Hey guys, asking the newbiest of questions about berley.
There are thousands of threads about berley recipes and i'm pretty sure i know how to make a mix properly. The problem is that i don't know how to dispense it. I've tried to use it 3 or 4 times now but it always ends up smelly and unhelpful.
I only fish off rocks and the shore (no beaches or jetties/wharves).
How do I know where my berley trail is going? Will it be following the wave direction? If i'm berleying off the rocks how will the backwash affect it? I've sort've just assumed that the backwash just washes it out infront of me. So me, my berley and its trail are all in line. I assumed that would happen because the waves are always flowing past you (not into you or radiating out from you) so if the berley follow that only then my berley would just be clinging to rocks along where im fishing.
My recipe is:
1. bread/quicks oats depending on what i can find
2. tuna oil
3. big w berley pellets
4. water
I mix all that stuff up and pour it into a container and freeze it. Usually it gets 6 hours to freeze in my freezer but it never gets solid... Do i not have enough water inside???
I find it really difficult to berley consistently as i'm usually looking at the ocean or talking to my dad or something. That's why I want to make a frozen block of berley that'll slowly dispense inside a milk container where i poke a few holes.
I've tried using it when it's unfrozen and the mix seems to be gone in 10 minutes even though i spend 20 making the damn thing! And no noticeable difference probably because its gone so quick.
So not only do I not know how to identify where my berley has gone... i cant even get mine to last. How tragic is that?
I've also tried to just tie a salmon carcass to the rocks right in front of me. That lasted.. but didnt seem to do anything.
Thanks for any help