king prawns as bait

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:23 am

just found some cooked king prawns in the freezer left over from xmas, was going to use for carp fishing, just wondering if they would be any good as a sea bait.

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:13 pm

Have no idea :? one way to find out big grin

Cheers
mrix

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Used to use cooked shrimps for Whiting when we were desperate for bait as kids and caught on them, though I'd have to say not as well as we did with worm and mackerel. The Salmon and Sea trout brigade use Prawn and Shrimp (so I've read) but fished on spinning type gear rather than as a static bait.

There's not much to lose but a few hours of your time and you never know until you try.....give em a go!

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:58 pm

The key word is 'cooked'. Raw (and preferrably live), prawns make a fantastic bait for Bass, Wrasse and Pollock fished under a float or freelined. Not sure how effective cooked prawns would be.

Member Joined: Jan 02, 2007 Posts: 95 Location: Sussex

Cooked prawns will be a waste of time but fresh tiger prawns have gone down well for us on the south coast. Have caught whiting and doggies on them.

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:09 pm

Fresh tiger prawns to catch whiting & doggies? Sacrilege.

If it worked the other way round I'd have a go.

Wotno

Member Joined: Jan 02, 2007 Posts: 95 Location: Sussex

Its better than blanking! they are just another addition to the £30 a session we spend on bait for lug, rag, squid, mackeral etc

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:55 am

thanx for the tips,it sounds like they prob wont be a good bait so i'm going to keep them for the summer when the bass are showing more,then give them a try,never know unless i try, if i get any results i will let you all know

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rag wrote:

just found some cooked king prawns in the freezer left over from xmas, was going to use for carp fishing, just wondering if they would be any good as a sea bait.

Taste better in a curry mate.