Mussels

Advantages: FREEEEE!! They're easy to find and in some places they actually work!!
Disadvantages: Down here they really DON'T catch fish.

...and all these little kiddie mussels that had drifted in on the tide and persuaded Fred to let them stay. You all know Fred. You must do!! He's the black bivalve chappy. They were all happy. Until that was, a big man called Ted-the-fisher-guy came walking down the beach and ripped Fred from his rock. Fred closed himself up tight (the main problem with them). "What's happening?? he wandered with a dumb expression on his face. Ted was a fisherman ...
...down and grabbed 2 more mussels from the rock (the biggest he could find). Repeating his Fred killing manoeuvre, his hook was now almost completely covered and it was all looking very tasty. The problem though, was that Ted was an expert caster and was fishing a long way from the shore. Whacking this out a long distance would decimate poor Fred & chums before they even reached the water. They all had quite tough little bodies and if he'd been fishing ... Read review

Advantages: Strong Scent, Readily available, Free
Disadvantages: Soft, Die Quickly

...Here is a list of other baits to try fishing with:- 1. Mussels. 2. Cockles. 3. Sand clams (White). 4. Limpets. 5. Winkles. 1. Mussels are found plentiful on roacks either just below the mean highwater mark (a mark even on the small tides that is covered by water), orsheltered gullies. They are a soft bait and care should be taken when opening them because a knife is required and also the shell it self is very sharp when broken. Inside you will find a soft fleshy part and a harder tougher foot, this is the place to put the hook through (twice if you can). Plaice are a fish that spend alot of their time cruising around the mussel beds looking for food and go mad for a freshly presented mussel, try tipping with a very small piece of Mackeral to keep it on the hook and also use a small amount of bait elastic. Cheap bait... Read review

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Advantages: Scenty and juicy excellent results
Disadvantages: Quickly lose scent and flavour

...for Mullet to feed hard. You can keep these in dry newspaper at the bottom of your refridgerator (if okay with the wife or don't tell her they're are there(the later at your own risk). Packed at about a dozen per package, they will last about 2-3 days. Good bait for float fishing and Plaice fishing but remember to put 2 black beads and 2 red beads alternating on your hook length. 2. KING RAGWORM These are hardy old worms they can be cut in half for two rods or left whole for a single kig size bait excellent for Bass and Cod try tipping with Mackeral or Squid etc to present a cocktail bait with different scents, i have tipped these with Mussel and Cockles with good results i have fished for Bass without a single bite and put a single Cockle on the hook as a cocktail and spent the night busy bagging up my fish good result. Again keep... Read review

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Advantages: very versitile bait
Disadvantages: not many i can think of

...Boilies, carp anglers love em, all i ever hear from my fishing buddies is "have you tried those new xxxx boilies??" and "my mate caught a 23 pounder on these boilies" but why?? Boilies are essentially just a mixture of powdered proteins ect mixed with egg and boiled so why do so many fish love em?? The truth is not many people know but one of the reasons could be because of the high nutritional value contained in many top brands and another may be because even if you were to dangle a fluff ball right inm front of a carp's nose chances are they would bite it. Boilies are very versitile as the come in both sinking and floating varieties, they come in roughly 5 different sizes (can be cut to any shape/size) and come in thousands of flavours from crab & mussel to whisky and chocolate, the truth is they are one of the best baits around... Read review

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