Favourite Bait

[bozjc]

i never fish without having mussel in my bucket.
i love using crab and all razor.

dosnt always work LOL

that crab in a stocking thing sounds like a canny trick

[sage]

Iva-cod-on....
heres a couple of small smuts or smoothounds from last summer caught on cart ( now available at some tackleshops)


even my kid into them

[bozjc]

so you hook it on your hook?

whip it on like you would a crab and mussel cocktail?

[sage]

i use cart and i wrap it in gauze ...like finger bandage,, i use it from frozen and it just looks like a small sausage when its prepared i use it in sizes of a mini hot dog, about 1 1/2" and 2 1/2" long ..this gives me the options of using a small bait, medium bait or a large bait, ...for smuts i use a small bait whipped to the back of the shank of a 3/0 ....for cod off the rocks i use a large bait on a 5/0 or 6/0...a small sausage on the inside off the shank and a large sausage on the back of the shank ...these are whipped on.. care being taken not to mask the hook point...the best thing any "sausages" not used can be re-frozen......but like any other bait it has its days and places when it out fishes others but sometimes conventional worm baits out fish cart..
hope this helps....p.s. can also be used as part of a cocktail just like any other bait

[5150]

Tried most of what's been mentioned already in this thread over the years. Also tried, with limited results, limpets, cockles, chicken skin (guy dad worked with mentioned it, caught nowt on it though, even the crabs weren't interested), earthworms, sandeel - both whole and cut into strips...
Caught some coalies in blyth harbour one day donkey's years back, were size and on gutting 2 keepers found them full of sweetcorn, presumably from one of the ships galleys slopping out overboard or something.

[bozjc]

haha, fish eat anything.

i was feeding tuna and dorrado stale french stick bread!! when i was offshore in angola. they were big fish as well.
in fact, anything that hit the water the would come and have a pop at it lol

[Iva-Cod-on]

Thanks Sage mate nice pics too never caught a smoothie but do get across the west coast now and again so time yet Cheers mate

[Alfie]

Got me thinking. When fishing for Carp we use a hair rig with either a boilie or pellet on. Hair rig is a tail of line which hangs down seperate from the hook. The pellet is then threaded on the line and kept in place with a small plastic stopper. When the pellet is sucked in by the Carp the hook is sucked in as well but stays around the lip area where it is easier to hook.
This could be adapted for sea fishing by using a bigger rig and threading say 6-8 pellets on. These pellets have loads of additives and leave a big trail of odour to attract fish. I think it would work, especially for Cod.

[a3rox]

my fav bait to date is rare and hard to get white worm.......lug,rag, razor and peeler. all dug and collected by myself and fishing partner, not a penny spent apart from on petrol and red bull, as theres nothing better then catching on your own bait when i was buying from tackle shops a while back i didnt catch as much , knowing where your bait is from and how fresh it is seems to be working for me.

[Iva-Cod-on]

my fav bait to date is rare and hard to get white worm.......lug,rag, razor and peeler. all dug and collected by myself and fishing partner, not a penny spent apart from on petrol and red bull, as theres nothing better then catching on your own bait when i was buying from tackle shops a while back i didnt catch as much , knowing where your bait is from and how fresh it is seems to be working for me.

I have got to agreewith you thee mate it takes abut effort to digg and collect but the results speak for themselves oh while we are on the subject of collecting I'm gonna seriously collect peeler this year I know the best areas are closely guarded and with just course just wondered if anybody would say that the rocks are better than the mud banks in esturies for collecting and what time of year best??

[Stephen Nesbitt]

All good baits above, but also like razer shell clams, theres no true yes or no`s it`s what the fish want on the day I`ve seen people have all the bates mentioned and get nothing for the whole day or night, then only to go back to the same venue the next day with the same baits have a whale of a time.
A wise man once said "ITS A FUNNY OLD GAME"