Shellfish query

Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 6:47 pm

I've often heard you guys refer to prawns and shrimp as being top baits but do they have to be raw or can you use the cooked variety that you get from the supermarket. It's probably a stupid question but i thought i'd check before i potentially waste my cash! Thanks confused

Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 6:52 pm

Hi, ive not tried cooked, but would imagine the scent or taste would be less when cooked. and might only catch if the fish can actually see it. Cheers...Mick

Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 8:30 pm

definitely must be raw prawns or shrimps, also welcome to the site Hullboy. big grin

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I find raw works best but having said that when I'm fishing the estuary for flatties cooked prawns work surprisingly well.

squiresoak

Regular Joined: Oct 14, 2005 Posts: 395 Location: Holyhead

My mate who's a seaman has caught Whiting off the ship with prawns from the freezer. Another mate swears by crab sticks but he also reckons he witnessed a seagull being dragged under the mud by a giant Ragworm and a Lobster turning off a gas stove.

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:34 pm

What a clever lobster but there seems to be a strong stench of cow poo round here i dunno about you guys but i can smell it lol.
I have used cooked mussles but the only intrest they got was from the crabs i think they lose all the attractivness when they are cooked.

Cheers Tim

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:39 am

I'd have eaten the mussels and let the crabs find their own food. big grin

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:58 am

Any bait that has been cooked cetainly has become less atractive to the fish, but that dont mean that it won't catch, after all lures and suchlike catch fish
Cheers keith big grin

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