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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 ... Read review

Advantages: Great for Chub, stops them buggering up your garden, simple set up
Disadvantages: Possibly the grossest bait possible (apart from Maggots)

...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 ... Read review

Advantages: it is free
Disadvantages: Takes a bit of time and effort, and can be a bit smelly

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 ... Read review

Advantages: cat food a good bait for carp
Disadvantages: banned on some commercial fisheries

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 ... Read review