River Secret boilies, chops, pop-ups, pellets, paste, groundbait, Gloop and liquid additives from the Hook Bait Company - superb specialist baits for chub, barbel, carp and specimen fish

The bait that started it all off for the company back in 2001! Specifically designed for attracting the nomadic chub in the ‘upper’ reaches of the river Severn in Mid Wales.

This hugely successful bait has caught countless big chub to over seven pounds with its unique mix of fish and meat products and natural ingredients that constantly leach out scent trails that signal the presence of food. Every ingredient used is completely natural and quite delicate so boiling times are kept to a minimum and are part air-dried to harden off the finished boilie.

This bait is the original and still one of the best.

River Secret Products:

Boilies, Barrels & Chops
River Secret Base Mix (1kg base mix makes 1.4kg of boilies)
River Secret Hook Bait Extras (Pop-ups, Hard Hookers & Flakeys)
River Secret Groundbait /Stick Mix, Pellets & Paste
River Secret Liquids - A-tract (Pellet & Groundbait additive), Bait Soak (Bait glug), Gloop (Extra thick and sticky long lasting bait glug) Oil (Heavy density additive or soak for all baits)

Rage boilies, chops, pop-ups, pellets, paste, groundbait, Gloop and liquid additives from the Hook Bait Company - superb specialist baits for carp, tench, chub, barbel and specimen fish

If you are looking for a nut based boilie then this mix is the one for you. We have incorporated copious amounts of powdered and crushed tiger nut and peanut and blended them with protein enriched fish meals and milk products and thrown in a bit of biscuit and betaine for good measure.

The flavour is a combination of malt & maple with natural sweeteners to promote the nutty smell and flavour of this bait.

Rage Products:

Boilies, Barrels & Chops
Base Mix (1kg base mix makes 1.4kg of boilies)
Hook Bait Extras (Pop-ups, Hard Hookers & Flakeys)
Groundbait /Stick Mix, Pellets & Paste
Liquids - A-tract (Pellet & Groundbait additive), Bait Soak (Bait glug), Gloop (Extra thick and sticky long lasting bait glug) Oil (Heavy density additive or soak for all baits)

Our highly digestible milk protein bait designed for catching barbel all year round but with particular importance in Autumn/Winter when more protein is required to maintain a healthy metabolism.

Top dairy products such as lamlac, casein, skimmed milk powder and lactalbumin are blended with the superb salmon meal and amino enriched blood plasma. Flavour wise we have stayed on the dairy theme but added a few special palatants to really give the bait a punch.

Without giving too much away the end result smells like a chocolate caramel sundae that simply divine. Initially designed for use on the Trent, this bait has proved itself to be a big hit where flavour trails are needed to entice barbel from a distance.

Barbel Proactive Products:

Boilies, Barrels & Chops
Base Mix (1kg base mix makes 1.4kg of boilies)
Hook Bait Extras (Pop-ups, Hard Hookers & Flakeys)
Groundbait /Stick Mix, Pellets & Paste
iquids - A-tract (Pellet & Groundbait additive), Bait Soak (Bait glug), Gloop (Extra thick and sticky long lasting bait glug) Oil (Heavy density additive or soak for all baits)

Catfish Pro boilies, chops, pop-ups, pellets, paste, groundbait, Gloop and liquid additives from the Hook Bait Company - superb specialist baits for specimen wels catfishNow for all you predator anglers out there who like to do battle with big cats, we introduce Catfish Pro – our best catfish bait.

BIG in size and BIG in flavour, these baits are the result of over a year trialing at home as well as overseas with some very impressive results. Big fish man Chris Quinn took these with him to Thailand and caught some absolutely monstrous catfish and carp, some of which have never been caught on boilies.

Available in two flavours: Crab & Anchovy and Salmon & Squid.

A large catfish caught in Thailand using Catfish Pro baits from the Hook Bait Company Specimen red tailed catfish caught on Catfish Pro in Thailand Chris Quinn with a huge siamese carp caught on Catfish Pro from the Hook Bait Company

Catfish Pro Products:

Boilies, Barrels & Chops
Base Mix (1kg base mix makes 1.4kg of boilies)
Hook Bait Extras (Pop-ups & Hard Hookers)
Hook Bait Extras (Flakeys)
Groundbait /Stick Mix, Pellets & Paste
Liquids - A-tract (Pellet & Groundbait additive), Bait Soak (Bait glug), Gloop (Extra thick and sticky long lasting bait glug) Oil (Heavy density additive or soak for all baits)

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Big Squid boilies, chops, pop-ups, pellets, paste, groundbait, Gloop and liquid additives from the Hook Bait Company - superb specialist baits for barbel, chub, carp and specimen fish

Seriously fishy and seriously anti-social, so is best kept out of the house! This is the bait to attract the attentions of wary carp that have seen it all, or for attracting the attentions of chub and barbel in moving water.

This fish based product includes low temperature fish meals, salmon meal, anchovy, squid and butyric acid. The colour of the bait is a deep natural black/brown which is ideal for clear water or where carp are bombarded with brightly coloured baits. Squid and salmon oil are perfect partners for this tremendous bait and will retain its smell and attractive qualities, making it a highly effective long-term food bait source.

This particular bait has more recently been used very successfully by barbel and chub anglers with literally hundreds of double figure barbel and personal best chub ‘dogs’ falling to its amazing pulling power!

Big Squid Products:

Boilies, Barrels & Chops
Base Mix (1kg base mix makes 1.4kg of boilies)
Hook Bait Extras (Pop-ups, Hard Hookers & Flakeys)
Groundbait /Stick Mix, Pellets & Paste
Liquids - A-tract (Pellet & Groundbait additive), Bait Soak (Bait glug), Gloop (Extra thick and sticky long lasting bait glug) Oil (Heavy density additive or soak for all baits)

Big Squid - barbel, chub and carp boilies & fishing bait from the Hook Bait Company

Big Squid Big Carp - specialist carp, chub and barbel fishing baits from the Hook Bait Company

Betaine Pro boilies, chops, pop-ups, pellets, paste, groundbait, Gloop and liquid additives from the Hook Bait Company - superb specialist baits for carp, chub, tench, barbel and specimen fish

This is a truly versatile bait with sweet appetite stimulators and lots of betaine enriched flavours. A combination of food grade milk and vegetable proteins give this bait a creamy texture enhanced by the inclusion of sweet coconut and bloodworm.

An unusual taste combination that is proving to be quite a hit with tricky waters as the washed out colour and milky sweet flavours of this bait offer the carp something different from standard baits.

Betaine Pro Products:

Boilies, Barrels & Chops
Base Mix (1kg base mix makes 1.4kg of boilies)
Hook Bait Extras (Pop-ups, Hard Hookers & Flakeys)
Groundbait /Stick Mix, Pellets & Paste
Liquids - A-tract (Pellet & Groundbait additive), Bait Soak (Bait glug), Gloop (Extra thick and sticky long lasting bait glug), Oil (Heavy density additive or soak for all baits)

Spicy Fish Pro boilies, chops, pop-ups, pellets, paste, groundbait, Gloop and liquid additives from the Hook Bait Company - superb specialist baits for barbel, chub, carp and specimen fish

Spicy Fish Pro is made up from an enticing blend of fishmeals that include Tuna, Krill and Salmon.

The flavours used are completely natural and are not over powering but they do hang around giving out signals of food present.

Initially launched at the Barbel Society conference, the bait has since been enhanced and re-branded to Spicy Fish Pro and is already proving itself to be a classic.

Spicy Fish Pro Products:

Boilies, Barrels & Chops
Base Mix (1kg base mix makes 1.4kg of boilies)
Hook Bait Extras (Pop-ups, Hard Hookers & Flakeys)
Groundbait /Stick Mix, Pellets & Paste
Liquids - A-tract (Pellet & Groundbait additive), Bait Soak (Bait glug), Gloop (Extra thick and sticky long lasting bait glug) Oil (Heavy density additive or soak for all baits)

Spicy Fish Pro barbel baits - boilies, paste, boosters, pellets and groundbait for specimen fish like carp, barbel and chub fishing

Natural Crave boilies, chops, pop-ups, pellets, paste, groundbait, Gloop and liquid additives from the Hook Bait Company - superb specialist baits for barbel, chub, carp and specimen fish

A very dark and rich bodied mix which contains a multitude of natural food items including snails, shrimps, daphnia and krill – blended with fish and marine meal and top quality milk derivatives making this mix truly natural.

For flavour we thought long and hard and, after trials we came up with a blend of anchovy and real worm extract along with a liquid fish protein that just smells superb.

We highly recommend this bait for use on pressured waters but especially if you are targeting barbel or chub.

Natural Crave Products:

Boilies, Barrels & Chops
Base Mix (1kg base mix makes 1.4kg of boilies)
Hook Bait Extras (Pop-ups, Hard Hookers & Flakeys)
Groundbait /Stick Mix, Pellets & Paste
Liquids - A-tract (Pellet & Groundbait additive), Bait Soak (Bait glug), Gloop (Extra thick and sticky long lasting bait glug) Oil (Heavy density additive or soak for all baits)

Savay Maple Nut boilies, chops, pop-ups, pellets, paste, groundbait, Gloop and liquid additives from the Hook Bait Company - superb specialist baits for carp and specimen fish

What hasn’t been said about baits with maple and nut… not much! Proper old skool that still catches thousands of carp year in, year out. What can be said about this bait is that it is an original recipe from the early days of modern carp fishing on the famous Savay Lake.

The original recipe was more milk based in the early days but the later inclusion of nuts helped amass a great list of carp from this famous venue.

With the original recipe we managed to source an almost identical maple liquid to that used in the early 80’s, and with the inclusion of our Fruit Stimulin and golden syrup, Savay Maple Nut has been reborn!

Savay Maple Nut Products:

Boilies
Glugged Baits
Hook Bait Extras (Pop-ups)
Bait Soak (Bait glug)

Tincaberry tench boilies, chops, pop-ups, pellets, paste, groundbait, Gloop and liquid additives from the Hook Bait Company - superb specialist baits for tench, bream and specimen fish

Tincaberry is a new bait primarily designed for tench. Former Drennan Cup holder and team member Iain McDonald asked me to design a bait for his tench and bream fishing in Mid Kent a couple of seasons ago and he and his fishing companion Jamie Kerr have caught very well on it. Tincaberry has already accounted for numerous large tench, including several double-figure specimens.

The bait contains all the key ingredients that tench like, including high grade milks, fish and meat protein as well as halibut. Flavour-wise it could only be natural worm extract enhanced with a splendid fruit flavour and a few taste enhancers.

The largest reported tench caught on Tincaberry so far was a monster 12lb 7oz tench caught by Rob Spinks, which was the largest tench caught by anyone in 2021!

Tincaberry – a classic in the making for sure.

Rob Spinks with a monster 12lb 7oz tench caught on a Tincaberry pop-up from the Hook Bait Company
A 12lb 7oz tench caught on Tincaberry

Tincaberry Products:

Boilies
Glugged Baits
Hook Bait Extras (Pop-ups)
Bait Soak (Bait glug)
Pellets & Groundbait

The Tincaberry from the Hook Bait Company - bait for specimen tench - boilies, Gloop, Aquav8, pellets, pop-ups and method mix groundbait for tench