Save MONEY With This Groundbait Advice! | Fishing Tips

We are all watching the £££s in 2022 and I see anglers on a weekly basis throwing perfectly good groundbait in the bin after a match!
I wanted to show you EXACTLY how much usable groundbait you ACTUALLY get to allow you to make an informed decision on how much to mix up before the start!
Welcome to my channel - Match Fishing Films! I’m Joe Carass and this channel was one of the first aimed at match fishing and I think I’ve produced some great fishing content over the past several years.
I have been fortunate to work in the angling trade for over a decade now and started working on Match Fishing Magazine in 2010. This eventually lead to becoming the Editor of the magazine. This was a fantastic stage of life and I got to work with and learn from the very best match anglers around. Anglers such as Steve Ringer, Alan Scotthorne, Will Raison, Lee Kerry, Bob Nudd, Rob Wootton and many many more!
My next role and current occupation is working as a videographer for tackle giant PRESTON INNOVATIONS & SONUBAITS!
This has been a revelation in my life and I now not only get to film with Des Shipp, Andy Findlay, Andy Power, Michael Buchwalder, Lee Kerry to name just a few! But I also get to work on the product development side of things. This means working closely with the product development team the help give constructive input into some amazing products!
My primary focus with the channel is to produce light-hearted and informative fishing videos that give you some genuine advice to help you catch more fish. Match fishing and match fishing techniques are the main focus but more recently I’ve also been enjoying some tremendous river fishing for specimen sized chub and perch!
This wide range of fishing techniques and styles mean there really is something for everyone to enjoy on my channel :)
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[@mikefrench3574]

Great video Joe - was on the supercrush expander at the weekend, used half a bag and still had 50% of what I mixed up left over. A continued plea though back to the packaging team - resealable bags would make a huge difference to both overall waste, and importantly spillage in the car/house of ground bait and pellets.

[@MatchFishingFilms]

Unfortunately our bagging machine doesn't work with the resealable bags (when sonu had those it was a much smaller business and they were actually filled by hand!)

[@mikefrench3574]

@@MatchFishingFilms Thanks for that - lets hope when those machines are end-of-life and are replaced that there are some more environmentally conscious options considered, as well as re-usuable/resealable. Far too much plastic waste in both Sonubaits and Preston packaging.

[@mickbrooks8114]

Get a few air tight tubs from Asda or some where I keep my pellets n ground bait in those keeps the mice away too

[@monkeybrains]

@@mickbrooks8114 wilkos is good for tubs too:)

[@mickbrooks8114]

@@monkeybrains lol any air tight ones are tbh

[@kevinbrougham724]

Joe Re-sealable bags for a Start would go a long way , I’m Shaw I speak for a lot of Anglers 👍

[@nigel3007]

brilliant Joe I agree you don't need a full bag but the bags it comes in aren't resealable keep the good ideas coming much appreciated

[@the72inc73]

I learned the hard way with Supercrush Expander, mixed a full bag in one session! I had enough groundbait for every angler on the lake haha

[@MatchFishingFilms]

Incredible isn't it 🤣

[@the72inc73]

@@MatchFishingFilms It's like DiY expanding foam haha ... But, I can get away with a good quarter of a bag in a session now, so works out at £2 of groundbait which is great value when you think about it

[@stephenibberson4834]

Hi Joe, great video and good mixing advice 👍,Here's a little SONUBAITS tip I've found out recently, the pro feed expanders are the best expanders ever no pumping anymore but the bags once opened can get a bit oily, I now use an empty Bait Booster bottle and a full bag a of expanders fits in the bottle perfectly and it's environmentally friendly using the empty Booster bottle 👍

[@MatchFishingFilms]

Great tip

[@jasonlodge2078]

Crush expander is the absolute business. Superb groundbait.

[@Caton71_fitness]

I have got 4 matches using super crush expander for down the edge small balls with dead maggots brilliant mix Joe 🤩🤩👍🏻🎣

[@ZerkaloAngling]

Great video. I learned this by measuring out the dry groundbait in a tub, then mixed it up, came to put it back in the tub and realised it wouldn't fit!

[@MatchFishingFilms]

Ha ha it expands like mad.

[@lawrencem4811]

Awesome video. It’s a real quality groundbait. I always have a bag or half a bag with me on the bank.

[@davidlee8999]

I use less than 2 cups dry for all my sessions on the canal and I always mix it the night before its £10 a bag so less than 50 p a session

[@MatchFishingFilms]

A bargain 👍🏻

[@stephenarmstrong6620]

Great video joe thank you for sharing 👍👍

[@andrewvickers2740]

Excellent product for the value of your money 👌👌👌

[@paulgregory2601]

Brilliant Joe 👍

[@alinmocan235]

Great tips Joe!!!

[@isavkov]

I would never mix all the groundbait. Usually I'm preparing small part around 200-300gr and see how my fishing is going. If the fish doesn't react to the food, then I don't mix anymore and think about changing position, or the food, or the tactic...

[@anthonyharrison8459]

That would be great for Andy, should be just enough for him.

[@jamesatkinsfishing]

very good Joe, never thought of it like that, spose were all been doing it wrong, 🤔🤔thank you for that mate

[@MatchFishingFilms]

Not at all! But it's worth looking at to save a few quid

[@gavingoldthorp4093]

Eight quid a bag does sound a lot (especially when it was six quid not long ago) but like Joe says, that 2kg goes a long way. I also remember paying £4 a kilo for the first fishmeal groundbaits when they came out twenty odd years ago (Sillybait and Crazybait Gold) so actually in real terms it's cheaper. Sadly the price hikes on everything is something we'll have to get used to for a bit 😕

[@MatchFishingFilms]

Sadly you're right. I think we are only at the start

[@MatchFishingFilms]

You should see the costs just to get a shipment into Europe these days. Its mind blowing

[@gavingoldthorp4093]

I dread to think what that would be! The price of timber we need for work is rising outrageously - the cost of some plywood we use went up £30 per sheet not too long ago! I've heard various things from suppliers about shipping costs rising five or six fold in a year or so - nobody can absorb all that cost.

[@stevehansler9014]

Great video that thanks joe

[@paulwilkinson6265]

Great video Joe! Have you done a video on mixing the new Pro Paste up perfectly? I cant find one? Cheers

[@MatchFishingFilms]

Working on it Paul 👍

[@josephhutchinson8121]

Nice one thankyou

[@richardwebb6045]

Interesting video Joe although I always thought it was 2 pints of water for 2kg of groundbait, not 2 litres of waters (that's 3.5 pints)? I always get a perfect mix of F1 dark and Thatchers (2kg in total) using 2 pints of water 🤷‍♂️

[@MatchFishingFilms]

It depends what you want it for. For method you want less water. For edge fishing and 'clumping' it wants to be super saturated

[@richardwebb6045]

@@MatchFishingFilms Gotcha thanks 👍

[@delwigzieful]

Fact is groundbait and pellet prices are getting out of hand but putting it 2KG only was a bad move there are anglers out there that simply can't afford £7.99 a bag I'm lucky i have a good job but not everybody has a job groundbait should also be available in 1KG Bags for people who can't afford £7.99,good video joe seriously angling is pricing anglers out of the sport,

[@MatchFishingFilms]

We do 1kg bags parra. Have you seen all the tackle shops sticking an extra quid or more on maggots this week? Sign of the times I'm afraid.

[@michaelfenner820]

Agree remember when these were £5.99 a bag when they launched, you can buy crushed expander a lot cheaper without the branded bags £10 for 5kg

[@MatchFishingFilms]

@@michaelfenner820 I also remember when fuel was 97p per litre and my elekky bill wasn't £217 per month 👍

[@waynenippard5933]

Not being funny but if you can’t afford a bag of groundbait then you probably can’t afford to go fishing period. If money is so tight then look no further than bread, sweetcorn, luncheon meat etc. You don’t have to have groundbait to catch.

[@brianwelbourne9896]

@@waynenippard5933 `you,re right mate, I buy a small bag and add 2 packets of digestive biscuits ( 33p a packet) I have also tried smashed up dog biscuits and cat biscuits which bulk out the mix really well. put it through a sieve and its perfik . most fish species also love bread either put in a liquidiser or punched on the hook I have been getting small carp all winter ( club waters) with 3 squeezed 10 mill bread punch and liquidised bread in the feeder. Works every time. Bag of frozen sweetcorn and lots of other things to try,(Chick peas, dead maggots etc,.)

[@ihcfn]

I always end up making too much groundbait!

[@johnfairhurst9118]

Brilliant stuff that 👍 I think 5kg- 10kg sealable bags would be a good shout just take out what you need and leave the rest in the garage less rubbish at your pegs aswel

[@dave251261]

It would be great if they were resealable bags especially if you don’t use a full bag in one go

[@the72inc73]

Ikea bag sealing clips (Bevara) and only about £3

[@michaelfenner820]

Maybe I’m missing the point of the video but 2kg is 2kg no mater how much it puffs up, it goes back to the line of “a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers” still a ton

[@MatchFishingFilms]

Not the case. 2kg of some gb doesn't well up anywhere near as much as this. Green fishmeal that we do for instance doesn't swell very much.

[@pradeepinside3893]

If you put six litres of stuff in a bucket, you have six litres of stuff in a bucket. Still love your videos Joe.

[@robertutting5580]

Aren't those tubs 3 pints, not 3 litres?

[@MatchFishingFilms]

Well they say 3 litres on them

[@alanknight3207]

Great Groundbait but in sum shops it 8.99 a bag