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Millimetres, a flavour, and whether they sink

The best boilies for 2026

A boilie is a boiled paste ball, and its diameter in millimetres is the first figure because it selects the fish: 16 mm on the Zite Fishing pop-ups at 13,99 €, 18 mm on the Zite feeding boilies at 25,89 €, 20 mm on the Angel-Berger Magic Mais at 10,58 € and the Zite sweetcorn at 17,97 €, 24 mm on the Angel-Berger King Pineapple Premium at 13,59 €. Small baits are taken by more species, which is exactly the problem when a lake is full of bream; 20 mm and up is what keeps a bait in front of carp. The second division is the one that changes how the bait is fished, and it is printed plainly. A sinking boilie lies on the bottom — every « Futterboilie » and « Voederboilie » here, sold by the kilo for feeding. A pop-up floats, and is used to lift a hookbait above weed or silt: the Zite pop-ups at 16 mm with « optimale Auftriebseigenschaften », and the Angel-Berger Pop Up bundles at 24,99 € and 26,56 €. They are two different objects sold in the same shape, and a pop-up used as feed is money in the water. The third figure is the quantity, and it is where the price per kilo swings widely: 1 kg at 10,58 €, 3 kg at 25,89 €, 4 kg in a bucket at 24,99 € and 29,99 €. A four-kilo bucket at 6,25 € a kilo against a one-kilo bag at 10,58 € is the same arithmetic as the groundbait shelf, and the bucket is resealable. The flavour is the variable people argue about and the one the listings lean on hardest — sweetcorn, pineapple, Scopex, garlic — and it is worth owning two rather than four. One listing sells the surprise instead of the flavour: the Magic Baits Mystery Edition at 24,99 €. We compare diameter, weight, flavour, sinking or pop-up, packaging and price per kilo.

One table, every accessory here

  1. Angel-Berger Magic Baits pop up boilie bundle in six flavours, 18 mm

    Angel-Berger Magic Baits Pop Up Bundle, 18 mm

    Six pop-up flavours at one size, and the only listing here that explains steaming.

    Type
    Pop-ups — floating hookbaits
    Diameter
    18 mm; a 14 mm bundle is also offered
    Flavours
    Monster Crab, mussel, vanilla, corn, Scopex, tutti frutti
    Buoyancy
    Stated strong and long-lasting, holding above weed, silt and soft bottoms for hours
    Production
    Steamed rather than boiled
    Why
    Stated that steaming keeps the attractors and releases aroma slowly and steadily
    Dips
    Stated to take liquid dips well
    Weight
    Not published
    Amazon reference
    B0FGQBL4PK (one reference across 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4260728529078
    • Six flavours in one purchase, which is how you find out what a water wants
    • Explains the steaming claim rather than only making it
    • No weight or count published — six flavours of an unstated quantity

    Best for: Finding the flavour a water responds to, over weed or silt where a bottom bait vanishes

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  2. Angel-Berger Magic Baits boilies in a 4 kg bucket, 20 mm

    Angel-Berger Magic Baits in a bucket, 4 kg, 20 mm

    The bulk bucket — this is what you feed with, not what goes on the hook.

    Quantity
    4 kg — the largest on this shelf
    Diameter
    20 mm
    Container
    A bucket
    Flavour
    Corn; a range of flavours is offered
    Recipe
    Stated to be based on decades of experience
    Stated size rationale
    20 mm, stated to suit a broad range of carp
    Ingredients
    Not published
    Production method
    Not stated
    Amazon reference
    B07HMGJTTV (one reference across 4 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4260586732979
    • Four kilograms, which is a weekend of baiting rather than a session of hookbaits
    • A bucket, which is both the container and the thing you carry the feed in
    • No ingredients published, where one bait on this shelf lists eight

    Best for: Pre-baiting a swim, or a long session where several kilos go in

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  3. Zite Fishing sweet corn sinking boilies, 20 mm, 1 kg

    Zite Sweet corn, 20 mm, 1 kg

    The only listing here that puts « sinking » in its own title.

    Quantity
    1 kg
    Diameter
    20 mm
    Buoyancy
    Sinking, stated in the title
    Flavour
    Sweet corn
    Amino acids
    Stated well dosed
    Scent
    Selected components, stated to sharpen appetite and improve acceptance
    Ingredients
    Not published
    Production method
    Not stated
    Amazon reference
    B0CQ2CZQ6K (one reference across 2 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4260583079954
    • States « sinking » in the title, which on a shelf holding pop-ups is worth doing
    • 20 mm and 1 kg both published, as on every bait here
    • One published feature line — the shortest listing on this shelf

    Best for: A clean bottom where a sinking bait sits visible, with corn as the flavour

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  4. Angel-Berger boilie starter set with needle, stops, hook and lead

    Angel-Berger Boiliesortiment Magic Mix, 500 g

    Bait, needle, stops, hook and lead — everything a first carp rig needs.

    Boilies
    500 g, mixed colours, in a resealable screw-top tin
    Use
    Stated usable both as feed and as hookbait
    Needle
    A baiting needle for threading the boilie
    Stops
    Boilie stops to secure it on the hair
    Hook
    A ready-tied boilie hook
    Lead
    A carp lead
    Intended for
    Beginners and all-round anglers
    Diameter
    Not published
    Amazon reference
    B001OSYIQ4 (one reference across 4 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4260195270626
    • Every part of a first carp rig in one box: bait, needle, stops, hook and lead
    • A resealable screw-top tin, so 500 g does not dry out after one session
    • No diameter published — the only bait on this shelf that omits it

    Best for: A first carp session, where the needle and the stops are what nobody warns you about

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  5. Zite Fishing tutti frutti pop-up boilies, 16 mm, 80 g tin

    Zite Pop-Up, 16 mm, 80 g, tutti frutti

    The hookbait end of the shelf: eighty grams, sixteen millimetres, in a tin.

    Quantity
    80 g — the smallest pack on this shelf
    Diameter
    16 mm — the smallest here
    Type
    Pop-up, stated to hover above the bottom
    Rigs
    Stated suitable for every pop-up rig and hooklength
    Amino acids
    Synthesised and fully water-soluble
    Flavour
    Tutti frutti
    Container
    Resealable tin
    Freshness
    Stated to stay effective over a long period in the tin
    Amazon reference
    B0C7BYXXWG (one reference across 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4260583074348
    • 16 mm, the smallest diameter here — on pressured waters a smaller bait is often taken first
    • 80 g is the right quantity for hookbaits, which is all a pop-up is ever used as
    • Not carried by the American store

    Best for: Hookbaits on a pressured water, where a 16 mm bait is less obvious than a 24

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  6. Angel-Berger Magic Baits Premium Range King Pineapple boilies, 24 mm

    Angel-Berger Premium Range, King Pineapple, 24 mm, 1 kg

    Eight named ingredients, and a reason given for each of the three functional ones.

    Quantity
    1 kg
    Diameter
    24 mm — the largest on this shelf
    Flavour
    King Pineapple
    Production
    Gently preserved and steam-cooked
    Why steamed
    Stated to stop valuable components washing out, improving nutrient uptake
    Functional ingredients
    Egg albumin, casein and Vitamelo — for hardness, solubility and digestion
    Base ingredients
    Maize, semolina, soy flour, birdfood, cream powder
    Ingredient list
    The only one published anywhere on this site
    Amazon reference
    B08KJD9FGN (one reference across 4 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4260586738469
    • Eight ingredients named, which no other bait on this site does at all
    • Each of the three functional ingredients is given a purpose — hardness, solubility, digestion
    • No proportions given for any ingredient

    Best for: Big carp on a water full of nuisance fish, where 24 mm survives until a carp finds it

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  7. Angel-Berger Magic Baits Magic Mais boilies, 20 mm, 1 kg

    Angel-Berger Magic Baits Magic Mais, 20 mm, 1 kg

    The cheapest bait on the shelf, and the only one that addresses what it leaves behind.

    Quantity
    1 kg
    Diameter
    20 mm
    Flavour
    Magic Mais — corn
    Production
    Gently preserved and steamed
    Digestion
    Stated quickly digested, releasing attractors and feeding signals continuously
    Ingredients
    Stated compliant with food and feed law
    Environment
    Stated not to burden the water and to be harmless
    Range
    Available in several flavours
    Amazon reference
    B0721MLFHJ (one reference across 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4260424157117
    • The cheapest bait on this shelf at 10,58 €
    • The only listing here that addresses what uneaten bait does to the water
    • No ingredients listed, where this maker’s own Premium Range lists eight

    Best for: Corn-flavoured 20 mm baits at the lowest price, on a water you care about

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