Prawns for bait

Anybody here ever use them live! or in dead bait form. Do u think they'd be good for bass or what type of fish do u think they'd attract. I know there a firm favourite with the salmon anglers who also dye them just wondered if anybody uses them in the sea

I have used them to good effect, both dead and cooked,
but alas only in Gambia,West Africa.
there killer for Captain-Fish,,,(see pic on left),
never heard of them being used over here though, sorry :lol:

I used frozen King Prawns several times last year around Cork. Not much good I'm afraid :cry: .

Have heard of people using them live for ray, have'nt tried it myself though.

Caught some killer pollack on them (dead, floated prawns) at St Johns Point, Donegal maybe 5/6 years ago now. Also caught literally hundreds of coalies using them legered off Bunagee Pier at Culdaff.

used live prawn off the boat and got a good few wrasse on them, best i think was 4 1/2 lbs

a chef i know had no bait one day so he grab a bag of frozen prawn from freezer said they worked wonders keep meaning to try it myself it be interesting to see for myself.

had wrasse to 5lbs plus on them. and used them in conjunction with crab for wrasse also. use them in my wrasse groundbait mix and have seen some good late summer ray on them.

never had anything else on them but wrasse and the odd pollock

have used these raw and frozen. sometimes myself hav had collies on them in donegal. my m8 stevie swears by them, using them raw, gettin them out of tesco's or the market.

good to go


plaice

I bought a box of frozen black Tiger prawns in a chinese foodstore today while I was getting a few boxes of squid. €12 for a box of 80. I have never used them before but always said I must give them a go. Last winter there were a few articles in the sea angling magazines about them. I'll be having a few scessions over the christmas so I will report back.

A friend of mine, who was originally exclusively a fresh water man, uses exactly the same rig used for salmon fishing with prawn when we go for bass. He has had great success. Has had 85 fish this season.

smoothound il eat em! u just have to wait a few months :lol: !!!

Fished a few hrs off a mark in the shannon estuary christmas night with them and had a few dabs, whiting and rockling. This mark is full off crabs, but they did not seem to have much interest in the black tiger shrimp. Very similar scent off them as peeler crab. This might be the reason why.

I,m fishing another mark in the estuary tonight and will use them. Let u know how I get on.

There a killer when used from the shore for Ray

A friend of mine, who was originally exclusively a fresh water man, uses exactly the same rig used for salmon fishing with prawn when we go for bass. He has had great success. Has had 85 fish this season.

any chance of letting us know what that rig is?

cheers,
dave

I have used them a couple of times (frozen). Never had a bite on them.

I fished with them again a few nights ago in the estuary and had 8 rockling and 2 dab. Never had rockling at this spot before. They seemed to like it alot.

what kinda prawns u guys usin? the cheap ones from tesco ok? i also heard some1 say that the seafood sticks r good 4 bass

black tiger shrimp from chinese foodstore. About 6 dab baits per shrimp.

any chance of letting us know what that rig is?

cheers,
dave

He mounts the prawn on a wire rig with trebles (similar to the internal construction of a plug) and suspends this about three feet below a float.