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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.
- Soaked in omega-rich Pure Salmon Oil; suitable for hair-rigging or side-hooking.
Make sure it’s the right one. CC Moore Oily Salmon Floater Hookbaits, product code 99334.
Tackle Index Score
Tackle Index score
Scores based on the maker's stated features for the confirmed features and intended job; value remains cautious without a verified selling price.
- Product Quality8.8/10
- Performance8.6/10
- Impact on Fish Catching8/10
- Ease of Use9/10
- Value for Money7.7/10
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Who it suits
Is it right for you?
Great for
- Regular floater anglers. A purpose-made hookbait for fishing among mixers or floating trout pellets without relying on a loose-feed bait staying attached.
- Anglers who like presentation options. Hair-rigging, side-hooking and balanced pellet or PVA bag setups give the pot more than one job.
Maybe skip if
- Anglers after a sinking hookbait straight from the pot. The buoyant pop-up mix needs suitable rigging and balancing for subsurface presentations.
- Occasional surface dabblers on a tight budget. A dedicated pot may be hard to justify if a simple mixer or bread presentation already covers your fishing.
The lowdown
Introducing the CC Moore Oily Salmon Floater Hookbaits
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.
- Soaked in omega-rich Pure Salmon Oil; suitable for hair-rigging or side-hooking.
Quick verdict
A tidy answer to the fiddly floater hookbait
These make sense if you love surface fishing but can't be doing with fragile hookbaits. The tough skin, buoyant mix and two feed-matching browns give them a proper job in the tackle bag.
They're still a specialist option, not a shortcut to getting wary carp feeding. Check the complete rig in water, match your loose feed and spend more time watching than casting.
Scores based on the maker's stated features for the confirmed features and intended job; value remains cautious without a verified selling price.
- Product Quality
- 8.8/10
- Performance
- 8.6/10
- Impact on Fish Catching
- 8/10
- Ease of Use
- 9/10
- Value for Money
- 7.7/10
The tough skin and purpose-made buoyant mix are sensible features, though their durability hasn't been tested here.
Feed-matching colours and flexible mounting options suit the job, with actual flotation dependent on your rig.
A suitable hookbait can help presentation, but it cannot replace confident feeding and a natural drift.
Ready-made hookbaits with hair-rigging and side-hooking options cut preparation faff while still needing a flotation check.
Fifty hookbaits offer useful scope for regular users, but a firm value judgement needs the actual shop price.
Head to head
How it stacks up
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The full rundown
Everything you'll want to know about the CC Moore Oily Salmon Floater Hookbaits
Surface fishing is brilliant right up until your hookbait becomes the fiddliest bit of the session. You've got carp taking loose feed, a gap opens up for a cast, and suddenly you're messing about with a mixer that won't stay where you want it. CC Moore Oily Salmon Floater Hookbaits are aimed squarely at that sort of faff. They're purpose-made, buoyant hookbaits for fishing among surface freebies, rather than asking an ordinary feed bait to do a job it wasn't really built for.
What you're buying is a pot of 50 dumbbell-shaped baits measuring 12 × 14 mm. They're made using a buoyant pop-up mix, have a tough skin and are soaked in omega-rich Pure Salmon Oil. That's a useful combination on paper: buoyancy for the presentation, a tougher outer layer for mounting, and an oily treatment as part of the bait's attraction.
The colours are a big part of the appeal, and thankfully they're sensible ones for this job. Light brown is similar in colour to Chum Mixer, while dark brown colour-matches CC Moore Floating Trout Pellets. If you're trying to get a wary fish to take one bait among a scattering of freebies, starting with a similar-looking hookbait makes sense. It doesn't make the hook disappear, mate, and a dumbbell won't look identical to every mixer. Still, it's a practical starting point rather than a glaring mismatch.
You can hair-rig these or side-hook them, which gives you room to work with your preferred surface setup. Whichever route you take, test the finished arrangement in water before flicking it towards feeding fish. A bait being buoyant doesn't tell you exactly how it will sit once you've added your hook and everything else. Look at the bait's position, make sure the hook point is clear and check that nothing is sitting awkwardly. That's a much better use of a minute than finding out beside a cruising lump.
The tough skin is particularly relevant if you're fed up with delicate hookbaits. It gives these a clear reason to exist beyond simply smelling of salmon oil. That said, tough-skinned doesn't mean indestructible, and there's no need to pretend otherwise. Inspect the bait after casting, retrieving or missing a take, especially around the mounting point. If it's damaged or sitting differently, sort it before the next cast. When the fish finally settle into a confident feeding spell, you want your presentation ready, not something you're hoping will behave.
On the bank, the sensible approach is still to get the carp feeding before you drop a rig into the party. Feed a little, watch their response and build things from there, keeping an eye on wind drift and any birds moving in. These hookbaits can fit neatly into either a close-range surface approach or a controller setup, but they won't rescue a poor drift. If your hookbait is dragging across the surface while the loose feed moves naturally, matching the colour is only solving half the problem.
There's also a second use beyond watching mouths appear at the surface. CC Moore lists these as suitable for PVA bag and pellet presentations, which broadens their appeal if you like tinkering with buoyant hookbaits. The important bit is to treat them as buoyant baits, not as ordinary sinking pellets. Balance your chosen arrangement and check where the hookbait ends up. Don't assume the oil treatment makes every extra liquid you might add suitable for PVA, either; keep any additions appropriate for the bag you're using.
So, who should be interested? Mainly the angler who genuinely enjoys floater fishing and wants a dedicated hookbait ready when the chance comes along. A pot of 50 is a useful quantity, though its value depends on how often you actually use them, not just the count on the lid. If surface fishing is a once-a-year dabble, you might stick with simpler options. If you're regularly watching the margins for an opportunity, these offer a tidy, practical alternative without pretending to be a magic ticket to a PB.
Specifications
The nuts and bolts
- Size and shape
- 12 × 14 mm dumbbell
- Quantity
- 50 hookbaits per pot
- Construction
- Buoyant pop-up mix with a tough skin
- Colours
- Light brown and dark brown
- Oil treatment
- Soaked in omega-rich Pure Salmon Oil
- Product code
- 99334
Specs checked with CC Moore, Oct 2026.
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Our take
Match the feed, then get the presentation right
The useful bit isn't just the salmon oil. Light brown gives you a mixer-style colour, while dark brown matches CC Moore Floating Trout Pellets.
That gives you two sensible starting points for blending your hookbait into the feed. Hook weight, line position and a natural drift still need your attention.
What's in the pot
Closer look: a purpose-made bait, not another handful of mixers
The 12 × 14 mm dumbbell format combines a buoyant pop-up mix with a tough skin. That's the central distinction from using your loose feed as a hookbait. These are made for mounting on the rig, with hair-rigging and side-hooking both supported. The salmon-oil soak adds another feature, but it doesn't establish how quickly a fish will find or accept the bait.
The two browns let you work around your feeding approach. Light brown is the mixer-style choice; dark brown matches CC Moore Floating Trout Pellets. Colour matching is useful, but keep size, shape and drift in mind too. A well-matched bait pulled unnaturally by the line can still look wrong.
Worth knowing. No hook-support weight or guaranteed floating duration is given here. Check your actual hookbait and rig together in water, and recheck during the session rather than assuming it'll sit the same way indefinitely.
Your kind of fishing?
Who it suits: surface regulars get the clearest benefit
If you carry mixers or floating pellets and actively look for chances off the top, this is a logical addition. It gives you a dedicated hookbait rather than another little preparation job when the fish start showing interest. Keep your mounting tools handy and check the bait before committing to a cast.
It also suits anglers happy to balance buoyant baits for pellet or PVA bag work. That's a useful extra job, not a reason to drop one onto any old bottom-bait rig unchecked. If all you want is a sinking bait you can attach and forget, this isn't the straightforward choice.
For the occasional surface angler, the decision is mostly about convenience. Bread and mixers remain perfectly sensible approaches. These earn their place when having a tough-skinned, ready-made alternative solves an actual annoyance in your fishing—not merely because there's room for another pot in the bag.
Quick bank-side answers
FAQs in full: sizing, colour and rigging
What size are they, and how many come in a pot? You get 50 dumbbell hookbaits measuring 12 × 14 mm. That describes the bait itself, not a recommended hook size. Pick a suitable hook for your fishing and check how the finished arrangement floats.
Which brown should you use? Start with light brown alongside Chum Mixer-style feed and dark brown alongside CC Moore Floating Trout Pellets. The aim is a sensible colour match. Watch how the fish respond and make sure the hookbait travels naturally with the freebies before blaming its shade.
Are they only for floaters? No. They're suitable for hair-rigging or side-hooking, and their listed uses include PVA bag and pellet presentations as well as surface fishing. For subsurface work, balance the buoyancy to your intended presentation and check it in water. Bosh—less guesswork, more confidence in what's out there.
On paper
Pros & cons
What we like
- Two brown colours help you match common surface loose feeds.
- Tough-skinned construction is a useful alternative to fragile mixer hookbaits.
- Can be hair-rigged or side-hooked to suit your approach.
- Also suitable for carefully balanced PVA bag or pellet presentations.
Worth knowing
- The fixed dumbbell size won't match every loose-feed size or shape.
- You still need to check buoyancy with your actual hook and rig.
- Limited appeal if you rarely fish floaters or buoyant hookbait presentations.
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Your questions answered
What anglers want to know
The stuff you’d ask your mate on the next peg. Straight answers, no waffle.
01What size are they, and how many do you get?
What size are they, and how many do you get?
They're 12 × 14 mm dumbbells, supplied as 50 hookbaits per pot.
02Which colour should I choose?
Which colour should I choose?
Light brown is similar in colour to Chum Mixer. Dark brown colour-matches CC Moore Floating Trout Pellets. Start with whichever is closest to your loose feed.
03Can I use them for anything other than surface fishing?
Can I use them for anything other than surface fishing?
Yes. They're also suitable for PVA bag or pellet presentations. Because they're buoyant, check and balance the complete rig rather than treating them as sinking pellets.
What anglers say
The word from the bank
Our read: a tidy answer to the fiddly floater hookbait. The strongest reasons to choose it are two brown colours help you match common surface loose feeds. and tough-skinned construction is a useful alternative to fragile mixer hookbaits.; the main trade-off is the fixed dumbbell size won't match every loose-feed size or shape..
Our take on the feedback
Why it appeals
Checked Sept '26 — “Two brown colours help you match common surface loose feeds.”
Best fit
Checked Sept '26 — “Regular floater anglers: A purpose-made hookbait for fishing among mixers or floating trout pellets without relying on a loose-feed bait staying attached.”
Worth knowing
Checked Sept '26 — “The fixed dumbbell size won't match every loose-feed size or shape.”
Tackle Index’s take from the product details and fishing fit we checked. We haven’t found enough independent public feedback to call this an angler consensus yet.
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