perry winkles as bait

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perry winkles as bait

#1 Post by guts »

lads any of you use perry winkles as bait and how do you find them
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Have seen small wrasse taken on them in connemara.
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#3 Post by Richie07 »

When I was a kid I once used Peri Winkles bunched up on a hook as I was short of bait, resulting in 1 small Bass. I never used them again as I always had rag, lug, mussel or squid. For sure they will work, especially around rocky wrasse and Bass areas. I don't fish with bait myself anymore though.
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#4 Post by guts »

was macky bashes the other day and fed up of mack s so grabed a few winkles of the rocks put on small feathers and out they went 3 gurands 2 dabs happy days

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