Help & FAQs

All food source boilies catch big carp. It mostly depends on the carp’s preferred flavour and the environment in which they are fished.

Ocean Fresh Natural Carp Food is most likely to catch the largest specimens due to the high natural food source value and rich amino vitamin diet big carp need for their health and energy levels - especially to get them through winter.

The environment tends to be the difference between high pressure and low pressure carp lakes. In high pressure circumstances, big carp tend to be caught quicker on more natural baits, like Green Lipped Mussel or other fishmeal baits which contain high levels of natural ingredients like bloodworm, robin red, crab meat, oyster and shrimp extracts - as well as the usual Ocean Fresh taste big carp adore. Proven results put Oily Crab and Red Shrimp & Garlic at the top of this list. Another method of catching big carp consistently is to pre-bait on a regular basis with these tastes.

On less pressured big carp waters both Ocean Fresh Natural Carp Food and Carp Classic boilies will catch big carp because both bait ranges are food baits which contain irresistible flavour attractors and are highly digestive milk proteins to attract instant result or results in conjunction with a baiting campaign.

Yes! We are currently recruiting Ocean Fresh field testers for our new Natural Carp Food boilie taste BBQ Sardine & Oyster. Please click on the front page link to access further information about this opportunity. You’ll need to be quick though; we only have a few places left. Excluding this offer there are presently no other vacancies.

With Ocean Fresh carp baits, instant fishing is very easy to learn. You will first need to choose one of the boilie ranges and flavours to plan out your attack. Then, you must fish with the least possible amount of bait and try to opt for more attraction than feed. This can be achieved by combining boilies with amino liquid food, pellet or method mix PVA bags or sticks. The trick is to catch carp with low levels of feed and more attraction baits like boilies or pop ups, fished either on their own or with PVA ‘stringers’. This method of fishing is low cost and will produce big carp quickly with minimal effort. The ideal time to fish carp instantly is on short overnight sessions, early mornings and late afternoons. Check out our buying guide for further information. The opposite of this approach is a pre-bait baiting campaign.

Pre-baiting is feeding the lake or river system regularly before and after you fish, to build a high potential catching spot to which the carp regularly return to feed. This method will virtually guarantee that there will be more carp for you to catch, and that the fish you catch will be consistently larger.

The normal amount to pre-bait is around 2-5 kilos per week with continued feeding through out the season. Most - if not all - specimen carp anglers pre-bait and some, more dedicated anglers will continue to feed the lake throughout the colder months, perhaps reducing the amount of feed but still visiting the lake weekly and using higher quantities to make up for the less-frequent visits.

Many carp anglers will differ in the amount of bait they use. Some opt for the less-feed- more-regularly approach, but the quantity of feed will still reach 5 kilos a week. Others may only pre-bait once a week and again after they pack up from a session. It really depends on your time schedule and how much time you can spend at the water feeding, observing and fishing. If your time is limited, try the instant approach. If you want to build the carp’s confidence in your bait and in your chosen spot, then go slow to start with and watch the results. If it’s working and you’re catching more fish straight away, opt for 2 kilos of pre-baiting when you’re not fishing and increase the amount when you feel you have enough experience to go to the next level: 5 kilos.

This is the normal approach for the dedicated carp angler. Fishing and feeding these quantities will guarantee more carp getting on your baits, and will produce better multiple sized carp when you’re actually fishing. Check out the bulk discount offers for purchasing pre-bait stock.

Ocean Fresh boilies are 100% natural, with no chemical preservatives or other harmful ingredients that might damage the carp’s welfare. So using a combination of different flavoured Ocean Fresh boilies offers a unique taste and will not discourage the carp from feeding. However, we strongly discourage you from pre-baiting our products with other manufacturer’s boilies, since this can create a non-healthy food source and might discourage carp from eating there, especially if preservatives are used in the other bait company’s products.

Particles are a different type of bait which can be very useful for pre-baiting. Particles must be well cooked before entering the water, and a good particle mix would include maples, hemp, tigernuts, pellets and maize. This would reduce the cost of the pre-baiting exercise but could bring more nuisance fish on to your spot.

With the concentrated Ocean Fresh flavours in the Natural Carp Food range, the Carp Classic range and the Amino Liquid Food, take a look at the information on homemade boilies in the buyer’s guides section of this site to help you in this topic.

If you’re a new comer to fishing, then welcome. When it comes to boilies, you must learn to tie a hair rig to effectively catch carp, or you can start off by buying Ocean Fresh hair rig hook links. There are several types for different presentations which are explained in the ‘carp rig’ and ‘carp fishing setup’ sections on this site. These will get you started the professional way, with the carp’s safety in mind. Also, you’ll find other useful information about carp fishing with boilies in the buyer’s guides, which go deeper into the way you fish with them and the presentation methods currently used in carp fishing.

To fish for carp using PVA bags you need to purchase pellets. Ocean Fresh has on offer three different products for PVA bag fishing. In the Pro-Match range you can buy 2mm Bloodworm pellets which have a rapid breakdown time or you can try using the Betaine 6mm Halibut Pellets or the Pellet Mix with Bloodworm & Shrimp. Simply purchase one of these products and some strong PVA bags, we recommend Gardner or ESP bags. Choose a suitable PVA bag size depending on the distance you wish to cast. Then, put the carp hair rig with the boilie inside, followed by the lead and then with PVA tape or string tie a knot at the top securing it on your line, then puncture some holes to let the air out so that the bag sinks when hitting the water.

Another method is the ‘stick mix’. This is made by combining amino liquid food with the method mix to make an oily, dry mix that can be pushed into a stick PVA system. Korda and Fox produce a funnel web PVA system for pellet PVA, or method mix sticks which are perfect for making good sticks. With the funnel web you can make the stick to the size you want by simply following the instructions provided on the pack. Thread your hook link through the stick with baiting needle or knick the hook in the top of the PVA stick so it’s secure for cast. When the PVA bag or stick hits the lake bottom it will dissolve to leave a pile of pellet or method mix around your hook bait, perfect for instant attraction fishing. Ocean Fresh does not sell PVA netting or bags at this present time.

If you have placed an order with us and not received delivery after 5 working days, please drop us an email at returns@carp-bait.net and we will immediately chase the shipment with the courier company. If the goods have been lost in transit Ocean Fresh UK Ltd will send out a replacement shipment with no charge.

Yes, with a UK bank account and guarantee cheque card for the amount. If your cheque guarantee card is lower than the amount of the goods then you must send multiple cheques to the exact value.

Please email us at info@carp-bait.net that you wish to pay by cheque and then send your cheques to the following address and we will organise shipment once your cheques have cleared in the bank. This only applies for UK bank accounts. Cheques can not be processed through the online shop.

Ocean Fresh UK Ltd
The Lodge
Reading Road
Arborfield
Berkshire
RG2 9HU

Yes, please click on the ‘returns & refunds’ tab and follow the instructions carefully.

Ocean Fresh has retail partners in France, Belgium, Holland & Germany. To visit retail stores in these countries please visit www.oceanfreshbaits.com and click on your country flag and then contact. Please note this site is the only store to provide these special offers and bulk discounts, other retail outlets can not support any of the prices listed here.

Please report any problems with your goods immediately to us by clicking on the ‘returns & refunds’ tab and sending us an email. If your problem arises after the times given for refunds, we will review your problem, possibly by requesting that you return the faulty item for inspection. In most cases we’ll issue a replacement free of charge and with no shipping fees.

Yes, but only with advance notice via email or by phone. Collections are only available once your payment has been processed. No cash-on-collection orders will be accepted unless agreed in advance. Once we have confirmed your order and sent an email stating a time of the collection, then you may come to our warehouse to collect. Just turning up with out permission will not be accepted and we have the right to refuse admission. So please follow these instructions carefully to avoid disappointment.

It is possible, though we haven’t priced this service. Please call our customer service number or send an email prior to processing your order to confirm whether we can achieve this at a price with which you’re satisfied.

For any product related questions about fishing for carp or course fish please email at info@carp-bait.net and we will try our best to help you.