kg+ fish on this venue – and then I land two in a month – unbelievable!

52lb 7oz common

49lb 10oz

Tight Lines

Alex “Sludge” Hager