alternative bait

[john/r]

have a look so good you could eat it yourself.

Alternative Baits: Bacon

[tich]

an old bloke in my local has been banging on about it for years "when I was a kid " ignored him thinking the beer has stewed his brain, might give it a go,( atleast if you catch nowt, you can fry it up when you get home,) he swears smoked bacon is the best, I can see it now, rod check, reel check, hooks, weights, spare line, check, bacon, egg, blackpudding check, frying pan check I carry enough stuff around , still I wont go hungry,

[BAZACODBASHA]

Believe it or not I used to catch grey mullet on small pieces of Bacon Rind from Cambois warm water cooling pipe years ago. Used to fish for them between the pipes where there was no current....................Ahh happy days !

[john/r]

an old bloke in my local has been banging on about it for years "when I was a kid " ignored him thinking the beer has stewed his brain, might give it a go,( atleast if you catch nowt, you can fry it up when you get home,) he swears smoked bacon is the best, I can see it now, rod check, reel check, hooks, weights, spare line, check, bacon, egg, blackpudding check, frying pan check I carry enough stuff around , still I wont go hungry,

had a good laugh at that m8.

this has been said before i know but i had a friend who swore by kippers as bait for the flounders in the river. he used to say wrap the kipper in brown paper keeps better.

[codcatcher3000]

used it before in my folding trap .....end result fish wise was granny lasher and coalie....

[david.northeast]

Bacon ??
Hold on a minute I spoke to 2 blokes fishing up the tyne at the business park and they were catching flounders on hot dogs
I didn't believe them so a stood and watched until they caught 1
Result 2lb 4oz flounder
Couldn't believe it

[john/r]

Believe it or not I used to catch grey mullet on small pieces of Bacon Rind from Cambois warm water cooling pipe years ago. Used to fish for them between the pipes where there was no current....................Ahh happy days !

can remember one day a guy getting a mullet on there one day and once hooked it went ballistic going straight up the pipe going inland thats fishing. do they not get the bass and mullet there now.

[BAZACODBASHA]

Once Blyth power station closed, the warm water stopped flowing, and the fish dispersed from the area around the outlet. Not only is the power station not there any more, neither is the 'pipe'. Even if it was, there wouldn't be much point fishing it as there wouldn't be any flow from it.

[Ddave73]

I am going to give this a go when I next go fishing, worth a shot I reckon.

I wonder if the cheapo packs of bacon bits in Tesco would be fine, a pack of that stuff is very cheap, could get a tad expensive with decent bacon though hehe

[john/r]

I am going to give this a go when I next go fishing, worth a shot I reckon.

I wonder if the cheapo packs of bacon bits in Tesco would be fine, a pack of that stuff is very cheap, could get a tad expensive with decent bacon though hehe

well i have heard of pigs liver used before,what about best steak.

[Ddave73]

I shall go and purchase the finest meats I can and try them, anyone wanna lend me £200 for the bait I need for a days fishing ?

I will pick up a pack of cheap bacon bits and give it a bash, nothing to lose I suppose hehe

[john/r]

Once Blyth power station closed, the warm water stopped flowing, and the fish dispersed from the area around the outlet. Not only is the power station not there any more, neither is the 'pipe'. Even if it was, there wouldn't be much point fishing it as there wouldn't be any flow from it.

i can remember it been netted round that area and it produced 500 bass to 8lb but as you say they probaly of gone now with warm water from power station no more.shame in a way.

i used to think newbiggen cliffs used to fish well as there was plenty of food for the fish there,there were always loads of ducks in the water and many a time you would see them with crabs in there mouths.
i used to think with the warm water in the area the crabs used to like it ,so more food for the cod.