I became a student at my opportunity to fish for Giant Siamese Carp and I took good notes.
It takes takes 5 ingredients to make this Carp bait: Lum (which is rice husks ground to a fine flour), cooked corn, cake, buttermilk flavoring, and water.
You start with the cake. It’s almost like old donuts; not too sweet but very cake-like.
Then you add the Lum with the cake.
Work this in really good. Lum gives the bait the stickiness you need.
Then add some freshly cooked corn. This stuff was still steaming in the pale.
Work it altogether good.
Next, add the buttermilk flavoring. I suppose you could throw it on the griddle and have some pancakes if you’re hungry too.
I know my fishing knots but this one was new to me and it holds well. This is 50 lb. mono to my 80 lb. braid. He then took a lighter to the tag ends and created a nice little ball on the end.
This was our bait feeder with a 3/0 Gamakatsu tied on the end.
Then don’t forget the foam balls on the hook. This is the essense of the system. The bait ball goes to the bottom and begins its desinigration process while the hook is suspended by the foam balls right where the fish is feeding on the bait particles coming off. It is very ingeneous.
Start packing the ball really tight.
When it is about the size of a cantelope and about 2 lbs. in weight then you are ready for the cast. This won’t cast far but 10 yards is plenty good.
Then set your bait clicker, sit and wait for the fight of your life.
