Anyone know the best place to buy sprat? My local shops all seem to be out or else just have the big pike bait sized ones in stock. Looking some smaller ones the size of your finger or less..
Any ideas?
Small sized sprat
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Small sized sprat
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Re: Small sized sprat
if i'm not mistaken, ask yer local fishmonger to order a bag of whitebait, friends of mine buy them for feeding fish-eating snakes! fairly cheap too. 
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, three beard rockling,.shore rockling, 5 beard rockling, flounder, lesser spotted dogfish,bullhuss, dab,bass(13), more whiting : pollock,poorcod,pouting, sea trout(the dodder!)brown trout,sea scorpion,mackerel, silver eel,
topknot:), cod, conger, corkwing wrasse,smooth hound.
, three beard rockling,.shore rockling, 5 beard rockling, flounder, lesser spotted dogfish,bullhuss, dab,bass(13), more whiting : pollock,poorcod,pouting, sea trout(the dodder!)brown trout,sea scorpion,mackerel, silver eel,topknot:), cod, conger, corkwing wrasse,smooth hound.
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Re: Small sized sprat
Could you not use sandeel instead?
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List 2011: less fish
2012: less fish again,
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Re: Small sized sprat
Can use sandeel if all else fails but prefer sprat to be honest. Anywhere from Belfast to Derry (I'll be driving along that route tomorrow) that I might be able to pick them up?
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Re: Small sized sprat
only seeing this post now, might be a bit late for you, you can get them in Donegal catch in skeoge industrial estate here in derry...
as ole rab c said " see me' see the sea' i love the sea me"
right i'am off for a swally!!!!!!! so were's the F***'n purse!!!!!!!
right i'am off for a swally!!!!!!! so were's the F***'n purse!!!!!!!
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Re: Small sized sprat
I bought sprats from a guy on ebay they come in a sealed bag of about 10, cheap and usually quick delivery (cornish baits) you can also get sandeel, lug, rag and mackeral.
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Re: Small sized sprat
Got a few today in Toms Tackle, cheers for the advice lads
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