Post up your favorite packbaits/method mixes! I'll be adding to this thread every time I make a different one so stay tuned.

Tomorrow's mix: Grits base with hemp seed, cream corn & karo syrup as binders with Monster energy drink and CarpPro #3 flavoring.





(this is the "before" image. I'll post the "after" image tomorrow morning when I actually mix it all together)

Putting this thread in my watched list.

Hopefully we get some contributors! I know there's not a terrible amount of people posting here nowadays but we may get lucky. As often I fish I'll be posting quite a few!

Packs like a dream, and breaks down quickly to boot!

I�ve had great luck with panko, whole kernel corn (almost no juice) and chili powder.

Everything I�ve tried making ends up more like a doughball and doesn�t break down like it should.

I�d love to get a good recipe with mixing amounts and instructions. Falcon Lake went up and the carp are in the shallow flooded grass. I�ve caught several but I can't throw my canned corn far to chum the area good. My biggest was 5#6 but I�ve seen tails out farther that were 8-9� tall!

Tried and true method is a bucket of old fashioned oats, a can of cream corn and a can of whole kernel corn, no juice. Add whatever flavoring you like.

The secret to a perfect pack is to get it just wet enough so that you can mold it to any shape but just dry enough to where after molding it you can roll it around it your hands and it will return to its original state. Just like chumming, when adding liquid/binder to pack you can only add, not remove. Go a little bit at a time and give it some time to absorb as well. What may feel not wet enough could actually absorb enough moisture if you let it sit for 15-30min or so. Once you get the feel for it you can experiment and go crazy. Personally I prefer not to use an exact recipe as I feel it's too limiting.

I tend to use the same pack bait all the time and diversify as needed. The basic ingredient ratio is 4 cups of soybean meal to 1 cup of cream corn. From there I'll add a variety of things simply based on mood.. lol.. such as a bit of grits, ground up fish food, bird seed (cooked first!), ground up range cubes, maybe a few ground up boilies, etc.

For flavoring, if I'm strictly carp/buffalo fishing I'll add strawberry, pineapple flavoring, maybe some jello, etc. I also use European methods to target catfish so if I'm cat'n instead of the sweet flavors I'll add fish oils such as halibut, sardine, a few ground up bream, etc, etc. But as I've said before I've caught a few nice Buffs on more fishy scents, so I'll be exploring more fishy flavors when I fish some big buff waters in the near future.

I also launch a few packbait balls near my hook baits from time to time. Plus if it's a larger body of water I'll chum the area with corn, pellets, bird seed, etc, etc. One thing I've found out over the years is, I apparently enjoy feeding the fish as much as I do catching them.

Ground up range cubes? How do you accomplish that? I usually just go at it with a sledgehammer but it's not worth the effort IMO. LOL, I like feeding the fish too, I just don't like the drive!

Tomorrow's mix: Oats and bread crumb base with sweet feed, cream corn and whole kernel corn as binders, and a bit of chili powder for flavoring. PS, the new bucket is because I still have some of my other mix left over that I'll be using tomorrow as well. Sour bait isn't necessarily a bad thing!



(the Meat U Anywhere cup is the sweet feed, I used two cup fulls)



As before, this is just the dry ingredients. I'll post up the completed mix in the morning!

New Carpers, take note. He's using old fashioned oats, not quick oats. quick oats will make a packbait that holds together like concrete and wont break down over time.

Yep, and in my opinion oats are one of the easier baits. One of the most effective as well, my PB buff and PB common both came on this very mix!

Come to think of it, all of the PBs currently listed on my signature came on this mix. Crazy!

Range cubes like you mentioned, take the longest I add a bit of water to soften them up for a bit and then put them in my blender. I try to keep it one level above a "paste" so it's still fairly dry. Definitely a slow process for the range cubes when I use them. lol..

Neat thread!

Quick item to share:
when my pack mix is toooo sticky, I'm adding BRAN
Works like a charm for me.
It is 100% free of gluten.
Just mix it in well!

Was running late to the CAG NTX event this morning so couldn't upload it then but here's today's mix made up:

Good tip! Any time you make your pack too mushy you can always add more of your base ingredient like oats or grits but you don't always have that available if you're making it bankside. I remember once at Hubbard I put too much liquid in my grits pack so I tried to dry it out with the sun/wind and it was taking too long. Ended up adding dirt until it got to the right consistency. The fish didn't seem to mind!

You guys don't use Quick Oats! My method is so much easier to make with quick oats seems to bind better for me give it a try it could change your life. Also i make mine super tough and bindy... but then add particles that float like peanuts and birdseed so they can rip out of the method ball as they float up like zombies from out of the ground. Spreads the bait out pretty good.

I�ve always preferred for my method to break down after a couple minutes. I feel like t releases the scent better through the water if it breaks down. But you�re a lot more experienced than I am.

I mix Quick Oats and Regular........

I'm not opposed to using quick oats, just haven't gotten around to it. I try to experiment most every time I go out but since I've only been fishing a little under a year I haven't tried everything just yet. Thanks for the tip!

Finally got another mix to post, been using the same ones for the past few. I try to keep the fish on their toes if I'm fishing the same water but I'm almost always on different lakes.



This one's super simple, liquidized bread. Just break up 2-3 pieces at a time into little bits and blend 'em up as fine as they go. Repeat until you get the desired amount of bait.



Made it up tonight as well, my parents wouldn't exactly appreciate being woken up at 5AM to the sweet sounds of bait being made. Packs fantastic, be careful not to pack too tight as this one can really take a while to break down if you do. It'll really come into its own as the water gets colder.

Awesome thread, thx for keeping this going. In reference to your latest "bread pack bait", this brings me back (15+) years ago when the DFW scene was just getting "publicly" started about catching rough fish. It was popular to put some sweet corn in a piece of bread, wrap it around your lead, put a few pieces of corn on the hook, and chunk it out. Man...we caught so many fish using that method. Amazing how far the sport has come since then...but wow...looking back at that simple method....it might be the most "common sense" rig to use in most of our waters, since there is no doubt Carp/Buffalo have sucked in plenty of bread over the years from people feeding ducks, etc. Makes you think...we're over thinking. :P lol... Nah...it's too much fun messing with all this gear.

My method mix is really simple, 1 can of old fashiond oats, 1/2 can of quick qrits, and 2 cans of cream corn. from there i pick a flavor of my choosing, but mostly I grab the chili powder, but not just any chili powder. It has to be the Adams chili powder. Its bright red and smells really good, but also leaves a red cloud on the water. I usually buy the 16.8oz bottle at Walmart and use half of the jar lol. works for me.

That's a lot of chili! I've only been using 3oz but I've read old threads where they talk about using tons and catching, might have to start upping the dosage in my mix!

Here is another mix I used to use but stopped due to the price to make it. You will need egg layers in pellet or crumble. Rabbit pellets and cracked corn. Also cream corn and bread crumb. If you get everything in 50lb bags it costs about 45$.

2 parts egg layers
1 part rabbit pellets
1 part crack corn.
1 can of bread crumb.
1 can of cream corn maybe 2.
You can add any kind of flavoring you want if you want.

Too rich for my blood! Sounds like a sweet mix though. Might have to give it a try if the cheaper options just aren't cutting it

liquidized bread is killer!
wont break down fast enough add corn meal, bran or any type of pellet even regular grits.
breaks off add jello, cream corn, or quick oats or quick grits
easiest and cheapest pack will be boiled deer corn and grind up

Mielie bom!

I haven't done much carp'ing since moving out here in August but back in NJ my favorite pack bait was a mix of panko bread crumbs, strawberry jello and sweet corn (if anyone watches Luke from Catfish and Carp YT channel you're familiar with this). Was responsible for my PB common in the spring which was a little over 20 lbs. Alternatively, if I don't have time to run to the supermarket, I've used chopped up bread with oatmeal, corn meal, and sweet corn.

Luke's packbait is really solid! He's caught a lot of good fish on it.

Also, to the forum!

Method mix can be as simple or complicated as you like. A good one for me is 2 cups of rabbit pellets, one tub of oats (48 oz), a can of cream style corn, a can of whole kernel corn (with juice), a can of crushed pineapple with juice and 4-6 ounces of molasses. For this one to mix properly first mix the crushed pineapple and whole kernel corn with the rabbit pellets so the pellets will absorb the liquid and become mushy.



A much simpler mix that works well (especially in winter) is to blend 2 ripe bananas with 12oz of drinking alcohol of one's choice, rice bran, soybeanmeal and molasses. when mixed properly this method will pack perfectly, but still breaks pretty quickly.

Resurrecting this thread because I've got a new packbait to post! This one's a true blue American paylake-style packbait. Forever Rice! This is excellent in the warmer water which is fast approaching.

Forever Rice - Rice base with hot water, salt, and sugar. Your choice of flavoring.



This one is a bit more finicky than the others I've posted so I've got an exact recipe for you guys. You can multiply or divide this as you see fit.

28oz instant white rice
28oz water
1 cup sugar
1 cup salt

Get a large bowl and add sugar and salt then add in your water. Heat in the microwave until all the salt and sugar dissolve being careful not to boil the water. Once the water is good, pour it into the rice and add your flavoring at the same time. Mix well and put the lid on. Every 30 mins for the next 2 hours break apart the rice and stir it as it sets up to keep it fluffed up and from sticking together. This will last for weeks.

And here's the mix made up! Feels great, can't wait to hit the water.

I'll definitely be giving that a try very soon Finley. Can't wait to see post of how well you do with it.

Is it pva friendly??

Not sure, I don't have any of the rice left after my most recent trip

I use a modified version of Luke�s mix. I use the original ingredients (panko, sweet corn and strawberry jello), with the addition of instant oats, vanilla extract, and honey. I�ve nearly tripled my amount of takes since switching to this modified mix.