Mike\'s Tackle Shop

[Chippy]

Oh yeah? How much? My e-mail adress is below, cheers.

GraemeKettlewell@hotmail.com

[ChrisJD]

I\'ve sent you an e-mail re the PPT, Chippy. Thanks!! Chris

[LaoFuZhi]

On a recent visit to my local tackle shop in Broxburn (which is freshwater biased) The bloke in there said he was off that evening to pick up a load of sea stuff from a shop in Portobello.... Job lot acquired cheap apprently! One wonders if this was mere co-incidence and why someone would feel the need to offload a pile of tackle cheap!

I have to say that other shops seem to be less than boyant too. Cafaro\'s in Glasgow were once THE place to go for all sorts of kit. Sure they still have sea stuff but it strikes me as a bit limited for what it was. It\'s quite close to my work but a visit to get a quantity of 50lb line the other week was fruitless.

The Glasgow Angling centre though, at the other end of town, has most stuff; and they seem to be primarily geared towards mail order. It\'s the way of the fuure methinks.

If only I could buy frozen bait online!!!

[Ant]

If only I could buy frozen bait online!!!

Not sure if this is sarcastic or not m8 but there\'s quite a few bait specialists on the net.

http://go-fishing.co.uk/Bait_Suppliers/UK_Sea_Fishing/

http://www.predatorbaits.co.uk/sea/

http://www.lagoonbait.8m.com/Bait.htm

[LaoFuZhi]

No Mate I wasn\'t being sarky, just thick I honestly didn\'t know that you could get frozen stuff delivered! And I\'m very grateful for the links.

How do they deliver it? Are there specialist carriers that come round with a refridgerated van or something? The baits direct looks to be about the easiest to use. Prices seem reasonable too. The squid and mackie are certainly cheaper than my local tackle dealer can manage.

[Ant]

Squids cheap at Chinese Supermarkets if you have one local to you. I get 2 dozen 1lb boxes for £20 and a few pennies.

Normally the stuff comes in a polystyrene box.

[LaoFuZhi]

As it happens I work right next door to the Glasgow Chinatown.... And (as you might guess from the nickname) have some close associations with the community...

Trouble is I live 40 miles away. I can get squid for about £1 ..odds a pound. But by the time I\'d get it home it would have thawed. Some of the \'unfrozen\' (I\'ll not speculate that it\'s fresh!) stuff I can obtain is possible. But again transporting it home can be problematic.

There is even a Chinese fishmonger next to the college I work in. He\'s not bad, one of the few places I\'d trust the stuff to be fresh, but shuts mid-afternoon so by the time I\'m headed up the road..... I daresay my colleagues would be a trifle freaked if I started filling up the woefully inadequate staffroom fridge with bait

[ChrisJD]

Easy answer Lao - take a coolbox witha few frozen ice blocks when you go bait shopping. Once the bait is in there don\'t be tempted to open the box again and it\'ll last for hours. I\'ve taken frozen bait on 200 mile round trips this way and it stays frozen.

[LaoFuZhi]

Aye well I had though of that but then.....

I\'m out the door here at 6:45am ..... Don\'t finish \'till at least 4pm often later so it\'s usually 6 before I\'m home.... Maybe in the deep midwinter I\'d get away with it???

I\'ve taken small amounts of frozen bait out myself with that method. And been surprised by how well it holds. But then I\'ve had as much Ice as I have bait. Less practical for larger amount maybe?

To be honest the convenience factor comes into play too! It\'d be nice just to push a few keys and have some bloke turn up to decant the goodies into the freezer all ready for when it takes my notion to go fishing....

Yes I\'m a lazy sod!

[bigh]

Surely the delivery bloke won\'t deliver before 6.45am or probably after 6.00pm ? Couldn\'t you take your coolbox (or whatever) into work and buy your bait at lunchtime before the fishmonger closes ?

[LaoFuZhi]

Aye probably ...it\'s jis gonny hiv tae be a freezin cauld day....

If the frozen bait bloke arrives ootside the time when the wean\'s bein\' conveyed to an from school all is well. she who must be placated can take custody of said precious cargo .....and the firecracker will have the sense to out it in the bloody freezer! (I hope)