How long until bait is washed out?

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#1 Post by **anthony2carr** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:02 pm

How often would you change bait, if you weren't scoring?

#2 Post by **roger de dodger** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:24 pm

mac 15 min
lug 5 to 10 min
crab 20 min
squid 20 min
razor 20 min
rag 15 min
sandeel 15 to 20
with the softer baits like lug it depends on the tidal run you are fishing into as a strong tide will obviously wash out bait quicker as would a strong surf crashing over your bait also the bigger the bait the better the scent trail :wink:

have you tried groung baiting with some finely chopped bait to improve your chances?it can often liven up a session :wink:

#3 Post by **stevecrow74** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:53 pm

in competition usually 15-20 mins.. otherwise i chuck it out and leave it out till i could be bothered checking it, fish baits anything up to 40 mins, worm baits up to 30 mins..

often caught fish after a bait has been out for over an hour..

uvox · #4 Post by **uvox** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:12 pm

rag or lug 15 mins.

I budget requirements that way too.

#5 Post by **shamoo0804** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:29 pm

in competition usually 15-20 mins.. otherwise i chuck it out and leave it out till i could be bothered checking it, fish baits anything up to 40 mins, worm baits up to 30 mins..

often caught fish after a bait has been out for over an hour..

Same as steve for me in the main part.

Also depends on how cold the hands are, how busy you are chatting to your mates etc etc.

I recast bait last night for 5 maybe 6 casts, and was still catching fish on chewed baits.

I'd say 15-20 minutes would be the norm generally

#6 Post by **dbrock** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:53 pm

personaly 15mins a cast for me ,, or if im fishing for flounder i might as well leave it out for an hour as i just cant catch em :cry:

#7 Post by **wayne riley** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:29 pm

dbrock wrote:personaly 15mins a cast for me ,, or if im fishing for flounder i might as well leave it out for an hour as i just cant catch em

ull get the hang of it 1 day and then god help us all as there`ll be no stopin ye :lol:

#8 Post by **Stephen8wood** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:38 am

dbrock, if you want a flounder go to Whiterock, early in the morning, when it's still dark, with the tide just beginning to drop and fish out right of centre, not too far out and you have a great chance. I've had two good ones from there recently and beebub had a good one from the exact same spot. Shamo had 2 from there yesterday evening as far as I can remember

#9 Post by **dbrock** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:48 am

cheers i might sneak down and practise when no one around :lol:

#10 Post by **shamoo0804** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:49 am

dbrock, if you want a flounder go to Whiterock, early in the morning, when it's still dark, with the tide just beginning to drop and fish out right of centre, not too far out and you have a great chance. I've had two good ones from there recently and beebub had a good one from the exact same spot. Shamo had 2 from there yesterday evening as far as I can remember

The pupil teaching the professor, you gotta love it :lol:

#11 Post by **roger de dodger** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:08 pm

dennis a hand line might help i dont think you could get too far out with one :mrgreen:

#12 Post by **shamoo0804** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:17 pm

Mack flappers, 10/0's and 250lb traces are bit of overkill on the flounder fishing :lol:

#13 Post by **dbrock** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:29 pm

Rockhopper · #14 Post by **Rockhopper** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:27 pm

shamoo0804 wrote:Mack flappers, 10/0's and 250lb traces are bit of overkill on the flounder fishing

Take no notice Dennis, 200lb mono is ample, you wont be catching them 2 at a time anyways :twisted:

Tom.

#15 Post by **WrasseBasher** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:25 pm

Rockhopper wrote:200lb mono is ample,

Is it strangford lough or white rock your fishing...??? at least 400lb mono for strangford flounders or are they halibut

#16 Post by **Stephen8wood** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:36 pm

OK Shamo,

point taken, but did you not realise that I'm an overnight expert!

#17 Post by **Stephen8wood** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:45 pm

Dbrock, I may have been guilty of trying to teach my granny to suck eggs, or flounder as the case may be. Good luck

#18 Post by **dbrock** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:42 pm

not at all mate , just think the flounder thing will forever evade me, cheers forthe info

#19 Post by **shamoo0804** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:12 pm

OK Shamo, point taken, but did you not realise that I'm an overnight expert!

Ah, I was only having the craic :lol:

I certainly didnt mean anything by it :wink:

So then denis its settled, me and Stephen8wood will give ya a lesson or 2 in how to catch flounder :mrgreen:

#20 Post by **Security man** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:18 am

I got a 5+1/2 pound Bass on a Mack flapper that was in the water for 2.5hrs, so thats Roger's theory out the window!! :lol:

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