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changing bait
How frequently do you change your baits. I have just read in the Angling Times that you should change your baits once an hour
that's a lot of bait in a days fishing. I change mine about every three hours.
that's a lot of bait in a days fishing. I change mine about every three hours.
psion- Posts : 979
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Re: changing bait
psion wrote:How frequently do you change your baits. I have just read in the Angling Times that you should change your baits once an hour
that's a lot of bait in a days fishing. I change mine about every three hours.
if you cant cast it, change it.
if you lose it, change it
if you have caught it and its buggered, change it
if it looks CRAP change it
if you cant hook it change it
unless none of those above happen, KEEP IT
that how i look at it
Dave-Newman- Posts : 253
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Re: changing bait
+1Dave-Newman wrote:psion wrote:How frequently do you change your baits. I have just read in the Angling Times that you should change your baits once an hour
that's a lot of bait in a days fishing. I change mine about every three hours.
if you cant cast it, change it.
if you lose it, change it
if you have caught it and its buggered, change it
if it looks CRAP change it
if you cant hook it change it
unless none of those above happen, KEEP IT
that how i look at it
fatcaff- Posts : 256
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bait change
I probably change my bait about every hour but its been cast out twice by then into another position
I also like to inject oil into the bait on every cast
I also like to inject oil into the bait on every cast
stubbo- Posts : 3976
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Re: changing bait
agree with dave, with just 1 exception, an hour before dark i like to put a fresh bait on ready for the evening feeding spell.
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Re: changing bait
MAD BAD ANGLER wrote:agree with dave, with just 1 exception, an hour before dark i like to put a fresh bait on ready for the evening feeding spell.
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Dave-Newman- Posts : 253
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Re: changing bait
Agree with dave..., if you can cast it,keep it... . More so if they expensive baits...
welsh piker- Posts : 346
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Re: changing bait
catch my own bait all summer long and freeze them so cheap as chips ....sea dead baits that is ...welsh piker wrote:Agree with dave..., if you can cast it,keep it... . More so if they expensive baits...
stubbo- Posts : 3976
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Re: changing bait
What about defrosting and re-freezing? How "fresh" does a bait have to be? surely a pike would scavange decaying fish in natural environment??
Re: changing bait
Depends on the type of bait. Tough baits like lamprey or eel can prob be refroze a couple times but bait like sardines are a 1 time bait. Dont think it makes too much difference to the pike I've caught on freshly killed perch as well scabby old mackerell that had prob been in n out the freezer a few times.
fatcaff- Posts : 256
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Re: changing bait
you will know when NOT to use a bait.....
sardines if not used can be re-frozen a few times, but i only cast these out frozen, so they will be fine.
trout, no issues ive used them re-froze loads of times, its only unless you cant hook them anymore, you ditch them.
tails, id prefer to the use FRESHER THE BETTER.
tough baits as per statement on the post above.
sardines if not used can be re-frozen a few times, but i only cast these out frozen, so they will be fine.
trout, no issues ive used them re-froze loads of times, its only unless you cant hook them anymore, you ditch them.
tails, id prefer to the use FRESHER THE BETTER.
tough baits as per statement on the post above.
Dave-Newman- Posts : 253
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Re: changing bait
I change mine when they stop wiggling
Ash morton- Posts : 96
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Re: changing bait
You bo have to be very careful about refreezing dead baits you can get food poisoning if you eat food after baiting up.
Just had a delivery from Luce Baits and that's the second I have had am going through a lot of bait at the moment.
Just had a delivery from Luce Baits and that's the second I have had am going through a lot of bait at the moment.
psion- Posts : 979
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Re: changing bait
No wonder you're catching a hell of a lot fish!! Lol.psion wrote:You bo have to be very careful about refreezing dead baits you can get food poisoning if you eat food after baiting up.
Just had a delivery from Luce Baits and that's the second I have had am going through a lot of bait at the moment.
fatcaff- Posts : 256
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Re: changing bait
can remember reading an article think it was pike and pred this guy got really bad from it nearly died cant remember his name but a top pike angler propsion wrote:You bo have to be very careful about refreezing dead baits you can get food poisoning if you eat food after baiting up.
Just had a delivery from Luce Baits and that's the second I have had am going through a lot of bait at the moment.
stubbo- Posts : 3976
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Re: changing bait
stubbo wrote:can remember reading an article think it was pike and pred this guy got really bad from it nearly died cant remember his name but a top pike angler propsion wrote:You bo have to be very careful about refreezing dead baits you can get food poisoning if you eat food after baiting up.
Just had a delivery from Luce Baits and that's the second I have had am going through a lot of bait at the moment.
May have been me not an article but a letter
I ended up suffering a seizure woke up in an ambulance with Iv lines and electrodes everywhere
Bacterial infection leading to vomiting and diarrhoea on to dehydration and then onto a problem with the potassium and sodium levels in my body
Had I been alone it could have ended differently
Wife to be sat and watched me stop speaking slump and eyes roll up I then started twitching
Next thing I know I was awake flying along to the hospital
Re: changing bait
could have been your letter pal ......fish is one of the worst to go off ... latly been taking a small hand sanitizer in me tackle box to wash after baiting upnoodle wrote:stubbo wrote:can remember reading an article think it was pike and pred this guy got really bad from it nearly died cant remember his name but a top pike angler propsion wrote:You bo have to be very careful about refreezing dead baits you can get food poisoning if you eat food after baiting up.
Just had a delivery from Luce Baits and that's the second I have had am going through a lot of bait at the moment.
May have been me not an article but a letter
I ended up suffering a seizure woke up in an ambulance with Iv lines and electrodes everywhere
Bacterial infection leading to vomiting and diarrhoea on to dehydration and then onto a problem with the potassium and sodium levels in my body
Had I been alone it could have ended differently
Wife to be sat and watched me stop speaking slump and eyes roll up I then started twitching
Next thing I know I was awake flying along to the hospital
stubbo- Posts : 3976
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Re: changing bait
I use anti-bacterial wipes.
psion- Posts : 979
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Re: changing bait
I always have those gels handy and have done for years on the day in question though I had forgotten to pack it
Food wise I tend not to take stuff I have to touch to eat so no sarnies it's things like pot noodles pork loin steaks eggs etc
Food wise I tend not to take stuff I have to touch to eat so no sarnies it's things like pot noodles pork loin steaks eggs etc
Re: changing bait
This conversation has really made me think. I have been fishing for over sixty years (not continuously!) and never really given a thought to contacting diseases associated with handling fish, bait etc. As someone who will refreeze unused baits, I will certainly start using hand sanitizer in some form. Having come this far, I would hate to be incapacitated by a smelly fish!
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