Fishing Bait

I am getting a lot of requests for an article on fishing for Prawns - The good news is I have already done one. Follow this link for Prawn traps and see if it helps you. If there are things I have missed please write a comment Thanks

There are many live baits that can be used for Bass fishing, almost anything that lives in the sea can be considered. Sand eel has always been a popular choice for Bass anglers. Using them live by lip hooking them on a long trace and then free lining them under a boat while it drifts [...]

A great tackle shop carrying a huge stock, including bait. Abu Garcia, Daiwa, Penn, Century, Shakespeare, Mustad, Berkley, Ultima Lines, Coleman, Petzel, and more. This tackle shop is located in the Cornish fishing village of Porthleven, 3 miles from Helston and about 14 miles from Falmouth and Penzance. The near by beach of Loe bar [...]

There are three methods I know of to catch bait prawns. Prawn funnel trap Create a funnel trap for prawns by getting a large soft drinks/water bottle, cutting the top off about where the label stops. Then shoving the top back into the bottle with the neck inside the creating a funnel. You then need [...]

A good all round fishing bait for Cod, Flounder, Whiting, Dogfish, and Bass and under used in my opinion. To collect razor fish prepare a saturated solution of salt and water. Keep adding salt to the water until no more will dissolve. Store this in a sports drink container with a squirty type lid. Head [...]

Either use the peeler crab whole or in half, remove the shell and legs and thread the body onto the hook shaft. Get some bait elastic or elastic bands and start to wind the elastic tightly around the peeler crab meat. Tying it off so it won’t unwind when you finish. Peeler crab can be [...]

The Chub will fall to Bread, Cheese and big black slugs! You can lure fish for them also. Happy fishing

Make you baits for Cod fishing very large. Fishing 7 or 8 fat lugworm tipped with a chunk of squid can improve results. I put a stop knot on the hook snood, then a bead, then a flat washer ie a thin sequin. I thread the worm on then compress it with the knot and [...]