Pre baited hook snoods.

[Spunky Trunks]

Thinking of using pre baited hook snoods make them up and stick them in the freezer. Is this a good idea? Will it work? What's the best rig to use?

Cheers Danny.

[lingking]

dont know what rig folks use,but its a good ideajust dont put them on car dashboard

[Spunky Trunks]

PMFSL no chance of that

[Stewart 1971]

Yes it works. Good way to recycle left over lugworm - make up some rigs with a clip for the snood swivel, make up the snoods with a swivel or a blood loop, bait up as usual with the leftover lug once you get home then bung in the freezer.

Take the frozen snoods to the beach in a wide mouthed flask, take out as needed, clip on to the rig and off you go. I've had stacks of Whiting and codling to 4lb using leftover bait like this.

[wheres the fish?]

Freezing line effect breaking strain?

[Hadji Kareem]

Good idea. Will give it a go but I do wonder what it'll do to the breaking point of the line?

[carpking]

do a line test put one in the freezer for a week and see how far you can stretch before it snaps.i've been freezing baits on the snood for a while now and in my opion does'nt affect the strength at all.

[Stewart 1971]

Good idea. Will give it a go but I do wonder what it'll do to the breaking point of the line?

A domestic freezer ony goes down to -18 - -20 degrees. Shouldn't have any effect whatsoever on nylon monofilament and I certainly never noticed any.

Of course fresh bait is (almost) always best, but this is a great way of making use of leftover lugworm that otherwise doesn't freeze very well.

[bandit]

Been freezing big balls of mussel on 6/0 vmc hooks with 60lb snoods, i've lifted fish to 8lb up the side of newbiggin cliffs and never had any problems with the line snapping.

[Fishygone]

No need to freeze bait on the hooks, just sharpen one end of a grip wire then slide your bait on - Mussel - squid - razor - peeler bits of mackie ect. Bind the cocktail tight with elastic thread and slide them off and put in a container and freeze them. When you go fishing they go straight on the hook with a bit extra binding of thread, saves loads of baiting up time.

john.

[white water]

No need to freeze bait on the hooks, just sharpen one end of a grip wire then slide your bait on - Mussel - squid - razor - peeler bits of mackie ect. Bind the cocktail tight with elastic thread and slide them off and put in a container and freeze them. When you go fishing they go straight on the hook with a bit extra binding of thread, saves loads of baiting up time.

john.

thats a bloody good idea that mate il be taking a sinker wire from now on

tight lines

[stumps]

Going fishing tonight, will try that with the wire and left over bait cos i always take to much.

[Hadji Kareem]

Love the baiting of the wire. Will be giving that a try. Cheers

[guy]

its a good idea can also be done with cocktail sticks

[Davyred]

No need to freeze bait on the hooks, just sharpen one end of a grip wire then slide your bait on - Mussel - squid - razor - peeler bits of mackie ect. Bind the cocktail tight with elastic thread and slide them off and put in a container and freeze them. When you go fishing they go straight on the hook with a bit extra binding of thread, saves loads of baiting up time.

john.

Why not, its where its going to end up?!?


I bait traces up as per normal, wrap in cling film and put them in the freezer. When its time to go out, take what you need in a flask, take one out, take the cling film off and cast it out.

I've had plenty of fish up to 7lbs on it,and its a hell of a lot quicker than the method you use