How much bait

[Mad as a fish]

Just wondering how much bait you take for a full days fishing.

[codseeker]

24 hours = 48 worm 1 for every half an hour cast . cost = about £10

[Mad as a fish]

24 hours = 48 worm 1 for every half an hour cast . cost = about £10

Thanks thats not bad £10 for a day out

[Rossco99]

Thanks thats not bad £10 for a day out

Thats only the bait lol,

Depends where Im going 5 mackerel for 6 hours for spurs an rays
about 100 worms rag, 6 hours for pollack wrasse etc (always got leftovers)
Catch my mackerel and freeze them
Dig my worms locally

[Mad as a fish]

Thats only the bait lol,

Depends where Im going 5 mackerel for 6 hours for spurs an rays
about 100 worms rag, 6 hours for pollack wrasse etc (always got leftovers)
Catch my mackerel and freeze them
Dig my worms locally

Seems like you have got your bait well sorted

[Rossco99]

Seems like you have got your bait well sorted

My dad's had me picking up his worms when digging since I was 3 or 4 lol

[Stewart 1971]

It is a false economy to skimp on bait.

For a five hour cod session and one rod I'll usually have three score of lug (3 casts per hour, 1 hook rig with at least three worms per cast), for scratching with two rods I'll have a score of lug, 1/4 lb of rag plus one or two Mackerel, again thats for a five hour session using two hook rigs, size 1 hooks and much smaller baits.

Money being tight I rarely fish with two rods these days in winter, spring / summer with smaller hooks / smaller baits I use a lot more Mackerel than I used to to stretch the baits out.

[g.ordon]

1 and a half crab an hour (providing there good size ones). So 8 hour sesh = 12 crab which = £12, or nowt if you get yer own.

[codcatcher3000]

box of squid helps .....so for me a 4 hr seesion 2 up 2 down will see me use a score of rag or lug ...a box of squid //ususally with last me another short session the next day as well ...keep ur baits out the sun and it will last ....

[Cod,cod,cod!]

If you skimp on bait you'll be lucky to catch owt but undersize bits of sh1t!

4 hours summer fishing 30 big Peelers.

Winter off the beaches I could easily use over 100 good Blow lug in 4 hours.

[g.ordon]

If you skimp on bait you'll be lucky to catch owt but undersize bits of sh1t!

4 hours summer fishing 30 big Peelers.

Winter off the beaches I could easily use over 100 good Blow lug in 4 hours.

How many rods and hooks you using mate?

[Cod,cod,cod!]

One rod. 2 hooks anywhere I can get away with.

[g.ordon]

One rod. 2 hooks anywhere I can get away with.

I think that equates to approximately 4 chucks an hour with 2 giant peeler on for each chuck. You must have some busy seshes mate, got to be eyemouth or st abbs for the venue.

[Cod,cod,cod!]

2 on a hook. 6 an hour single hooking. 24 Crab. Plenty of bites/fish you'll use more.

[g.ordon]

2 on a hook. 6 an hour single hooking. 24 Crab. Plenty of bites/fish you'll use more.

What size hook do yer use mate? I use 3/0 normally.