Showing posts with label habanero. Show all posts
Showing posts with label habanero. Show all posts

Sunday, February 21, 2021

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.

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Homemade Habanero Boilies

I spent this afternoon mixing up some ingredients for homemade habanero boilies while watching the NASCAR race.

On the drying rack

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Fourth of July Weekend Carp Fishing

I had Friday off from work and decided to head out early and spend the day carp fishing.

I took about 2 hours for the first one landed on my homemade habanero boilie and 2 more hours for the next one caught on two pieces of Trilogy Baits maize tipped with a piece of fluorescent pink plastic corn from Enterprise.

Got there early and set up in a spot that has produced commons, small mouth buffalo,
 mirror carp and s smattering of catfish

This one was a single digit fish

A little bit bigger

The biggest of the day in the mid teens

Second fish caught on the maize, my first caught on maize for several weeks

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Homemade Habanero Boilies Strike Gold Again

Back in February when it was still too cold to fish I decided to make some homemade boilies to help scratch the fishing itch.

The boilies have been successful catching fish so far. I headed out today and started with traditional carp bait on my hair rigs - flavored maize.

After a couple hours with no bites I switched over to my habanero boilies and wham bam boozzle we had 3 fish on the bank in less than 30 minutes. I think I need to make some more habanero boilies!