best bait for Portrush

[polmac]

ive been using rag, mack and some squid this past months down in the portrush area but is there anything else that any of you would recons worth a bash and what different results would they produce, if any?

im still a novice if im honest and i only had ever dabled with rag and mack for bait and hadnt even heard of razor, lug or peeler crabs!

[Team Turner]

My husband will sware by lug for flatties, codling coalies, and most fish on the bottom, rag for bass and pollock and wrasse. Fish baits, mack, sandeels and blueys are doggie killers.
Hope this helps
Denise

[polmac]

cheers denise, i think i might give the sand eels a run out on sat morning.

hope the weather stays as nice as it as at the moment for the morning!

[weedave]

team tuner just hit the nail on the head!!

try some of the black sticky lug with a squid tip - i was out during the week and it was producing double and triple shots of coalies,whiting,flounder - i had to keep 3 traces baited up for one rod or else i couldnt keep up with the buggers. that lug is great for dabs too.

havent had much luck on the crab baits or even bluey for that matter.

if you want you can pm me with specifics and i'll try help you out.

have you been on east strand recently????


dave

[nicki d]

Ye the wife got it spot on. Scary. Lol.
Just remember time of year, alot of the summer fish are away to the deeper water now with only a few pollock and wrasse still about, but bass, flatties, coalies, dogs, codling are about just now so focus on those and what they eat and you can't go wrong.Don't forget if you have some spare mackeral or catch a coalie etc get it on a conger trace because they can be had all year round.
Very best of luck
Nick