Farmed Rag.

[kiwimarty]

Originally Posted by gullyworm

Theres only one way to kiwi,get some in your mouth
Ive never had anything against it apart from the price.

After you Mr Gully.......LOL

[Dave]

Is it worth trying to soak the bait in fish oil as an attracter or does that defeat the object of using rag.

[kiwimarty]

Originally Posted by Dave

Is it worth trying to soak the bait in fish oil as an attracter or does that defeat the object of using rag.

I couldn’t tell ya mate as I have never used any additives. Hell, I’ve even heard of people spraying bait with WD40!!

I would really like to hear what the matchmen thought of farmed rag. They are very particular about their baits.

As for the cost of worm, down here in Devon we tend to only buy it by weight.....lol.....I can just see what our bait fellas would be like counting them out one by one with us saying...."nah, don’t want that one, it's too large or too small". They would go nutz!

It's the same price farmed or dug, bought by the 1/4lb

Kiwi.

[bigfish]

I reckon it must be your farmers mate - the stuff I use is always better quality than dug worms and fishes better too!

[John Marshall]

Never knowingly fished with them, have bought huge rag which worked well on pollock, could have been farmed?

Bait additives....at sea.... save your money.

[Phil the Float]

I have used farmed rag a lot and I think that under some situations it is better than dug. Also, it depends on how you look after your bait.

I have caught fish on both, under the float or using a beachcaster.

Under the float they do appear to be livelier.

[kiwimarty]

Originally Posted by bigfish

I reckon it must be your farmers mate - the stuff I use is always better quality than dug worms and fishes better too!

Hi Bigfish,

The quality and appearance of the worm doesn’t come into what Im saying! In fact im the first to agree that it IS lively and it IS tough, if a little too large if one is to get picky!

What I am saying and, so are many, is I have found the catch rate is reduced when using it.

What is also interesting is that the matchmen are keeping very quiet. This is not a criticism, just an observation!!

Cheers.

Kiwi.

[bigfish]

Kiwi mate I don't have any problems with catch rate using farmed stuff.
If it wasn't any good,i wouldn't buy it!

[kiwimarty]

I think my signature is the answer to this thread. Oh, and reading back, a matchman did answer this thread!

Kiwi.

[Ben]

as for bait adatives, i remember andyg saying he put alot of ultrabite on lots of rag and it killed them all and turned them to mush, word of warning there