Other Baits

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 ...
...set your hook into. When other baits failed i have found that by using these as an extra they are enough to exite the fish into feeding especially Bass. Storage is the same as for Mussels above. 3. Sand clams These are excellent as bait for flatfish, but near on impossible to keep on the hook so an investment in bait elastic for securing them onto the hook is essential, best used when aboard a boat where your bait is lowered to the sea bed, full ...

zrxsheep 24.09.2005 · Read full review
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...myself, but I've heard from other it does work...... and it's worked for a very long time, right back as far as before the year 1653 when "The Compleat Angler" by Isaac Walton was published. Fishing with them is simplicity itself........ just tie a hook to the end of your reel line (about size 2 - 8 should do the trick)....... stick the slug on the hook..... then very quietly (so you don't spook the fish) go looking for the Chub (this is where a ...
...Chub takes it....... you'll know about it...... they'll hit it like an express train. If you're too squeamish to pick the slug up with your bare fingers, you can try gently picking them up with your forceps (as used for unhooking the fish with... they're a very handy tool to have with you when fishing). An additional benefit to using them as bait (as well as getting revenge on them for buggering up your prize petunia's) is when collecting them ...

duck1979 06.02.2005 · Read full review
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Mackerel as bait for sea fishing. Those of you that have been sea fishing from a boat will know that Mackies can be a pain in the proverbial b*m when you are trying to get your rigs down to the sea bed where the decent fish are supposed to be. But you probably know that Mackerel make good bait for those self same (and in my case, ELUSIVE) big boys. Here is my tip for you: Catch the b*ggers, fillet them and freeze them. BEFORE YOU START CLICKING ...
...BUTTON, let me explain a bit more. Freezing mackies, or more accurately, THAWING mackies, makes them go mushy and difficult to keep on the hook. The clever thing to do is to cut into fillets whilst fresh, layer them in a box containing 3 cm of salt and totally cover them in MORE SALT, 6 - 10 cms deep. These fillets should be left in the garage FOR A WEEK before they are bagged and frozen. When you are going to use them, take them out of the freezer, ...

rayurie 24.08.2008 · Read full review
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cat food is a very cheap and easily obtainable bait. The type of cat food to be used is chunks in gravy as you can hook the chunks as you use luncheon meat. It can either be fished on the hook or hair rigged. It is very good bait on commercial fisheries as all types of fish will take it especially carp, tench and bream. I have also had large roach using this method. Be careful how much feed you place in because some anglers have been throwing large ...
...forms scum on top of the water hence some commercial fisheries have banned this bait. I would recommend any cat food in gravy but meat flavours seem to work best. The branded names of cat food seem to be better ie. whiskas. The best way to buy the cat food is in resealable pouches and peel back packs. ...

cwbear 06.01.2005 · Read full review
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