Hempseed and snails
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nicepix
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I'll stick to the All Day Breakfast in a a Tin 
caelan
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this is new to me will look out for it in me local tackle shop an give it a go
this season for me tench
this season for me tench
Keith M
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They look like a great bait which I will definitely give a try for the Chub and Barbel when the rivers open in June. They also look very promising for the Tench, Crucians and larger Roach too.
Keith
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Ray Roberts
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Yeah it definitely looks interesting, the snails are cooked though, which I would think would alter the flavour, whether for the better or worse I don't know.
I won some artificial baits in the caption competition a while ago and among them was a collection of rubber snail shells. I was thinking of giving them a go by filling them with some Anchovy type paste when the weather warms up. I may give them a try with this.
I won some artificial baits in the caption competition a while ago and among them was a collection of rubber snail shells. I was thinking of giving them a go by filling them with some Anchovy type paste when the weather warms up. I may give them a try with this.
barbelboi
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Used to use the small black snails found in silkweed many years ago for roach - very effective and free. They always seemed to be in the free growing weed, not the stuff that hangs to the concrete on weirs, etc..........
Keith M
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Yes free is best especially for the youngsters but if youngsters (or anyone else) can't afford to pay for them then they can always collect their own snails and cook them (or use them raw if they want to) and shell them and then add the snails and any snail juices to some cooked hemp then finally store them in airtight containers to keep them fresh untill they are required.
They don't have to pay if they are willing to do their own collection and preparation, a small net will catch them plenty of snails and chucking them in the freezer will keep them fresh enough.
Perhaps £3 or £4 would be a much fairer price to pay I totally agree; but at least those like me who are lazy b****rs and don't want to have to go through all the Polava of having to collect and then prepare this bait ourselves; can get someone else to prepare this currently uncommon bait for them and have the bait readily available all year round without having to freeze them; for the price of a packet of fags Lol..
The bait might turn out to be not as good as it sounds anyway Lol...
Keith
They don't have to pay if they are willing to do their own collection and preparation, a small net will catch them plenty of snails and chucking them in the freezer will keep them fresh enough.
Perhaps £3 or £4 would be a much fairer price to pay I totally agree; but at least those like me who are lazy b****rs and don't want to have to go through all the Polava of having to collect and then prepare this bait ourselves; can get someone else to prepare this currently uncommon bait for them and have the bait readily available all year round without having to freeze them; for the price of a packet of fags Lol..
The bait might turn out to be not as good as it sounds anyway Lol...
Keith
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I'll stick to the All Day Breakfast in a a Tin
Don't blame you, this stuff sounds like a starter in a French motorway cafe.
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nicepix
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Have you ever been over here Ade? It is changing a bit now, but up to a few years ago the standard supermarket restaurant meals were really good quality and very reasonable prices. We used to look out for Carrefour supermarkets as their restaurants were the best.
carpo_marx
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Our local lakes are riddled with crayfish and i've a feeling that they will love a few of these going in.
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I was being ironic, I was amazed at the quality of the food in the motorway cafes and it would not surprise me in the slightest to find escargots Bourguignonne with hemp flour bread croutons on the menu.
maggot_dangler
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Not yet but if i can find some and the weather is half decent over the weekend i will be out giving them a bashing ..
PG..
Rich P
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Probably not. Hemp is already a fantastic attractant and I can't imagine snails, or their juice, adding anything. I guess the bait companies have to come up with a new idea every now and then, just to keep the R & D dept ticking over......