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steven
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limpets

#1 Post by steven »

are limpets any good for bait..? and if so what could you expect to catch with them.
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#2 Post by gfkelly1969 »

limpets are a very good bait for wrasse
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#3 Post by lugworm »

gfkelly1969 wrote:limpets are a very good bait for wrasse
Ya i hear there good for wrasse on a float never tryed tho.........
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#4 Post by eoghanb »

I've caught red cod on them and wrasse
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#5 Post by chuckaroo »

great wrasse bait, most of the other fish seem uninterested in them apart from many of the mini species
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I have to agree with the above,good wrasse bait but never had anything else on them myself.
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#7 Post by gfkelly1969 »

lugworm wrote:
gfkelly1969 wrote:limpets are a very good bait for wrasse
Ya i hear there good for wrasse on a float never tryed tho.........
i got a load of wrasse on limpets on the float but found periwinkle even better for some of the smaller wrasse
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#8 Post by MC »

Big Bass wrote:I have to agree with the above,good wrasse bait but never had anything else on them myself.

I have had pollack and coalies on limpets too
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#9 Post by steven »

thanks for the replys guys..will have to give them a go next time am out.
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#10 Post by Preston »

Their supposed to be good for bass after a storm. Great wrasse bait though
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#11 Post by biker »

last summer they worked very well for pollock for us
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#12 Post by nimucker »

I fish in Donegal near Burtonport - they are lethal there for Wrasse - have also caught Coalies on them
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#13 Post by Eoin »

tried an experiment b4. got some fox armamesh (a fine mesh tube that dosnt dissolve used for carp) tied a knot in one, stuffed it with limpet gut and tied a knot in the other end to make a sausage. this could then be cast without flying off. well a wonder bait was an under statement. just a lot of effort.
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#14 Post by blowin »

Sounds interesting . Presumably when you say limpet "gut" you mean just that ie don't include the tough "foot" ?
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blowin wrote:Sounds interesting . Presumably when you say limpet "gut" you mean just that ie don't include the tough "foot" ?
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#16 Post by finding nemo »

I tried limpets on floats for wrasse after we ran out of ragworm. Not a tap and we had been catching plenty of wrasse on the rag.
Just after reading here maybe we were fishing in wrong. We just put the insides all on the hook. should you only use the guts?
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#17 Post by seanie35 »

1 of the lads lost a nice bass last summer on limpet in dungarvan :shock:
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#18 Post by chuckaroo »

finding nemo wrote:I tried limpets on floats for wrasse after we ran out of ragworm. Not a tap and we had been catching plenty of wrasse on the rag.
Just after reading here maybe we were fishing in wrong. We just put the insides all on the hook. should you only use the guts?
they will take any bit or all or it in my experience, even wee bits of the foot. but the guts seem best.. with or without the foot
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#19 Post by dilisk »

I know someone who had an 11lb Bass in Wexford on them also after a storm, have always found them good for wrasse
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#20 Post by finding nemo »

Cool gonna give them another go over the next few days.
Prob get a monster now. Ha!
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