Baits

Good bait goes hand-in-hand with good fishing… doesn’t it? Newspaper journalist and keen sea angler Ian Lindsay begs to differ, and says…

In part two of PSF’s definitive guide to white ragworm Steve Souter explains how to keep this deadliest of sea angling baits.…

Not all baits are easy or cheap to obtain particularly in winter. Lugworm, squid and peeler crab are supreme cod baits, but…

Previously Steve Akeroyd of Fox International showed how to use Armamesh to create a compact and effective sea fishing bait. Now Steve…

Keeping soft baits on hooks is an age old problem for sea anglers that standard bait elastic can’t always solve. Armamesh from…

Boat Fishing Monthly Editor Dave Barham demonstrates using bait elastic and frozen black lugworms to construct and use the Lugworm Sausage. A very effective approach to presenting a sizeable bait to fish such as Cod without leaving it wide open to being ripped apart and easily taken by smaller fish such as Whiting and Dabs.

Amazingly, the ultimate bait additive, particularly to mackerel and including fresh mackerel for a wide variety of species ranging from gurnards and rays through to tope is WD40. Seeing is believing. This film also demonstrates the versatility of the ABU Suveran combination boat rod.

Planet Sea Fishing’s resident bait expert, Steve Walker makes the case for mackerel, agruably the most readily available and most effective sea…

Josh Ruskey of the “Legasea” demonstrates one way to rig a ballyhoo for bait.

Big, ugly and more than a little alien looking, that’s Maia Squinado – the spider crab. Often a bottom dwelling scourge, spiders…