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Boilies, pellets, hookbaits and groundbait we've reviewed, ranked by our Tackle Index score.

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Dynamite Baits N-Ticers Pop-Ups86%

Dynamite Baits

Dynamite Baits N-Ticers Pop-Ups

Range overview, including Tutti-Frutti, Pineapple & Banana and Mulberry Florentine

Highly buoyant, needle-friendly pop-ups for singles, baited spots and Ronnie rigs. Just match the size to your hook and balance the finished rig rather than expecting the tub to do all the work.

  • Highly buoyant pop-up hookbaits designed for presentations including Ronnie rigs.
  • Diameter options include 12mm and 15mm; Tutti-Frutti also lists 10mm.
  • Needle-friendly construction, with immediate and sustained attractor release as a design aim.
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Dynamite Baits Wowsers Hi-Vis Wafters86%

Dynamite Baits

Dynamite Baits Wowsers Hi-Vis Wafters

Hi-Vis Wafters range

Bright dumbbell wafters for Method feeders, bombs and more — with useful size choices and a balance that needs matching to your hook.

  • Critically balanced, dumbbell-shaped wafter hookbaits.
  • Range spans 3mm, 5mm, 7mm and 9mm, with availability depending on colour.
  • Each colour has its own flavour and contains essential oils.
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Dynamite Baits Spod & Bag Mix86%

Dynamite Baits

Dynamite Baits Spod & Bag Mix

1.8kg

Pellets, mixed particles, boilie chops and hemp in a dry 1.8kg mix. A handy starting point for carp anglers who want a mixed feed without buying half the bait aisle.

  • Supplied as a dry mix in a 1.8kg pack.
  • Contains pellets, mixed particles, boilie chops and hemp.
  • Can be used dry straight from the bag or rehydrated for added attraction and flavour leakage.
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Dynamite Baits Big Fish River Groundbait86%

Dynamite Baits

Dynamite Baits Big Fish River Groundbait

Cheese & Garlic, Meat-Furter, Shrimp & Krill

A heavy river mix with whole halibut pellets and mixed-size particles, built for feeding barbel, chub, bream and carp. Handy in a feeder or balled in — just don't confuse a big-fish mix with a reason to empty the bag.

  • Supplied in a 1.8kg bag.
  • Heavy-feed groundbait designed for river fishing.
  • Contains whole halibut pellets and particles of various sizes.
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Dynamite Baits Swim Stim Carp Groundbait86%

Dynamite Baits

Dynamite Baits Swim Stim Carp Groundbait

Range overview: Red Krill, Amino Black, Amino Original and Betaine Green

A fishmeal-based groundbait with four familiar variants and plenty of uses, from feeding a pole line to loading a feeder or knocking up soft paste.

  • Fishmeal-based groundbait containing Koi technology ingredients.
  • The range includes feed stimulants such as pure krill and betaine.
  • Four variants listed in 900g packs: Red Krill, Amino Black, Amino Original and Betaine Green.
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Dynamite Baits Big Fish Sweet Tiger & Corn Boilies86%

Dynamite Baits

Dynamite Baits Big Fish Sweet Tiger & Corn Boilies

Sweet Tiger & Corn · 15mm and 20mm options

A sweet, creamy boilie with a birdfood and milk-protein base, Sweet Tiger Liquid and a cheeky hint of pineapple. A useful alternative when you fancy something other than a fishmeal-led bait.

  • Birdfood and milk-protein base mix.
  • Sweet Tiger Liquid, corn steep liquor and a hint of pineapple flavour.
  • Firm texture with a high-attractor-leakage profile.
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Dynamite Baits Hot Crab & Krill Boilies86%

Dynamite Baits

Dynamite Baits Hot Crab & Krill Boilies

Hot Crab & Krill

Fishmeal, Antarctic krill and chilli, with a firm texture for throwing-stick feeding. A useful option when you want to build a carp session around boilies rather than a bucket of bits.

  • Spicy fishmeal-based boilies containing Provimi 66 fishmeal and Antarctic krill meal.
  • Chilli powder and chilli flakes, with crab flavouring and blended fish oil.
  • 1kg bags: 15mm, 20mm and 26mm options.
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Dynamite Baits Robin Red Boilies86%

Dynamite Baits

Dynamite Baits Robin Red Boilies

Standard Robin Red boilies · 12mm and 15mm options

A dark red, birdfood-based boilie containing fishmeal and original Haith’s Robin Red. Firm enough for feeding and hookbait duties, it’s a straightforward choice for anglers who like to keep things simple.

  • Contains original Haith’s Robin Red attractor.
  • Birdfood-based mix that also contains fishmeal.
  • Dark red colour with a rich, spicy profile and strong smell.
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CC Moore Pacific Tuna Bait Booster86%

CC Moore

CC Moore Pacific Tuna Bait Booster

500ml

A low-oil, PVA-friendly liquid for giving boilies, pellets and bag mixes an extra food signal — with cold-water use firmly on the menu.

  • 500ml bottle of concentrated liquid bait booster.
  • Contains tuna, shellfish, yeast and vegetable extracts.
  • Low oil content, with soluble proteins supplying amino acids.
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CC Moore Live System Spod Mix86%

CC Moore

CC Moore Live System Spod Mix

2.5kg bucket

A creamy-white mix of fine powders, tiny food particles and Live System pellets for building an inviting baited spot without relying on a mountain of whole boilies.

  • Supplied in a 2.5kg bucket; product code 90958.
  • Creamy-white mix containing fine powders, Live System pellets and flaked maize.
  • Food particles up to 3mm diameter, plus flaked maize.
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CC Moore Sweet Nut Cloud Instant Spod Mix86%

CC Moore

CC Moore Sweet Nut Cloud Instant Spod Mix

Sweet Nut Cloud · 2.5kg bucket

Fine food, a creamy-white cloud and a 30–60-second soak. This is a handy shortcut for anglers who want attraction around the spot without relying on a pile of big freebies.

  • Supplied in a 2.5kg bucket.
  • Contains powders, particles and pellets, with food particles up to 3mm.
  • Creamy-white, low-oil mix containing ground and crushed seeds and nuts.
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CC Moore Pacific Tuna Pellets86%

CC Moore

CC Moore Pacific Tuna Pellets

3mm and 6mm · 1kg packs

Low-oil, deep red pellets with two sizes for different jobs. The 3mm option makes sense for tight PVA presentations; the 6mm gives you something chunkier to feed over a spot.

  • Deep red expander pellets infused with Pacific Tuna liquid.
  • Available in 3mm and 6mm sizes, in 1kg packs.
  • Low oil content, with fish, yeast, poultry and vegetable proteins.
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CC Moore Pacific Tuna White Pop Ups86%

CC Moore

CC Moore Pacific Tuna White Pop Ups

White · 12mm and 13/14mm

White visibility, a meaty-shellfish flavour blend and buoyancy aimed at proper pop-up presentations. A handy option when you want your hookbait to stand out rather than blend in.

  • Available in 12mm and 13/14mm sizes; the 12mm pot contains 55 baits.
  • High-visibility white hookbaits with the meaty-shellfish Pacific Tuna flavour blend.
  • Tough-skinned, highly buoyant pop-ups with stated buoyancy lasting 24 hours or longer.
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CC Moore Live System Air Ball Pop Ups86%

CC Moore

CC Moore Live System Air Ball Pop Ups

Live System Air Ball Pop Ups · 10mm, 12mm, 15mm and 18mm

Colour-matched, buoyant hookbaits for anglers fishing Live System — with four sizes to help you get the presentation bob on.

  • Available in 10mm, 12mm, 15mm and 18mm diameters.
  • Confirmed pot counts: 80 baits in 10mm, 50 in 15mm and 35 in 18mm.
  • Colour-matched to Live System baits, with the same liquid attractors and powdered additives as Live System Freezer baits.
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CC Moore Live System Shelf Life Boilies86%

CC Moore

CC Moore Live System Shelf Life Boilies

Live System Shelf Life

A sweet, yeasty carp bait with a light sandy finish and the convenience of shelf-life storage. A sensible option for anglers who want one familiar boilie to build their baiting around.

  • Shelf-life carp boilies with a light sandy colour.
  • Diameter options: 10mm, 15mm and 18mm.
  • Pack weights: 1kg and 5kg.
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Copdock Mill Coppens Halibut Pellets86%

Copdock Mill

Copdock Mill Coppens Halibut Pellets

4.5mm and 6mm sizes in 900g packs (also sold in 2mm, 8mm and 10mm sizes, and larger bulk bags)

Copdock Mill's Coppens Halibut Pellets lean heavily on fishmeal and animal proteins for a genuinely oily, high-protein feed, sized consistently for accurate baiting and sold across a wide spread of diameters to match hookbait and feed needs.

  • High levels of fishmeal and animal protein for a genuinely oily feed
  • Very consistent in size and weight for accurate baiting at range
  • Sold across 2mm, 4.5mm, 6mm, 8mm and 10mm sizes in 900g retail packs
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Mainline Dedicated Base Mix Balanced Wafters86%

Mainline

Mainline Dedicated Base Mix Balanced Wafters

15mm Balanced Wafter, Cell flavour, 250ml tub

Mainline's Dedicated Base Mix Wafters are designed to thread straight onto a hair rig, where the weight of the hook sets them into a slow-sinking, 'critically-balanced' position, matched to popular Dedicated flavours like Cell for anglers who want their hookbait and feed to pull in the same direction.

  • Designed to be set 'critically-balanced' by the weight of your hook once threaded onto the hair
  • Matched to Mainline's Dedicated range flavours: Cell, Essential Cell, The Link and Hybrid
  • Wafter-to-hook size guide: 12mm to size 8, 15mm to size 6, 18mm to size 4
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CC Moore Pacific Tuna86%

CC Moore

CC Moore Pacific Tuna

Freezer Bait boilies, 15mm, 1kg bag (also sold as Shelf Life, in 10mm/15mm/18mm/24mm, and in 1kg/5kg/10kg bags)

CC Moore's Pacific Tuna combines soluble fish, milk and vegetable proteins with Haiths Robin Red, tuna, shellfish and vegetable extracts, aimed at anglers wanting a consistent, salty-savoury big fish bait that still performs when the water turns cold.

  • Deep red 'red fishmeal' boilie, developed in 2014 after a three-year product programme
  • Contains Haiths Robin Red, tuna, shellfish and vegetable extracts
  • Low oil content with high solubility and digestibility, even in cold water
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One More Cast Revibed Escargo85%

One More Cast

One More Cast Revibed Escargo

Revibed Escargo OMCEE

A snail-shaped artificial hookbait with a clever hollow centre, supplied with foam inserts so you can tune how it behaves over silt, weed and other bits of the lakebed.

  • Artificial imitation water-snail hookbait for carp and other species.
  • Hollow internal structure accepts foam to adjust buoyancy.
  • Pack contains 10 pieces: five large black snails and five medium-sized snails.
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Dynamite Baits Swim Stim Method Mix85%

Dynamite Baits

Dynamite Baits Swim Stim Method Mix

Swim Stim Method Mix · DY005

A purpose-made Method mix built around ground fishmeals, expander pellets and squid and octopus attractants. Properly aimed at commercial-water feeder fishing, with quick breakdown at the heart of the plan.

  • Dedicated Method-feeder groundbait, product code DY005.
  • Contains ground fishmeals and ground expander pellets.
  • Includes squid and octopus attractants, proteins, amino acids and Advanced Koi Technology ingredients.
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Fox Rage Slick Legend Super Soft85%

Fox Rage

Fox Rage Slick Legend Super Soft

SuperSoft range · 15cm, 18cm and 21cm

A baitfish body, a tentacle tail and three substantial sizes. The Slick Legend is built for putting a tempting mouthful in front of big zander and pike without racing it past them.

  • Available in 15cm, 18cm and 21cm lengths.
  • SuperSoft material with a Slick Shad-style baitfish profile and tentacle tail.
  • Infused with Fox Rage Fish Flavouring.
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Dynamite Baits Bloodied Eel Dip85%

Dynamite Baits

Dynamite Baits Bloodied Eel Dip

270ml pot

A thick, clingy eel-scented dip for pellets, boilies and deadbaits. This is specialist catfish bait care, not another all-purpose liquid to chuck over everything.

  • Designed specifically for catfish fishing.
  • Supplied in a 270ml pot with an easy-access top.
  • Extra-thick dip with a pungent eel scent.
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Dynamite Baits

Dynamite Baits Swim Stim Feeder & Bag Booster

50ml

A thick, PVA-friendly liquid for giving feeders and bags a targeted lift. Dead handy if you want extra attraction without piling more feed onto the spot.

  • Supplied in a 50ml nozzle bottle for precise application.
  • CSL-based liquid containing pre-digested fishmeals.
  • PVA-friendly and designed for feeders and PVA bags.
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CC Moore Whole Krill Extract85%

CC Moore

CC Moore Whole Krill Extract

500ml

A PVA-friendly krill liquid for giving boilies, pellets and loose feed a salty, crustacean edge. Handy stuff for bait preparation — just don’t expect a bottle to find the fish for you.

  • 500ml bottle; checked listing names it Whole Krill Compound, code 99931.
  • Contains whole fresh krill, krill hydrolysate and krill oil.
  • PVA-friendly, with a salty taste and natural meaty/crustacean aroma.
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CC Moore Feedstim XP Liquid85%

CC Moore

CC Moore Feedstim XP Liquid

500 ml

A water-soluble, PVA-friendly liquid that fits everything from a little stick mix to a proper spod bucket. Useful versatility, mate — just don’t mistake an additive for a shortcut to finding fish.

  • 500 ml bottle; manufacturer product code 95694.
  • Natural liquid bait additive containing highly digestible amino acids.
  • Completely water-soluble and intended for use in all water temperatures.
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CC Moore NS1 Bait Booster85%

CC Moore

CC Moore NS1 Bait Booster

500 ml

A low-oil, PVA-friendly liquid that brings Northern Special attraction to boilies, pellets and spod mixes. Dead handy for dressing bait — just don’t expect it to rescue a badly chosen spot.

  • 500 ml bottle; product reference 90222.
  • Concentrated, water-soluble liquid food with low oil content.
  • PVA-friendly and suitable for bag and stick mixes.
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CC Moore All Season Bag Mix85%

CC Moore

CC Moore All Season Bag Mix

1kg

A low-oil blend of pellets and powders with a sweet caramel aroma. It’s a straightforward option for compact PVA presentations, without having to build your own mix from scratch.

  • Supplied in a 1kg pack.
  • Low-oil mix designed for year-round use.
  • Sweet taste and caramel aroma.
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CC Moore Krill Bag Mix85%

CC Moore

CC Moore Krill Bag Mix

1kg

A moist, low-density bag mix built around Antarctic krill ingredients. A handy option for keeping attraction tight to your rig, rather than piling the swim with feed.

  • Supplied in a 1kg pack; manufacturer product ID 90767.
  • Contains Antarctic Krill Meal and Krill Micromass.
  • Moist, low-density mix suitable for compressed distance bags.
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CC Moore Belachan Bag Mix85%

CC Moore

CC Moore Belachan Bag Mix

1kg

A moist, salty bag mix built around Belachan, krill and soluble attractors. Proper purposeful bait for a compact presentation — without needing to knock up your own blend.

  • Supplied in a 1kg pack.
  • Moist loose-feed mix containing pure dried Belachan powder and moist Krill Micromass.
  • High levels of soluble attractors, with shrimp-derived amino acids, natural butyric acid and salts.
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CC Moore Live System PVA Bag Mix85%

CC Moore

CC Moore Live System PVA Bag Mix

1kg

Boilie crumb, Milkimin pellets and a vanilla cream aroma in a ready-made bag mix. A handy option when you want a compact patch of bait rather than a swim full of freebies.

  • Supplied in a 1kg pack.
  • Contains over 25% pure Live System Boilie Crumb.
  • Includes sweet, white Milkimin Pellets.
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CC Moore Halibut Ultramix Pellets85%

CC Moore

CC Moore Halibut Ultramix Pellets

1kg pack

Dark, sinking halibut-type pellets for PVA bags, spod mixes and loose feeding. A handy ready-made blend, though the oil content calls for a bit of restraint when the water’s cold.

  • Available in a 1kg pack.
  • Maker lists 4, 6 and 8mm pellets; Angling Direct additionally lists 11mm.
  • Dark grey/black sinking halibut-type pellets with medium-high oil content.
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CC Moore Mini Ultramix Pellets85%

CC Moore

CC Moore Mini Ultramix Pellets

1kg

Small halibut, trout and krill pellets for solid bags and loose feed. Dead handy when you want a compact patch of bait rather than a swim full of dinner.

  • Supplied in a 1kg pack; product code 90057.
  • Blend of halibut, trout and krill pellets.
  • CC Moore lists 2–4mm pellets; Angling Direct lists 1–3mm.
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CC Moore Live System Pellets85%

CC Moore

CC Moore Live System Pellets

3mm and 6mm · 1kg packs

Low-oil pellets with a sweet almond taste and vanilla cream aroma. A neat match for Live System boilies, with plenty of uses beyond simply filling a PVA bag.

  • Available in 3mm and 6mm diameters, both in 1kg packs.
  • Low-oil recipe with a sweet almond taste and vanilla cream aroma.
  • Contains fish, yeast, poultry and vegetable proteins, plus protein-derived essential amino acids.
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CC Moore Oily Salmon Floater Hookbaits85%

CC Moore

CC Moore Oily Salmon Floater Hookbaits

12 × 14 mm dumbbells · 50 hookbaits per pot

Tough-skinned, salmon-oil-soaked dumbbells for fishing among mixers or floating pellets. A handy specialist hookbait, provided you check how it sits with your chosen hook.

  • 12 × 14 mm dumbbell hookbaits, with 50 in each pot.
  • Made using a buoyant pop-up mix with a tough skin.
  • Light brown and dark brown baits offer mixer and floating-pellet colour matches.
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CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Glugged Hookbaits85%

CC Moore

CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Glugged Hookbaits

10 × 15 mm / 15 × 18 mm

Pellet-shaped sinkers with a smoked garlic sausage aroma and a PVA-friendly soak. A handy fit for Pro-Stim Liver users, without pretending a glugged hookbait can rescue a badly placed rig.

  • Pellet-shaped sinking hookbaits in two sizes.
  • 10 × 15 mm: 50 hookbaits per pot.
  • 15 × 18 mm: 35 hookbaits per pot.
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CC Moore Pacific Tuna Glugged Hookbaits85%

CC Moore

CC Moore Pacific Tuna Glugged Hookbaits

Small 10x15mm / Large 15x18mm

Toughened, pre-soaked dumbells for fishing on the deck, especially if Pacific Tuna already features in your bait bucket. Dead handy — just don’t mistake them for wafters.

  • Sinking dumbell/pellet-shaped hookbaits with toughened construction.
  • Pre-soaked in PVA-friendly Pacific Tuna Bait Booster.
  • Small: 10x15mm with 50 hookbaits per pot, according to CC Moore.

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