mussels and teabags

[paulthespark]

i think i've found a novel way of presenting mussels on your hook as a bait ,teabags[ use only tetley teabags as they let the flavour flood through] cut open a [tetley] teabag at the top and empty the tea out, fill it full of chopped mussel or anything else you want to throw in , and sow it back up or use bait elastic when it's on the hook to seal it, i tried it out last week and it works fine ,the teabag it's self is very durable and doe'snt dissintergrate in the sea it's also very cheap and the perfect size.

[Davyred]

I'll just stick to wrapping a load of them on my hook ta.

[anndy]

i have read some ideas but think you a having a laugh

[Charlie_Thompson]

finger bandages have been mentioned in the past for similar shennanigans

Squid mantles work as well but make a rubbish cup of tea.

[johnf]

cut up bits of tights!. Saw an old fella using this method on Blyth pier years ago.
Should be a couple of pairs going spare now Nora Batty's passed away (sorry!)

[Charlie_Thompson]

cut up bits of tights!. Saw an old fella using this method on Blyth pier years ago.
Should be a couple of pairs going spare now Nora Batty's passed away (sorry!)

Don't wish her dead or nowt but she was Rubbish at the acting - taught by Albert Tatlock I reckon

[Lowrider]

I don't know i think the Tbag thing would work.
Saw something akin to the used by the coarse anglers

[Charlie_Thompson]

Poly bag things they use don't they, that dissolve in water. They also use lasers, remote control boats, satellite imagery and "boilies" (*Shudder*)

[spike]

Using t bags is an old trick but using a small amount of kitchen roll will do just aswell,the main point is to give you something to grip and and for the elastic to get a bind as you tie the elastic around, instead of chasing the slimy mussel around and around the hook trying to get a bind on the elastic.

[musky]

If you get your mussels live then feed em for a week by puttin a spoonfull of porridge oats in the water - toughens em right up



pain in the arse though when they start playin the bagpipes in the middle of your session

[sfj21]

pain in the arse though when they start playin the bagpipes in the middle of your session

pmsl

[dizzydaz]

i seen an old bloke on the headland a few years back using old stockings think il just stick to gettin ma hands dirty and baiting the mussel to the hook with good old bait elastic no offence but id rather have a cuppa tea instead of waistin it

[BAZACODBASHA]

Mussels in tea bags for bait ?..........sounds like a PG tip to me.

[hardy man]

If you get your mussels live then feed em for a week by puttin a spoonfull of porridge oats in the water - toughens em right up



pain in the arse though when they start playin the bagpipes in the middle of your session

nice one m8 think that one will take some beating

[SnaggedUpLad]

easier putting 5 or how many you like on bait needle and wrap with bait elastic to make a sausage and stays on mint (not my idea was a sea angler mag vid i think)