Jakdemo8 1 Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 G'day guys. I'm looking into making my own burley blocks, I'm sure alot of you also do this. Just wondering what are some things you do and don't mix up to put in there? Not asking for your secret mixes either B)At the moment I'm just using tuna oil with pellets but wouldn't mind putting some fish frames to use and also freezing blocks for the surf. I'm mainly chasing mullet, whiting, snook, salmon and snapper from the kayak. Thanks a lot guys Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catch fillet release 22 Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 pilchards are a mustwhiting,snapper,salmon snook lov'em , plus theyre oilly.i use black n gold ''pilchards in jelly'' cat food with pelletscfr 4THALOVE and Damo67 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rooboy123 9 Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Pillies for sure. If you can grind up your fish frames I would use them too. Especially tommies and salmon, that have good blood and oil. Depending on the target species and where you use the blocks, old bread, cat biscuits black and gold cat food, can also go in!! 4THALOVE 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Damo67 6 Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 I made up some last year . froze them in poly pipe cut to length to fit in burley cage.Ingredients wereWhiting heads and framesgarfish fillets, heads, framesWhiting nuggetstuna oil pilliestommiessquidcurry powderaniseedred mulletbreadall ground up with a hand mixer 4THALOVE 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
4THALOVE 45 Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 aniseed oil is a good one to put in for mullet and gar and worth getting some berkley ultrabite berley mix in the powder form and mix that in aswell cheers and good luck 4THA trihull and Damo67 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jakdemo8 1 Posted August 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Beauty. Cheers guys. Do squid heads or guts have much of a scent to them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotare 491 Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 The squid heads will be in fine, in fact chuck any type of food in the mix, it doesn't really matter. The cheap (black & gold) style dry dog and cat food grinds up nicely too and helps increase the volume of your burley mix too. When I make up a batch of burley I just go through the cupboards and freezer and pull out any food stuff that's out of date and add to any old bait and burley I have, as well as adding a nice amount of tuna oil. I really don't think most fish are overly concerned as to what exactly is in the burley. So long as it sends out a scent and visually has some bit's and pieces floating in it, you will have fish sniffing it out and swimming up through the trail. 4THALOVE 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kayak Noob 76 Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Last time I made a fried rice with prawns in it, i bought the big raw king prawns and shelled and deheaded them myself. I froze all the shells and scraps, and chucked them out next time I went out to the lake for some Bream. A big school of KGW whiting turned up and we scored 7 before they demolished all the prawn shells and disappeared. So if you eat prawns or anything like that keep the scraps and mix them in. Nothing goes to waste either which is another plus 4THALOVE 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Savagelip 4 Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 made a shit load of berley bloks, ready for them snappers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
King prawn 9 Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Depending on what your targeting, but if you are chasing bottom fish substitute tuna oil and aniseed oil with ( this May sound crazy ) but FISH SAUCEthis doesn't float ! So if your targeting snapper the fish sauce stays at the bottom and drifts along instead of just floating to the surface ? I was shown this trick bout three year ago and it made a substantial difference to my catches Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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