sandeels

[dommez]

I have got some frozen sandeels and was wondering are they good bait and how i should present them and would i get anything if i used just them or should i bring other baits?

[eric]

http://www.gofishing.co.uk/Sea-Angler/S ... s/SANDEEL/

[dommez]

thanks eric that was a great help hopefully I catch something.

[crazyfish1983]

Dommez- I have used sandeel's quite a few times in the past with 0 success. People say they are deadly for bass but I have had no success. Stick to the worms man- if you can get them.

I will probably get slated disliking sandeels. But that is just my findings and every one has their own preferences.

[round_ourway]

sandeel is ok in certain venues.. can be good for turboids, dogs and rays.. .. experiment with the baits and see how u get on...

[Seaniebo]

Sandeels like any other bait can be venue/area specific ie. what works really well on one venue wont necessarily be so good on another.

[scrob]

Never had any success with them myself, but have heard they are deadly for sea trout in certain situations.

[fishermannum1]

Never had any success with them myself, but have heard they are deadly for sea trout in certain situations.

spot on scrob, they can be a lethal bait for the seatrout, and also a very good bait for the thornie's.

[evan699]

I've taken some pretty nice whiting to sandeel fished on long flowing traces. chop the head and tail off and secure to the hook with bait elastic.

[eric]

ive had bass on sandeel, wouldnt be my first choice bait for them when ledgering baits on a beach but they work.

[m.b3]

good for the usual suspects dogs,ray huss. work very well for whiting and you can take a fair share of dabs and codling on them at times. they can be a good plaice bait on there day too.

[scrob]

Personally I will use them again in certain situations but I think it is hard to beat a bit of mackeral for a general all round bait. There's not much I haven't caught on mack and it's both cheap and easier to hook than sandeel in my experience.

[baitdigger]

Sandeel are a very under-rated and under used bait. They are often deadly but as others have said they can be beach specific. On one Clare beach at the moment they are outfishing ALL other baits for bass.
There are many ways to present them, for bass I mainly fish them singley mounted on a pennel rig
For huss later in the year I will fish three with the bodies lashed together with elastic and the heads splayed out trident fashion.
For rays I will fish them in ones, two and threes or wrapped in squid on a long trace.
One of the most deadly forms of using them is to mount them on four feet of flouocarbon and a 3/0 hook and weighted with a barrel lead to spin off the rocks for pollack on light tackle

[dommez]

thanks a lot for all the help are mackeral cheap to buy from a fish monger?

[bass virgin]

Sandeel are a very under-rated and under used bait. They are often deadly but as others have said they can be beach specific. On one Clare beach at the moment they are outfishing ALL other baits for Bass.
There are many ways to present them, for Bass I mainly fish them singley mounted on a pennel rig
For huss later in the year I will fish three with the bodies lashed together with elastic and the heads splayed out trident fashion.
For rays I will fish them in ones, two and threes or wrapped in squid on a long trace.
One of the most deadly forms of using them is to mount them on four feet of flouocarbon and a 3/0 hook and weighted with a barrel lead to spin off the rocks for pollack on light tackle

and what beach in clare might that be baitnigger?
im heading up that way soon and might try a couple of spots.

[evan699]

thanks a lot for all the help are mackeral cheap to buy from a fish monger?

I picked up a few mackerel last week for 1.50 a piece and they were a nice size so you'd get a few baits out of them. I don't think the price would be too different where you're buying them.