| #11  12-11-2007, 08:06 PM | ||||
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| Re: Free, Cheap or Easy baits great info mate,helpful to everyone     |
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| Re: Free, Cheap or Easy baits Good info nice to see someone taking time to help others my all time favourite is bread, good for most spieces in the summer, excellent in the winter for Chub and Roach Darrell |
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| Re: Free, Cheap or Easy baits Dog biscuits also make a good pop up style bait haired. Just dill a hole like you would for a bolie, short hook length and either a feeder of str8 forward ledger rig. You have to change them every 10 - 15 minutes as they go too soggy, but my experience of them, is that in summer at least, they don't last that long before they are taken |
| #14 12-24-2007, 05:51 PM | ||||
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| Re: Free, Cheap or Easy baits Over here an excellent bait for pike is frozen sardines, herring or smelt(6"-10" long). Bought in bags at the grocery store. Thaw out the night before than fish on bottom using a quick strike rig. Pike have no problems with picking up dead baits off the bottom as they expend less energy than chasing live bait. A large pike will not spend much energy chasing a 2" minnow. These oily fish seem to draw in the pike from great distances. Running a knife vertically through the guts seems to help spread the scent at times. Not sure if this method is legal where you fish. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to All: Rick  __________________ Living proof that "Beer builds better bellies" Bought & payed for many times over |
