Fishing with gammon steak

[REALROYAL]

Has anyone used gammon steak as bait for carp? I read it was a good bait.

Im fishing tomorow and have one steak as it comes and one other fryed in chilli powder. Cut into cubes going to use size 12 hook on the float.

Is this a shit idea?

[NICK R]

flook
you have too much money


used liver /luncheon meat but never steak

is it a shit idea as you put it !
Not the most economical , but will catch no doubt

[devondave]

Unsure about gammon steak but nearby me on the river dart all the children use bacon to catch crabs at this one special spot... I have caught bass mullet and eels on bacon here and the mullet and eels will eat nothing but bacon .. Probably more to do with how much of the stuff gets thrown in day in day out but as a bait it works for mullet so I have no doubt that carp wil take it

[Maddison_Twatter]

Anythings worth a try,you could hair rig it with a bit of pineapple and cheese

[scottish_and_mental]

Originally Posted by Maddison_Twatter

Anythings worth a try,you could hair rig it with a bit of pineapple and cheese

getting the fried egg on might be a bit trickier

I'm gonna try smoked and plain bacon for the bass on the town quay sometime but aint paying a fiver for two gammon steaks

[REALROYAL]

It didnt cost that much, Tin of meat was £1.67 two gammon steaks was £2.15. its worth a try?

I will be home arounmd 6pm tomorow. fishing Willow park in Ash. I will let you know how it or if it works.

[scottish_and_mental]

Give it a bash mate.. you never know ,we could all be reading about a whopper this time Monday
If fish will eat sugar puffs and other odd things im sure a bit of gammon isnt that strange

[dave fish]

cant do any harm jst make sure its cooked properly as pork products have the highest level of parasites in any meat group and if you want it i have a really good piccallily recipe to go with it lol,tight lines

[REALROYAL]

Well I did it, fished with gammon. Wiilow Park, Ash

I start at 7.30am

Gammon on the float a size 16 hook bit of gammon the size of a 5p
&
Gammon on the feeder size 10 hook bit of gammon the size of the 10p

By 9am Nothing not a bite!!! Change to pellets. 2mm on the float 6mm on the feeder and I did well 9 Bream 4 Tench and 4 Carp the best was 7lbs.

This went on till around 12.30 then it went dead. So at 2.30 I went back to the gammon same set up as before. This time 8lb Carp on the feeder & 2 Carp on the float both around 4lbs at 4pm had to go but im sure I would have got more fish.

So gammon was ok, not fisrt thing (not sure why?) but it did a job. And the best thing about it was that I knew my bait unlike some other meats would not fall off the hook.. I will use it again.

[Maddison_Twatter]

Nice one m8 well done, Im not very adventurous with bait I just stick to what I know works lol