[Owderb]

Seeing as we have a great new fishing forum I thought why not start a thread on hints and tips etc etc

You never know it may just help someone catch a fish or achieve a catch of a lifetime

Or maybe you have a question about something

I'll start the ball rollin for you

Right up till a few years ago I hooked my worm especially for my bream fishing in various ways but still suffered with the worm coming off unless you added a maggot or similar to hold it on.Now considering you can have your bait out for an eternity its useless if the worm as come off

Then a friend shown me how he does it

Take your worm,be it a red or a dendra between your thumb and your forefinger with just its head showing and gently flick it.I kid you not,the worm opens its mouth and you can then thread the hook down and bring it out further down the side of the worm masking the shank.It works especially well when using small barbless hooks and helps hook a bigger worm than usual on a small hook and the worm stays on alot more frequent than it used to

And my last for today is if you use groundbait try using marvel milk powder in it.You will have to experiment with the amounts but it leaves a great hovering cloud in the water.If you also add flavouring it makes a great fish attractor especially for carp on the method

Tight lines

Owd

This post has been edited by Owderb: 31 December 2005 - 01:45 PM

[pd666]

From when i used to fish with old man on the place called the black rock near lunan bay bout a mile off, perfect place for cod, and the occasional spurdog. I used a mixture of parton crab legs removed shell removed with a lug on the end. to save it on cast out i used elastic twine to hold the bait on. Saves having it float off and nibbled off, and smells like curry to a piss head for fish, well up north.


Edited to add also when boat fishing bounce your bait off the bottom of the bed around 6" or just so u can feel it bob. ive caught near 15 fish ranging from 8lb upto 15lb cod

This post has been edited by DarK$idE: 31 December 2005 - 01:36 PM

[Spliffy]

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I kid you not,the worm opens its mouth

Wow cool I'm gonna try that one.

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if you use groundbait try using marvel milk powder in it

Not sure if this is right but I think I read that milk is a very bad pollutant. I know it's only a little in your grounbait, but lots of littles makes a lot


My tip, when after Pike, is to get all the fish heads and tails from the fishmarket, liquidize them, make them into orange sized balls, freeze them, then use them as groundbait. Much easier than trying to lob handfuls of chopped up sprat out.


By the way, ACE idea for a new thread Owderb. I can see this one running and running.

[Spliffy]

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Don't bother cooking and eating your sandeel bait. They taste like shit.

Wheras lamprey are really quite tasty

[tony2wheelsgood]

a good gaff and some dynamite usually does the trick.

[Grinder]

Hello, I went Carp fishing on a local water and used 2 'sugar puffs' hair rigged to an inline lead, popped up 5 inch. The out come was a 17.5 common carp, I ground baited with Alpen and Shredded wheat (pulped) fished over a bed of hemp. Great looking fish I may add!

I like the tip about blending Sprat for pike ground bait... Must try that next time I go.

Nice chatting to you

Regards

Grinder