Sprats

[cuckoo]

Blimey mike didnt know you had the huss on spratts lol .... proof is in the pudding

lee.

[mithrandir]

I think my next experimental sea bait will be halibut boilies!

You never know till you try.

[luke6661982]

Sprat is a great bait, take it almost every where with me, Good thing is in the summer i know the blokes who work on the Spratters so i go down with buckets each night to fill the freezer.

They are a great all round bait, had some nice HUss on, some big whiting, and used whole even had mullet on. Best thing to do is fillet with your fingers and hook both fillets on your hook flesh side out and tie on with elastic.

Always worth havin a bag or two in the freezer, but only if you can stand the smelly!!

[Portland Pirate]

Originally Posted by geejayy

i've always found them too delicate for my style of fishing and have rarely used them.

but now i've a d-vice i might see if that helps presentation.

What's a d-vice ??

[mithrandir]

[Gremlin]

What's a D-vice?

http://www.fishyrob.co.uk/index3-2.htm

[monkey nuts]

only my opinon but.......iv tryed them for cod , but found them to be crap (nearly as bad as blues...lol) dogs and pout just destroy it in seconds and even the lads i know on the bristol channel wrecken" why would a cod want a dead old sprat instead of the massive sholes of live fresh food." which have to say thay have a bloody good point

but i recon if i could get them live thay would be dealy for bass.but getting them live is a small problem

and as said above im shore thay are a wicked oily bait for scavengers like whiting, dabs, dogs,pout ect.....
and i might even try them out on blondes and spurs later on just to see what happens, but im not feeling to sure

cheers john

[TerryW]

The best bait I have ever used is live sand-eel. I caught big plaice (5lb) , bass and pollack using them in the river mouth in Salcombe. I can't see why live sprat would be any different.

We have both seen massive shoals on the echo sounder. Maybe it is time to trawl a small net to catch some bait?

I'll have a think about how to do this. I bet it is nowhere near as easy as one might think given the way the tide would take it all away.

Terry.

[John Marshall]

Tried them from the boat with no effect, they're too soft as a bait unless tied up with bait elastic and even then they don't work.

[John Marshall]

Originally Posted by TerryW

We have both seen massive shoals on the echo sounder. Maybe it is time to trawl a small net to catch some bait?

I'll have a think about how to do this. I bet it is nowhere near as easy as one might think given the way the tide would take it all away.

Terry.

The problem being how are you going to haul it?
Even a small net will drag your stern down and planning hulls are not designed
for this, look at any trawler... big fat displacement hulls, will go through anything.

Terry stay safe, forget the net idea.

John.

PS been building boats for years.