WHY HNV?
With the recent change in the political landscape in Europe and new restrictions in place for importing of animal based products, coupled with increased demand for fisheries to supply bait onsite, there has never been a better time to invest in your stocks future by controlling exactly what bait enters your lake. HNV Baits cater perfectly to assist in this, we are totally transparent about what goes in our bait and more importantly, why!
At HNV baits we believe that a bait should not only be effective at attracting fish, it should consist of a high quality food source that ensures optimum health and condition which assists in safeguarding the carps future and better equips the fish to deal with angling pressure.
Providing baits that are of high nutritional value helps boost the fish’s immune system, ensures sustainable healthy weight gain, maintains overall condition and ultimately ensures hard fighting healthy fish! That’s why at HNV baits food source is at the heart of our boilies, we only include high quality ingredients used at the optimum levels to provide a balanced bait that carp find easily digestible and naturally very attractive.
WHATS IN OUR BAIT
Unlike some traditional bait companies, we’re happy to provide insight into the makeup of our baits. We've been producing these for many years and over more recent years have been feeding these to our own carp with fantastic results! Of-course there are too many ingredients to list here but here's a brief insight into a few of the ingredients we use, their proprieties and functions within our baits.
Fishmeals
Generally produced from the by-products of the commercial fishing industry - often, left over flesh, bone and offal. This then undergoes a drying process before reaching its powdered form, fishmeals are widely used to produce aquatic feeds.
There are various types of fishmeal available with varying qualities, one of our preferred choices of insoluble fishmeal is a low temperature fishmeal produced from white fish, due to the low temperatures in the production process this ensures higher levels of key nutrients are preserved providing a comprehensive range of amino acids, high levels of digestible protein, and offering a relatively low oil content when compared to some others that are available.
Pre-digested Fishmeal
Unlike standard fishmeal this product as the name suggests has undergone treatment to render it pre-digested, the science behind this process relies on enzymatic hydrolysis.
The result is a fishmeal which is extremely attractive to fish, loaded with free amino acids, extremely high in digestible proteins and is highly soluble in water.
Milk Proteins
There are lots of types of Milk proteins available with a huge difference across the range in terms of their qualities, nutritional benefits and of course cost! With this in mind we will talk about just a few that are included in our baits and forthcoming milk protein bait..
Lambs Milk Replacer
Lower in protein than some refined milk powders, lambs milk replacer is a functional bait ingredient that provides a range of benefits to a finished bait. It is rich in globular proteins, lipids and key vitamins (A & D) being water soluble it acts as an effective fish attractor, it aids binding and provides a very mild sweet undertone in a bait which helps to remove the bitterness of some other ingredients.
Acid Casein
A refined spray dried milk protein. It’s extremely high quality, offering protein levels in excess of 90% it also supplies a range of key amino acids. Whilst providing functional qualities to a bait, it aids rolling through it’s binding qualities and is semi water soluble.
Rennet Casein
Like Acid Casein, Rennet Casein a very high quality refined product offering in excess of 90% protein, rich in amino acids, providing an excellent rounded profile when used in conjunction with other milk proteins.
Birdfoods
There are many types of bird foods available, here we discuss just two that have stood the test of time and continue to perform well today.
Sluis CLO
Widely used in many different bait formats, CLO is a multi-functional ingredient that brings many benefits to any bait. High in starch CLO aids the digestion of protein it's rich in carbohydrates providing a valuable energy source, aids texture and “crunch” along with the benefits derived from the inclusion of cod liver oil – omega 3 fatty acids.
Haiths Robin Red
An all-time classic that has been used in boilies almost from their inception, arguably the most successful fish attractor of all time, this nutritionally beneficial ingredient adds serious pulling power to a bait, it has a spicy taste and aroma which fish find irresistible and as you’d expect adds a deep red colour to a bait when used at optimum levels.
Yeast
Brocacel Yeast is a spray dried pure yeast culture and brings a whole range of benefits to a bait. It is widely used in animal feeds to increase palatability, being water soluble it is naturally very attractive to carp. It improves digestion, absorption, gut function promoting beneficial bacteria growth.
Brocacel improves the immunity of carp and enhances the capability to with stand stress. Brocacel is rich in vitamin B, contains a complete range of amino acids as well as being high in protein and carbohydrates.
Vitamins
To further enhance all of our baits, we use a specialist vitamin supplement premix which ensures all the key vitamins required by carp are available with our baits at an appropriate level.