Frozen shrimp?

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martin32

Frozen shrimp?

#1 Post by martin32 »

I was looking in Aldi and they have frozen shrimp uncooked, Anyone ever use them?
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#2 Post by paulocallaghan »

tried the frozen tiger prawns that the chinese shops sell last year, no success al all. have been told by those that know that they can be very good for ray and cod. but i suppose it really is a case of right time right place
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#3 Post by Tom Maher »

They work for cod in youghal when there isnt much of the usual bait around, but coalies take them more than cod.
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#4 Post by StevieC »

Martin,

Fished the Mersey (Otterspool) a couple of years back prior to a comp. Myself and a couple of team mates. We were using lug / rag / crab and bites were hard to come by but we were catching a few whiting.
However, an old fella arrived along with his shopping trolley, rod and a bag of Tesco's finest frozen prawns :shock: - yep you guessed it he landed nearly a fish a cast and some good size ones amongst them.
Needless to say we added some frozen prawns to our bait list. Didn't disappoint - didn't win the comp either though :cry:

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#5 Post by Adam S »

good tipping baits in pieces for wrasse. whole will catch some fish too
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#6 Post by pete »

Funny enough the only time i seen them being used was also at Youghal, lad was getting quite a few codling on them.
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