Ground baiting ?

Member Joined: Sep 02, 2007 Posts: 30 Location: s.wales

is ground bating any use off the beach?if so how do i get it out there and wat type of stuff do i put into makin it? tried mackeral guts bread and bait additive smelt like the muts nuts only problem was deployment ended up covered in it suprise

many thanx maff

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:40 pm

i've never tried it mate but a few boys on here use a 35mm film canister on top of their weight, drill a few holes in it and hey presto a homemade feeder filled with mackeral,bread,mashed worms etc

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:42 pm

When I was a bit younger I used to groundbait with chopped up mackrel heads and guts by filling a mesh bag with it a nd giving it a liberal coating of pilchard oil. I placed the meshed bag and it's contents under a large stone and waited for the tide to come in. Then cast at the spot where my rubby dubby was. Only thing , on a bad day expect your fair share of crabs.

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:38 pm

we used to go to sandy beaches when tide was out and my mates put cut up bait a couple of inches under the sand. i never did it, but if i am honest i think it actually helped. not a lot thow,but we did have fish....................? but would we have had them had my mates not done it. who knows. lol? big grin

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:11 am

I guess its down to what fish you want to target.
I have used it for close range fish like Rockling and Scad.
cheers
mrix

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:28 am

Yes groundbaiting does work.
There are loads of different methods that you can use. I personally use a large feeder that I cast out or I use carp pellets that I catapault out over the area where I am fishing.
I have also tried slow melt pva stocking.
If you havn't got a film can you can buy inline feeders from tackle shops.
Just a suggestion if you use Rabbi's onion sack method attach a length of line to a plastic bottle and tie it to the bag. When the tide comes in the bottle acts as a marker float.

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:07 pm

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When the tide comes in the bottle acts as a marker float.

actually a very good tip winking

cheers
mrix

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:59 pm

yep a good tip? knowin my luck id hook the darn thing, hee hee. big grin