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#1 Post by breamers boy »

will be stuck for bait tomorrow and cant buy any ls there any food from around the house that make good bait.
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#2 Post by bassboy »

Bread can be good for mullet but that's about it from my experience :( sorry that I'm not much help but you should be able to pick some mackerel at the supermarket or you could fish with feathers for mackerel and if you get one you could use it as bait:) good luck
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#3 Post by spindlefist »

where bouts and what fishing location, ie, beach,pier etc
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#4 Post by donal domeney »

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#5 Post by breamers boy »

Fishing for wrasse,conger,bass etc
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#6 Post by tight lines »

if your that stuck dig some garden worms you will have a chance of bass and maybe a wrass you might also catch whiting and flats witch you could use for conger
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#7 Post by gerty86 »

If you are fishing at low tide from rocks you could pick a few limpets and use them for wrasse
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#8 Post by breamers boy »

what about them frozen little prawns from tesco
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#9 Post by ste c »

buy mackeral fillets out of a super market scrap all the above thats proper bear grill talk
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#10 Post by chrisoc96 »

ste c wrote:buy mackeral fillets out of a super market scrap all the above thats proper bear grill talk
would that work better then frozen stuff at fish shops ?
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#11 Post by mackfish »

I always ure the mackeral fillets from the supermarkets...get the ones that come in a packet, not from the fish counter as they just fall apart!!..
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#12 Post by guts »

earth worms are deadly wrasse
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#13 Post by chrisoc96 »

ever try earth worms for bass ?
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#14 Post by sparkey+1 »

Go to the shops and get some jelly worms sweets in the white pack and use with a jig heads for the sweet tooth wrasse :wink: :wink: .
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#15 Post by chrisoc96 »

not trying to be smart put are ya takin the piss or does that actually work ? :L
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#16 Post by mackfish »

sparkey+1 wrote:Go to the shops and get some jelly worms sweets in the white pack and use with a jig heads for the sweet tooth wrasse :wink: :wink: .
I've heard of people using wine gums for wrasse
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#17 Post by breamers boy »

LoL thanks lads ended up using shrimp from tesco.Blanked
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#18 Post by Deleted User 3488 »

À silver spinner or feathers, use it to catch some Mackerel, then ya can fish away using the mak as bait.
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#19 Post by sparkey+1 »

chrisoc96 wrote:not trying to be smart put are ya takin the piss or does that actually work ? :L
:wink: :wink: Try and see you might get a very welcome suprise
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