Help with live bait

[alzpalz]

Thanks all will give all your methods a go and let you know how i get on.With this storm we got at the mo i think i will go back to fishing maccie fillet to get some sent in the water.

[SANDHOPPER]

Hi Alzpalz
Where Abouts You Been Fishing?
Jason

[audiracer]

When fishing live bait, try and keep to a steady winding pace untill you feel the fish take the bait fish.

It seems to work from a boat

[alzpalz]

Hi Sandhopper Kai and me fish the Folkestone-Sandgate areamost of the time for bass with great success as you can see from our posts.Going this weekend will let u know how we get on.Kai has been this week but he has only had small ones up to 3lb and lots of big pout.We are trying some new rock marks but the tackle loss is quite bad.

[Shegan]

Use a double hook system. Insert one hook towards the front of your bait and the other near the tail. This should decrease the number of misses. Make sure your trailer hook is secured to your main line.

[big guy]

i think you must be striking too soon or using too bigger bait for the size of bass. try using smaller pout and wait for the rod to bend and keep going.

on the boats round here everyone uses circle hooks for live baits, maybe try them on the beach. also use new hooks every session, bass have very hard mouths and a blunted hook will bounch out.

[trigger fish]

use bacon for bass , and if that comes off get a bait holder hook , i got a 3 lb bass with bacon , and ive always got bass with it .

[geejayy]

Originally Posted by tjnorton

I would gues your not gettin bass bites. It sounds more like cuttle fish. With live bait, use a 2 or 3o size fixed and a 4o on a slider like a pennel rig. With the first hook go throuhght the top lip and out, then place in 3/4 of the way down on the fishes stomach the last hook throught the botton and top lip.

tj

IMHO, if you hook em through both the top and bottom lips they won't be alive fer long coz they won't be able to get a good flow of water over thier gills .

gj.

[southernfish]

Hi there,
I like to pin my livie just behind the head, not going to deep so it kills it.
I supose fish all eat there prey head first so the closer the head the better.
cheers, steve

[aku94]

If by live bait, we mean live fish, then I use minnows or sheiners (spelling). If we want to refer to any living critter, add in my favourite- Nightcrawlers; as well as maggots and blood worms.