squid bait

[chazyboi]

mick they also colour code the boxes of squid blue and red cleaned and uncleand

[Spinner64]

I,v got to settle for the small 1lb boxes from the tackle shop as i,m to far from the nearest chinese supermarket, fuel and parking costs would make it much the same price as buying the small boxes.
Not keen on ordering that kind of bait over the internet either Mike.

[chazyboi]

to be honest spinner ive never had a problem with frozen bait over the net sand eels ect ,,,,realy peed of i used to get some great fresh sandeels from flea bay but didnt see any this year must of packed in they were amazing not like the soft bellied prepacked frozen stuff

[Spinner64]

Originally Posted by chazyboi

to be honest spinner ive never had a problem with frozen bait over the net sand eels ect ,,,,realy peed of i used to get some great fresh sandeels from flea bay but didnt see any this year must of packed in they were amazing not like the soft bellied prepacked frozen stuff

Well i,m lucky on that one as my mate has a sandeel net, last time we went we had about 8000 eel between a few of us still got plenty of those.
I,v seen wing yip truck in Penzance maybe a word with the local takeaway might get a result for a few boxes of squid.

[chazyboi]

im sure if your polite they will order you a box or two if you ask em you never know till u ask

[chris.oldgit]

Originally Posted by Spinner64

I know what you mean Chaz nowt worse than fingers not doing as instructed by your brain on a cold night lol!
I,m thinking of making up more baits at home and freezing them on the pennel then just use a clip to attach the snood to the trace, got to be a lot less messy.
Chuck the used ones in a bag to sort out at home, that,s the theory anyway would just need to work out roughly how many i would need for a sesh!
What you think?

doesn't freezing the mono cause damage/weakness?
just as sunlight uv does.

[chazyboi]

it never botherd my line pike fishing woke up few times and had to break line out of the ice lol

[geejayy]

how do i use squid, hmm

whole on a pennel draw the spine if poss, leave guts in & head on , fold head back down body bind wi laccy , pierce eyes ( the squids) before casting.

slit squid along the body open up , remove head n guts slice body section into 5 long strips, cut strips in half for smaller baits or tipping.
use head n guts to tip a large bait, or on its own(pierce the eyes)
tip small worm baits with 2-3 tenticles lightly hooked @ the thick end.

whole on a pennel slip open body and stuff with whatever other bait ya got
( good to use worm and protect it from titchy fish worrying) , fold head back down body bind wi laccy , pierce eyes before casting.

[chazyboi]

gee im worried by all this eye piercing lol

[Bluesbro]

In the winter I like to get larger squid and stuff them full of mussels and worm then tie the bag shut and chuck it onto a 5/0 pennel rig. I then pierce it full of holes with a baiting needle and add the squid head to the hook last. Sure saves messing about trying to tie a load of mussels together on a baiting needle, and also a good place to use the smaller worms, or ones that are looking a little worse for ware.