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In reply to Post #1
I tried float fisher cockles for carp many years ago and couldn’t get a sniff. Luncheon meat was always far more effective
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In reply to Post #2
My brother is a match angler and he went to a lake in Rugley last week and there was a match the day before they (him and my other brother)hardly had a sniff on pellets,soon as they switched to mussel meat on the hook and mashed up into a pole pot they were having a fish a chuck,think he said he had over 60lb of fish.
I think sometimes they get wary of being caught on the same things constantly they see it as danger and are wary of it and something a little different can be a game changer
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In reply to Post #1
I have tried the small 'seafood' mix you can get from supermarkets on a couple of occasions many years ago. You get a mix of mussels etc in them. Can be a little soft but easy ways around that.
On the first lake, a very old 15 acre estate lake with very low carp stock and a 'boilie' ban, all I had was Tench. I seem to recall a friend had maybe one carp on them and a few bream but we both then lost fishing rights as the lake changed hands.
Second lake is a 20-30 year old 7 acre farm lake. I had done well on my own boilies but fancied something different on one rod. All I had was a pike! Boilies carried on working so ditched the seafood.
I use raw prawns for perch and I know in my local club lake some perch anglers get the occasional carp on them even in the margins in the depths of winter. Again a bit soft but as I tend to use them float fishing at close range not an issue for me that I have needed to do anything about.
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If I remember rightly Mary from Wraysbury was caught on cockles,think it was Mark Toland many moons ago
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In reply to Post #1
Don't forget Cockles. They're all great baits, free lining they're hard to beat. If you want to ledger them may be best to mesh them, espesh Mussels as they're a very soft bait.
Tench in particular love Mussels but I dont think many fish can resit them. Cockles are tough little buggers in comparison to Mussels, I prefer them threaded on the shank of the hook.
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Anyone had much luck using these as hookbaits
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