bait stops

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:43 pm

to save your precious worm baits flying off the hook. it hit me on the way to school after mr postman made a mess of the street with his red rubber bands. cut a small section of and put it on the hook after the worms to stop them flying off just as a standby in your box in case of no mackeral and squid i thought it might also add as an atractor for flatfish big grin

just an idea it proves teenagers do think lol

james

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:26 pm

Yeh but what with? lol big grin

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:47 pm

Good thinking Jimjam, not too sure exactly what you mean so will have to put my own thinking head on now. My worms mostly stay put because I use clipped down rigs a lot of the time but I am still trying to think of better ways to solve the problem when using power casts.

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:41 pm

what i do is use a sequin and behind that have some telephone wire it works a treat keeps the bait in 1 area and not up your line becoz if its up ur line the fish will be atackin the line not the hook tougue

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:47 am

codfather911 wrote:

what i do is use a sequin and behind that have some telephone wire it works a treat keeps the bait in 1 area and not up your line becoz if its up ur line the fish will be atackin the line not the hook tougue

That is certainly one way to do it cods but I think that jimjam is more concerned with what happens when one tries to cast worm on say a two hook flapper and bits of worm fly off if one belts it out there (So am I, but using bait clips does help a lot in my experience). Thinks: So perhaps I need to use Cod's sequin as well as a clipped down rig??

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I think jimjam is putting the small section of rubber band at the hook end so it haas the same effect of a small section of mackerel or squid in helping to prevent the worms sliding off the hook on the cast- not sure how appealing a section of rubber band would be to a fish though.

i use a ledger stop to prevent the baits sliding up the snood line- easy to adjust if you want to change the size of your bait and is also secure.

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:51 pm

that is what i meant i mean a really small piece just as a emergancy incase of no squid or mackeral just put it on after your worms it might work it may not but its only an idea like eccles said i would use it for a non clipdown rig maybe a 2 hook flapper or somehting like that big grin

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:46 pm

Hmmm, I get the picture, probably wouldn't put the fish off either. This is turning into quite an interesting thread. Personally I tend to use lug quite a lot and choose the larger ones which I thread up past the eye of the hook for a about a centimetre. This tends to make them stay put especially if I am using a clipped down rig. However, I do not use clipped rigs when I am sole hunting (one of my favourite bits of sea angling) because they don't work. One has to use short snood running leger rigs of various kinds to be successful at catching sole. My present technique is to use long shank carlisle hooks and push the worm up just past the hook eye and this does work most of the time but I would love to dream up an improved way of doing it - maybe jimjam's suggestion is worth a try. I think I will give it a bash next time but that won't be until next summer now.

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:20 pm

thanks eccles i just thought i would post it just because it was floating around in my head all day i idint even think it would catch on but thanks for going to give it a try lol you never now i could have my own brand of bait stops out in a couple of years lol only joking big grin

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:51 pm

went thru the same thought process a couple of weeks ago and bought some "glow grubs" from veals....they're small glow in the dark rubber jobs that I slice up a put on after the worms....they serve the purpose, but don't seem to catch as many fish(probably the glowing thing....bit too close to dungy!)
your way is certainly more thrifty(free)....do you get as many bites+fish??

I just try and make sure i;ve got a good stack of squid in the freezer now, the cod seem to love it...not good in the summer tho

tight lines!

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:20 pm

i keep having weird dreams of cod its really scary now. plus im trying to get my mits on a 7lb box of squid for whiting and cod any ideas were to get it at confused

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:43 pm

not sure about your area mate, or 7lb boxes, but I can get 5lb boxes from my local tackle shop....try the local fishmonger too, if not, you can get online, can be fairly cheap, just a b@£ch paying postage!

baits direct is ok....would recommend predator baits! blast frozen...apparently

tight lines me little tinka (thats a compliment by the way...lol)

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:49 pm

did have a dream, or should I say NIGHTMARE about a really big fish I lost in the surf a couple of weeks ago @ dunge....gutted obviously....you ain't the only one mate!

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:08 pm

I buy my squid and octopus at the Aisian shop. Mine has fresh and frozen sqiud. It's easier than freezing on the pier to catch squid.

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:53 pm

thanks lads there selling 1lb boxes at my local tackle shop for 3 quid is that reasonable or not please help. knowing my luck ill find something better after ive bought it always happens in my family big grin