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Habanero Boilies Catch Carp

Homemade habanero boilies simply work. Catching common carp, buffalo and catfish with something you make at home, is rewarding and fun. The boilie recipe below is one I've used for a few years to catch fish in Michigan. 

With spring just around the corner, it's the time of year that I begin preparing baits for my first round of carp fishing sessions in April and May. Having a good supply and selection on hand helps with pre-baiting campaigns. I also use these boilies year-round in my panko pack bait mix.




Don't worry if they aren't perfectly round. The carp don't care.

Habanero Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup soya flour
2 cups semolina flour
1 cup milk powder
1 cup protein powder
1 tbsp salt
5 eggs
2 tbsp condensed milk
1 1/2 tbsp fish oil
6 habaneros
3 jalapenos
Add a little food coloring of your choice.

Directions:

• Cook the peppers in a small amount of olive oil first, then blend with a hand blender.
• Mix in eggs and food coloring. Then add to dry mix.
• Form boilies and boil for 2 minutes.
• Let dry on a cooking drying rack. Freeze.

When it's time to go carp fishing, I pull a a bag from freezer, empty from the plastic bag into a cotton bag or simple brown paper bag. The boilies will thaw quickly at room temperature. By the time I reach my fishing spot, they are usually reading to use. Even it they are still a little frozen, they will thaw in the water anyway.

A word of caution is in order...

If you have never used habanero in a recipe, be careful. You should probably wear some plastic gloves when handing them and, whatever you do, don't rub your eyes after handline these hot peppers. Also, be aware of whatever you touch may end up with residual capsicum and a transfer can easily occur to skin, eyes, ears, nose, lips, and other sensitive areas that you definitely want to avoid. 

Cooking habaneros in a ventilate room is also recommended. Turn on a fan. Open a window. You will thank me later, I promise.

Muskie Fishing from Shore

I have developed a new interest to learn how to catch musky fish from the shoreline this year.

I started out watching muskie fishing videos on YouTube. WinCity Outdoors has some great videos of fishermen catching muskie from the shoreline at Lake St. Clair and Detroit River.

I thought carp fishing was expensive, but compared to carp fishing it's very affordable.

To make a long story short, I bought an Okuma Komodo reel and a 9' Chaos SWAT XtraHeavy muskie rod. Then I bought some rubber lures. Musky lures can range in price from about $8 to $200 each. They can range from 2 oz to 16 oz (or more).

Okuma Komodo SS 364

Fishing for muskie requires a good reel. I selected a 300 series reel with stainless gears. Casting big baits, sometimes double bladed, requires a very durable reel. Top musky reels sell for $400 and even more.

Getting fish landed and released is key to good fish care, so a rod with backbone is a necessity.

I ordered the Chaos 9' SWOT Xtra Heavy telescopic muskie rod. It's a much stiffer rod than I use carp fishing.