slipper limpets

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:59 am

anyone use them in Brighton/Hove as bait ? i have heard they can make good bait after a big blow

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:10 pm

Bass tend to love them once they start rotting on the beach winking

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:30 pm

thanks but have only got "fresh" the seagulls beat me to the wiffy ones.we are going to try for cod with them & black lug/squid tomorrow ,wish us luck please we may need it big grin

let you know how it goes Wonder if adding a bit of pilchard oil would be any good?

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:44 pm

Used slippers at Hythe about a month ago.Post report on here then caught whitting on them.I used fresh still alive shelled before going fishing and took to beach in ice cream tub in there own juices.Then used both as tipping with lug and on own.Going to collect some Wednesday to use Thursday night.

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:04 pm

Slipper limpet are very good bait, i always shell `em out onto newspaper (use a heavy bladed but blunt knife) and let them dry out a bit before using them.
If you prepare them at home it might pay to put them on a bait needle and elastic them into a `limpet sausage' as it can be difficult to get a large ball of them to stay on the hook. Cheap bait , fiddly but well worth it.

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:13 pm

Slippper limits can be salted , which will toughen them up winking

Cheers
mrix

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:07 pm

looks like slippers a go go big grin

the sea has calmed down a bit and not alot of weed, could be a nice few days fishin,thanks for all the info

Member Joined: Jul 28, 2008 Posts: 37

Sometimes Waitrose reduce the price of their mussels by half at the end of the day - making them well worth buying. I find them very slightly less fiddly than slipper limpets, but slipper limpets have the advantage of being free, of course.

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:09 pm

you can get mussels around the west pier a a small wall to the west of on the very low tides,but not many big ones

Member Joined: Jul 28, 2008 Posts: 37

aha! I'll have to check that out then - cheers!

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

Never had much luck with the slipper limpet on the Brighton coast as they dont seem to be native to that area. Move along the coast to Normans bay tho and you gotta dead cert!

Member Joined: Jul 28, 2008 Posts: 37

Slipper Limpets have been there for at least the 25 years that I can remember! I'd have thought the fish would have got used to them by now, seeing as so many empty ones are washed up. I'll keep using them while they're there, they look like a great bait.

Member Joined: Oct 09, 2008 Posts: 33 Location: sussex

limpetboy wrote:

anyone use them in Brighton/Hove as bait ? i have heard they can make good bait after a big blow

I saw slipper limpet in action on Brighton Marina on Wednesday, the chap next to me baited up 8 of them and caught 5 pound Ballan Wrasse. I got pics on my computer but need to e-mail to one of you folks who knows how to work it.