bait pumps

[FISH4T]

hi all. last summer went digging loads most times got loads + loads of lug good fun to. been looking on youtube and loads of people are using them bait pumps and they look so easy to use, so theres me digging all over when you can just pump them up with ease. just looks so easy anybody had a go or got one of them. also which northeast shops sells them might have to invest in one . thanks

[kingcod deano]

i know alot of people who use bait pump but personally i hate the things (having owned one myself) dont get me wrong you get alot of worms with them but they are nearly always burst thats why i have stuck with the trusty old fork as most of the time when you trench you find worms that didnt even have a cast i think north east tackle on ryhope road have them in if you need to have a look

[codseeker]

i had one couldnt get the knack of it stick with the fork as mentioned atleast the worm will be intact

[fish fingers]

baitpumps

its not as easy as it looks thier is a knack 2 it i very seldom burst them maybe a dozen out of 50 to 60 practise makes perfect well worth the money not those tkr 1,s they r rubbish get a alvey slimline

[treeboa]

magic in the right areas you can use them, takes a bit of getting used to and getting over the strains they produce, get the smaller bore one, easier to use and you dont miss that many more than the larger bore gets

always worth taking a washing up bottle with a well watered down soapy in it to lube via the hole near the top and to create a better suction

[BAZACODBASHA]

Bait pumps are superb, if you target the right type of worms (runnydown and yellowtails) Their casts are always small and very neat in an almost perfect spiral. I almost gave up with mine, but stuck at it, and now I have the confidence to take it, without taking a fork for back up. Don't worry if you 'pull' a worm up that has burst; run the guts out of it and freeze the worm (excellent bait). In all honesty I tend to do this with most of the intact yellowtails and runnydown anyway, as they are notoriously hard to keep in tanks, often 'bursting' themselves, and contaminating the water.
Don't give up mate. Take a fork as back up, but try various methods when pumping over casts. Some people swear by pumping directly over the cast, others prefer to star about 3" - 4" away from the cast and go in at an angle.
However the secret seems to be keeping the pump steady whatever angle you go in and maintaining as much suction as possible.
If you haven't got one yet, my advice would be to go for a slimline model. I started off using a thick version, and found it more back-breaking than digging !
Hope this helps and good luck.
BAZACODBASHA

[FISH4T]

spot on lads think i will end up getting one very soon. what other beaches up and down the northeast i can dig or pump ha to get lug +black . i only know whitburn and marsden. thanks