Gut Instinct!

[Patrick_Pending]

When you gut your catch ( and I haven\'t gutted anything for yonks! ) you get lots of lovely, squidgy, slippery, smelly and bloody fishy bits! - surely this stuff will have a good scent trail and should be good for baiting hooks.
I have tried baiting up with fish guts before but didn\'t catch anything However, I didn\'t catch with conventional baits either, so it wasn\'t exactly a very conclusive test!

Does anyone have experience (success/failure) or an opinion on the use of fish guts for hook bait

[willywetegg]

Patrick ask any one that fishes blyth beach. You can gut what you catch and it won\"t help. I have caught loads of codling that have been full of small fish. That is all they will take. But you try to fasten one to your hook. Not a chance. Have tried everything so have most of the people on here, but even though it seems right it won\"t work.

[bigh]

Have tried freshly caught fish guts many times over the years, shore & boat, but i\'m still waiting for a bite !!!!!!!!

[John]

¨Just a point for you guys out there,
Gut your fish when its just been caught dont forget to dispatch it first, the blood runs in to the meat/flesh and makes it a better flavour so an old Coble fisherman told me some years back. Seems to work try it.