steve2
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One of my clubs as just raised the limit on boiles from 2 to 4 kilos a day. There could now in theory be 100kilos of bait going in every day. This is a club that bans prebaiting.
Anglers prebaiting?
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thecrow
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Is this a heavily fished large water with a high biomass of fish per acre? 4kg a day on a big lightly fished water isn't a lot but on a small heavily fished one it seems a lot, how will the club bailiff this rule?
The thing is that prebaiting is a very general term. Prebaiting does not automtically mean baiting up with tons of bait for days or weeks in advance. You can just as easily "prebait" on the day you fish. I have often use that tactic myself in the past on rivers were I will "prebait" a swim a few times during the course of the day then move into it at dusk. It can be amazingly productive on the right venues.
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steve2
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This club even bans your type of prebaiting.
steve2
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This club even bans your type of prebaiting.
Sounds like the sort of place were they end up with so many rules they may as well just ban angling altogether.
I would make it easy for them ...I would not even bother joining and let them & their rule book disapear up their own bottoms.
I would make it easy for them ...I would not even bother joining and let them & their rule book disapear up their own bottoms.
Rich P
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I'm too tight to pre-bait, apart from the same-session variety. 2kg of boilies would last me a season. I also use pellets, however.
flightliner
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When the fish have cleared up they usually clear off , not in every case but most .
My very recent attempt at prebaiting didn't have the result I aimed at.
Every evening for a week I popped to the lake and chucked out a handful of finely scissored pieces of left over fish and lamprey with the aim perhaps of one of those red letter days with the pike.
I had run after run after run on my pike bait. WITH NOTHING ON THE END. NOT EVEN A HINT OF FEELING A FISH. RUDDY PERCH!
I will be back with some suitable gear to sort them out.
Every evening for a week I popped to the lake and chucked out a handful of finely scissored pieces of left over fish and lamprey with the aim perhaps of one of those red letter days with the pike.
I had run after run after run on my pike bait. WITH NOTHING ON THE END. NOT EVEN A HINT OF FEELING A FISH. RUDDY PERCH!
I will be back with some suitable gear to sort them out.
thecrow
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My very recent attempt at prebaiting didn't have the result I aimed at.
Every evening for a week I popped to the lake and chucked out a handful of finely scissored pieces of left over fish and lamprey with the aim perhaps of one of those red letter days with the pike.
I had run after run after run on my pike bait. WITH NOTHING ON THE END. NOT EVEN A HINT OF FEELING A FISH. RUDDY PERCH!
I will be back with some suitable gear to sort them out.
Someone I knew years ago swore by prebaiting for Pike, his method was to use any fish he could lay his hands on but in each swim he would put half a mackerel or herring tied to 2lb line the line being pegged to the bank, each time he baited up he checked to see if any of the tied baits were gone, the swims where they went the most were the ones he fished while continuing to prebait the others, hard work but he had some good pike doing it.
Alan Tyler
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Neat idea, but probably better done with a degradable (cotton) or digestible (silk) thread.
I can't think of anything that would benefit from swallowing a few metres of nylon with its brunch...
I can't think of anything that would benefit from swallowing a few metres of nylon with its brunch...
thecrow
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As far as I know he tied lots of knots in the line to weaken it, I doubt the 2lb line would survive the pikes teeth much beyond the bait.
Barrie Rickards wrote about tying deadbaits to cotton...he said in some cases the bait would be left for weeks and helped them to discount certain areas.
Not sure it would work so well were i am as the rats would have it within hours!
Ps - its impossible to type replies on a mobile device without hitting the thanks button by mistake ! ...hence the above thanks - sorry Graham ...
Not sure it would work so well were i am as the rats would have it within hours!
Ps - its impossible to type replies on a mobile device without hitting the thanks button by mistake ! ...hence the above thanks - sorry Graham ...
flightliner
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Ditto, it happened to a few days ago when I tapped a dislike to someone I hold in high regard.
It was only a few days later that I noticed it by sheer chance and rectified things with a pm.
maggot_dangler
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I have to admit i would like to see an end to this prebaiting thing it has never sat well with me ..
PG ...
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Another Dave
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According to my cost / benefit analysis the free lunch would outweigh the stringy poo.
thecrow
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I don't understand why
are anglers that feed 2 lines not fishing one for a while prebaiting?
maggot_dangler
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I don't understand why
That they coulkd be . that said i only ever fish with one line but then i aint into comps really i fish the odd club comp but no more .
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I don't understand why
This is getting confusing.
So if I cast first then throw in the maggots I am feeding... but if I throw in the maggots first and then cast am I prebaiting ?