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Ron Troversial Clay
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At times, through our fishing lives, we have experimented with groundbaits. From rancid pigs blood, to vile 6 weeks old caster mash, I've done the lot.
However the worst,(or best, depends which way you look at it) was when I realised that Vaal River Yellowfish were turned on by big fat black crickets - about 3 inches long.
These are easy enough to catch. You lay a large wet sack on your lawn in the late evening and stuff about a loaf of mashed bread, with some cheese,under it.
Next morning you get a container and throw away the sack and start grabbing what is underneith. Watch out for brown ones with little raised tails. If you have several sacks on your lawn you can get a couple of hundred of these lovely shiny black chirpers in a night.
The next thing is to mush them up with about 10 kg of fermenting maize mash. They make a lovely colour combination of black green and yellow slime.
And the stench in the hot sun can be vile.
Bait your swim and within minutes, the yellows are in.
It's a pity there are not big black crickets in England. If there were, those Trent barbel had better look out.
Whats the nastiest and most effective you have ever concocted?
However the worst,(or best, depends which way you look at it) was when I realised that Vaal River Yellowfish were turned on by big fat black crickets - about 3 inches long.
These are easy enough to catch. You lay a large wet sack on your lawn in the late evening and stuff about a loaf of mashed bread, with some cheese,under it.
Next morning you get a container and throw away the sack and start grabbing what is underneith. Watch out for brown ones with little raised tails. If you have several sacks on your lawn you can get a couple of hundred of these lovely shiny black chirpers in a night.
The next thing is to mush them up with about 10 kg of fermenting maize mash. They make a lovely colour combination of black green and yellow slime.
And the stench in the hot sun can be vile.
Bait your swim and within minutes, the yellows are in.
It's a pity there are not big black crickets in England. If there were, those Trent barbel had better look out.
Whats the nastiest and most effective you have ever concocted?