bait you never leave home without

[Lord Paul of Sheffield]

for me it's bread

ok I can't say I always take bread, I've forgotton or simply not had any in but most of the time I take bread with me even if I very much doubt I'll use it but it's there if I need it

 

[Peter Jacobs]

Close call . . . . . . . Bread followed by Maggot

 

[dezza]

Bread followed by sweetcorn and worms.

I often leave home without maggots, they are too expensive to be used as they should be used. If I take maggots to the Trent, it's never less than 4 pints and if I am feeling flush I might take a whole gallon.

 

[Jim Crosskey 2]

Maggots. I hate to blank, full stop. A few fish taken quickly on maggots calms me down and lets me think straight - otherwise I have an attention span thats just too short!

 

[sam vimes]

Maggots, even if it's just half a pint or the dregs left over from a previous trip.

 

[murv]

Pellets. Always have a small tub of pellets in my bag even if I don't intend to use them

 

[barbelboi]

Rivers - Caster before maggots for me.
Still Water - expander pellets to which I add ****** to the pump water - works well throughout the seasons.
Jerry

 

[chub_on_the_block]

Bread yes, also hemp if its on a river and maggots too (+casters if possible ).

 

[dangermouse]

Maggots and on still waters sweetcorn.

 

[peterjg]

Bread and usually wheat (great bait) but some reason very little used?

 

[terry m]

A tin of sweetcorn is always there as a backup!!

 

[904_cannon]

Bread (uncut) and cheese paste.

 

[michaels]

Crusty bread, sweetcorn.....

 

[mol]

I use alot of hemp.

I always have a tin of sweetcorn and sachet or two of cat food as back up but rarely use either.

 

[agamemnon]

i always have a tin of sweetcorn and luncheon meat in my side pocket on my rucksack

 

[Jeff Woodhouse]

Damn! Was going to post something, but I've forgotten it again.

 

[mark barrett 2]

for me its lobworms. there's no other bait in my opinion thats as good a "catch all" as lobs, even pike and zander will take them with a relish and theres few bettertench, bream or perch baits.

 

[chav professor]

I have to agree..... lobworms are the bait I should always never leave home with and are attractive to everything from specimen roach to pike.

Bread has similar qualities and is attractive to a range of species.

Got to be the top two for me

 

[Jeff Woodhouse]

I was being serious with my last post, the bait I really want to take is the one I forget by leaving it at home. Normally maggots as they used to be kept in the fridge in the garage, but could be the worms too. Fridge broke down and has gone now so no longer a problem.

I always have pellets of some description, either Halli-hookers or some Mistral ones that saw their best before ages ago, but they still catch fish on the day.

 

[watatoad]

White maggots, then bread.