earthworms

has anyone tried earhworms as bait of the beach
it be handy to dig your bait in the back garden before
you travel

Could also try using carrots as you can pick up a bag in Aldi for 79c. I'd be more inclined to use baits that the fish I'm after naturally feeds on though.

good as a back up bait,ive had flounder,wrasse,and seatrout on them...

have being reading on here b4 about bass taken on earthworms had whiting and dab on them before

good flounder bait,if you havnt got mac,lug,crab,sandeel,rag,razor,mussel,squid,cockles,bluey,octopus ,clams,shrimp,or prawns
i have caught sea fish on them mind you so dont consider them usless

i have used them fishing an estuery had flounder,seatrout,eels and dogfish on them.so i assume they give off some sort of a scent in the water.

i assume they give off some sort of a scent in the water.

yes,especially if you pickle them in WD40

thanks for the rely. just thought earthworms washed down rivers
would end up out at sea and lure fish and by your reply it
seems so.
regards the bag of carrots in first reply
tried that , they dont work but thanks

I am sure they will work fine especially if hooked to allow some movment, although I guess the probably wouldn't live too long in salt water.

A bait doesn't have to be something the local fish feed on naturally - rag is an excellent bait for wrasse but how often do wrasse find rag worms in their naturally environment?

And what about coarse anglers using sweet corn as bait? Bet all the other anglers on the bank were laughing their socks off at the first guy to use sweet corn.

Maybe carrots are not such a bad idea, stick a line through the middle and a triple on the end, who knows it might be then next hot bass lure!!!

Have seen them work very well for dabs in estuary backwaters, especially the striped variety that let off this horrible smelly stuff when you hook them, dendrobena I think they are called.

especially the striped variety that let off this horrible smelly stuff when you hook them, dendrobena I think they are called.

also knowen as tigers worms and can be found in damp leaf litter or compost heaps much

buddy of mine was fishing with them for brown trout, was about half a mile up river from where it meets the sea/estury and he got himself a nice sea trout ! seeming as the trout are tiny in that river it came as a nice surprise

thanks for the rely. just thought earthworms washed down rivers
would end up out at sea and lure fish and by your reply it
seems so.
regards the bag of carrots in first reply
tried that , they dont work but thanks

At least you seen the funny side to my reply!

I remember a post here about two years ago from lads catching whiting on KFC. So I'm sure other stuff works as bait now and again. However I wouldn't go suggesting to people wanting to learn about fishing using anything other then tried and tasted baits. It would be a wasted journey for someone to head off fishing with a bag of earth worms 9 times out of 10.

AS for catching trout on them, some fisheries do not allow worms any more (open to correction!) because they deep swallow the hooks. So if you are trout fishing it might be worth checking out.

Could also try using carrots as you can pick up a bag in Aldi for 79c. I'd be more inclined to use baits that the fish I'm after naturally feeds on though.

You should have tried that on Friday!

Could also try using carrots as you can pick up a bag in Aldi for 79c. I'd be more inclined to use baits that the fish I'm after naturally feeds on though.

You should have tried that on Friday!

Very true!

Could also try using carrots as you can pick up a bag in Aldi for 79c. I'd be more inclined to use baits that the fish I'm after naturally feeds on though.

You should have tried that on Friday!

Very true!

albert shoots and strikes ! ouch!

wasnt really thinking of heading out with just earthworms but it might
be worth a try just to see if they draw any attention.
be no skin off my nose but it might be off the earthworms