Get some Stubby Steve's pellet lures - you'll never want to make your own simulated pellet baits again.

I use the George Glazener method - chum with a little fish food and put a Stubby Steve's a few inches down under a bobber (I have had the best results with bait holders and circle hooks). The biggest fish always seem to want the food pellets that are starting to sink - whammo.

"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever."
-S. M. Stirling
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