Sinking pellets???

[Alan Whitty]

So as not to purloin Nicky's thread, I struggle to understand how people are allowed to sell 'sinking' pellets when they don't, more often than not you have to damp them down, but some dint sink properly even after you do that, add to that, that fish sometimes respond better to hard pellet(especially in warmer weather), surely someone governmental should be checking they meet the description?

 

[nottskev]

So as not to purloin Nicky's thread, I struggle to understand how people are allowed to sell 'sinking' pellets when they don't, more often than not you have to damp them down, but some dint sink properly even after you do that, add to that, that fish sometimes respond better to hard pellet(especially in warmer weather), surely someone governmental should be checking they meet the description?

Annoying. But not surprising. Laws related to Trading Standards are only worth the paper they're written on if they are enforced, and we've been cutting budgets for this for a decade. Given the risks to public health and safety from slackening regulation, it's not surprising if labelling of fishing baits is not a priority for what's left of Trading Standards.

I don't use pellet much, but last time I did - bomb and pellet for carp in the CS - I bought a bag of 8mm pellets that were ideal - but every subsequent bag from the same brand were nowhere near the same size, one bag coming in at 5mm.

 

[Alan Whitty]

Well, if I buy bags of trout pellet the vast majority sink, if dampened they sink all day, that is 4/6/8mm, if I use a pva bag for barbel, dry pellet is best, because once dampened they are more liable to drift off in flows, it would be great if most of my bagful is floating, lol....