I'd boil it longer - 30 minutes at least. Thereafter keep checking it and when the grains just start to split it's done. It's worth leaving it soaking for 48 hours before cooking as well. I add Thaumatin-B at 5ml per kilo of uncooked maize to the water in which it is both soaked and boiled, which seems to give it an extra something.The happy angler wrote:ive used sweetcorn since i started fishing and have just starting ,or tring to cook Maize for hair rigs,not sure if cooking it right..im soaking it for 24 hours and then boiling for ten minutes...........any advice fellow Anglers :-)
It's an excellent under-used bait which seems highly attractive to carp, tench and bream. Cheap too. Only problem for traditionalists is that it's too hard to fish straight off a hook and is best fished on a hair rig - not that you can't get it on the hook, but it tends to impede penetration on the strike.