About AminoTec R&D

Company History

The Beginning

As a boy I was, and remain to this day, an avid reader of the angling literature. If you too are the type of person that reads your favorite angling monthlies cover to cover over breakfast (the same morning they drop through the letterbox, of course); or your well-worn copies of books like Carp Fever have vast sections of text highlighted, with additional copious notes written within their margins, then you’re not alone! More specifically, like so many of us, I always found myself looking for that unique ‘magic’ bait additive that would transform my fishing. I tried whatever I could get my hands on or was in vogue at the time - everything from dried pigeon sh*t to mown grass flavoring would find their way into my various baits. They all seemed to work at some time to some degree, but nothing ever emerged as the ‘true grail’ we were all looking for. Fast forward over a decade and a half – this boy from Dorset grew up, went to college, and, eventually, found a job teaching chemistry at a small college located just outside of Chicago. Here, in the autumn of 2006, is where the BioSource story really begins…

Dr. Patrick Mills

I’m Patrick Mills, Founder of BioSource Baits. I moved from England to the United States in 1994 for Graduate School, where I completed a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. After stints working at the University of Cambridge as a post-doctoral research associate, as well as several temporary assignments at other Research Universities and Colleges, I ultimately became a tenured Prof. of Chemistry at Joliet Junior College (JJC), which is located ~30 miles southwest of Chicago. I have been a faculty member at JJC since 2003, where I teach chemistry classes and conduct research into fish feeding stimulants through the College’s Undergraduate Research Program.