Cheap baits

[fullcreel]

There's always worms?
How about prawns? I have not used them, but forma store like Lidl, they must be OK.

[pompy.bass.man]

for all you sea fishermen, bacon, bread and even chips will catch you bacon - bass,bream
bread - bass,mullet,bream,gobys
chips- bass.
best inharbours and marina's whenthe water is 2-3ft deep

[Omahayank]

Originally Posted by uzdawi

If you want cheap bait you can make your own lure.I have made lots and lots of lures and they actually work.I have a step-by-step how to make a lure hub called make a lure
NOTE to admin if you think this is a spam then please delete it..but please dont delete my account..

Isn't making your own kit FUN!!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/omahaya...7601204558931/

[uzdawi]

Originally Posted by Omahayank

Isn't making your own kit FUN!!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/omahaya...7601204558931/

Yes it is you can make wooden lures (example. Make a lure )
or here http://www.flickr.com/photos/omahaya...57601204558931
It is not just making it, its about when you go fishing with it, you cast it and the retrive and you see how well it plays, the best part is if you get fish with it..

[waggy]

Originally Posted by Norfolkboy

Both baits work brilliant in here.....in freshwater. Too be honest, I don't think they'd catch much in saltwater here either.

Sweet corn's good for mullet.
Another bait I remember from years ago is 'creed' wheat. Just before you set off to go fishing, put a small handful of wheat (chicken feed) into a flask and then fill with boiling water. When you're ready to start fishing the wheat will have absorbed all the water and swollen a hell of a lot. Makes brilliant hookbait for roach and bream.

[waggy]

Forgot to mention that I get my stale bread for nothing from the corner shop, first thing.
I've also caught on any 'past sell by' fish in FW and the sea. Salmon trimmings are red hot.
Spam is a really good one and I've had up to 10 carp runs per 4 hour session when others using expensive baits have failed. I usually cast out to a likely spot with a hair rigged bait to 2" square and then feed around it with a few 1/2" sq pieces every 10 mins or so in a very tight pattern by catapult. I've had good eels and pike on spam too, along with bream and roach.
Kipper trimmings are good for pike and eels too.

[richard1980]

Morrisons do lunchon meat for under a £1 is a bit motre fatty than plumrose but still good

[Tyke]

Breadpaste is a cheap bait. It can be flavoured with anything, such as curry powder, custard powder, oxo, indeed anything. It can,also, be coloured using any food dye. Try using artifical baits eg maggot, caster, worm. Once the initial cost is covered ( (£1.50 pkt), they cost nothing and can be used over and over again. THEY DO WORK!

[yorkie]

Cooked Mussel is also good for Tench, Bream, Barbel, and Carp. Only costs £1 a tray from a Supermarket.
Yorkie

[Wayneuk]

Has anyone tried cockles? for freshwater, they just look right.