BAIT
At The Mead, we regularly feed the main lake and our stock pond 2-3 times per week to give our carp a balanced and nutritious diet. This helps maintain their health and vitality, giving our carp angling guests the best possible fight and adrenaline rush when catching large carp anywhere in the country. Our flavoured boilies and feed boilies are unique to Olivemead Lake and are made using only the finest HNV base ingredients. These ingredients provide easy digestion for the carp, allowing them to quickly absorb all the macro and micro-nutrients available in the recipes, which in turn maximizes the benefits they get from all the food we feed into the lake.
As all our HNV food stuffs are fed into the lake regularly, they soon become a natural food source for our carp. The carp can then become preoccupied with The Mead’s baits. As a result, it made sense to start selling our baits to our anglers. This has been a great success over the years, and we believe it’s one of the main reasons why The Mead’s carp are so healthy and fit, fight hard and long, and have significant weight gains. One example is the current lake record, a young mirror carp weighing 47lb 2oz, achieving a weight gain of almost 6lb in only 10 months. This fish is not an exception. Many of our bigger carp are now gaining weight at a very healthy yet quick rate.
Olivemead’s Own Bait Range
The success of our feeding program is evident by the large number of big carp that reside in The Mead. The lake, which spans across 3 acres, boasts over 90 20-pounders, 60 different 30-pounders, and 6 DIFFERENT 40-pounders. Suppose you’re planning to visit The Mead. In that case, you can order any of our bait in advance when booking or contact us to place an order (please ensure you order at least 2 WEEKS in advance of your booking to avoid disappointment), and we’ll have your order ready for you upon your arrival. Our OM bait range and pricing can be found below.
PLEASE NOTE: Our OM boilies are delivered fresh. We freeze them immediately upon delivery and sell them to our anglers frozen. Additionally, we prepare and cook our OM particle mix fresh on-site and freeze it. If you contact us in advance or pre-order in advance when booking, we can take the particle mix out of the freezer the night before your arrival to ensure it has thawed and defrosted properly and is ready for you to use on your arrival date.
The Parker Baits & Kiana Carp Goo Range at Olivemead Lake
We at Olivemead Lake are thrilled to announce that we will start stocking some Parker Baits products alongside our own from Summer 2024. Anglers can purchase these on-site or order in advance, ideally at least 2 weeks before arrival to avoid disappointment. To place an order, click here. This decision comes from popular demand as Parker Baits has contributed to many Carp catches on The Mead over the past couple of seasons. We appreciate their family-run business ethos and their unique bait-making process, which uses steaming and double dusting for enhanced nutrition and attraction.
We’re excited to announce that we’ll be stocking the Kiana Carp Goo range alongside our own and Parker Baits. Anglers can purchase these on-site or order in advance when booking by clicking here. To avoid disappointment, please order at least 2 weeks before your arrival at ‘The Mead.’ The Goo is available in two models: Supreme and Smoke. Supreme Goos are slightly less viscous and versatile for various uses, such as binding ground baits like stick mixes or injecting into solid bags, while Smoke Goos are thicker, creating a powerful cloud of attractants that attracts Carp from all around. Smoke Goo enhances hook baits by creating an outer crust, once dried, that boosts their attractiveness and is also ideal for glazing solid bags. You can mix different flavours to create your own combinations. Check out the full range of flavours we stock below!
Parker Baits & Kiana Carp Goo Information
Boilies
Hook Baits
Liquids (PVA-FRIENDLY)
Additives
The Goo (PVA-FRIENDLY)
- Available Flavours (Supreme): Pineapple, Pink Almond, Garlic, Buttercorn, Super Scopex, Krill, Isotonic or Outrageous Orange
- Available Flavours (Smoke): Corn Twist, Tiger Nut or Tutti Frutti
- Price: £14.99 per 115ml bottle
Some examples of our own OM Strain Stockies growth rates from our feeding program in The Mead since their introduction in 2022
On the left is a mirror hand-picked from our homebred stock by our manager Caleb, this particular Carp weighed just over 3lb on its stocking day in July 2022, and almost 9 months later this gorgeous carp was caught by John, a regular to Olivemead at a whopping 8lb 4oz. It probably will not mean much to many, but for us here at Olivemead, it is a massive deal. Why? The reason why we’re absolutely buzzing about this particular carp is because it really settled into its own in the main lake and managed to gain 5lb+ in only 9 months that’s a superb, healthy weight gain, phenomenal for such a young carp, oh, and the scale pattern isn’t too shabby either.
On the right is an example of another one of our own, homegrown Olivemead Stockies that was stocked into the main lake from our stock pond back in 2022 and has since flourished in a highly competitive environment. This carp has made some exceptional weight gains this year (2024) alone, with Corey catching this example in April 2024 at 13lb+ and his partner Courtney catching the same carp in September 2024 at 15lb+. This shows a weight gain of 2lb+ in just 5 months and over a 12-month period, this carp has gained in excess of 5lbs. This might not look like a lot to be talking about but this carp is still very young and as mentioned above lives in a very competitive environment. It just goes to show that with the right HNV baits being fed in alongside the abundance of naturals that “The Mead” boasts, the correct lake management, and having the right established, mature lake environment, the fish will always grow at a healthy rate, year on year.