mikench
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Has anyone used and caught consistently with slugs or snails? I hate the former but have so many in the garden that I thought I might try them ! Do you prepare them in any way i.e. Remove the snails from their shell?
Slugs and snails
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chrissh
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I had some success with fishing with the big black slugs when I lived in Canada the carp loved them. I haven’t tried them hear, I have used the dynamite hemp and snail which worked well
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Store slugs in a bait box with damp moss in a cool place up to 3-5 days
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Store slugs in a bait box with damp moss in a cool place up to 3-5 days
I have caught chub on the big black ones that you find in the long grass on damp days. Almost a magical bait.
I once had an invasion of small grey slugs on my lawn and I decided to try them for bait. This was in the days I had permission to fish Whitley Park in Surrey. I had more crucians that day than any other.
The only thing slowing me down was baiting up using forceps
I once had an invasion of small grey slugs on my lawn and I decided to try them for bait. This was in the days I had permission to fish Whitley Park in Surrey. I had more crucians that day than any other.
The only thing slowing me down was baiting up using forceps
chrissh
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Forgot to say that slugs have got 2 rows of teeth and can give you a nip… and as John said use forceps.We used a very thin baiting needle a bit like the sea fisherman use but smaller in size about 4” long I don’t know if you can get them here
barbelboi
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Two of my early season chub favourites - black slugs, particularly, work well and, unlike some, I prefer to leave snails in their shells - after all, that's how the chub would find them naturally...
I tend to free line both.
I tend to free line both.
mikench
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I have caught chub on the big black ones that you find in the long grass on damp days. Almost a magical bait.
I once had an invasion of small grey slugs on my lawn and I decided to try them for bait. This was in the days I had permission to fish Whitley Park in Surrey. I had more crucians that day than any other.
The only thing slowing me down was baiting up using forceps
Oh John that would be me too! I hate the things!!
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Do you hair rig them through the shell or baitband them?
barbelboi
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I either hair rig or entice some of the soft bit out and hook direct.........
robtherake
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Forgot to say that slugs have got 2 rows of teeth and can give you a nip… and as John said use forceps.We used a very thin baiting needle a bit like the sea fisherman use but smaller in size about 4” long I don’t know if you can get them here
That's a startling fact, although it should be obvious, really, considering the damage they do in the garden. Never held one for long enough for it to bite me - the feel of their mucus initiates a full-body shudder.
uke: For that reason alone I've rarely fished with them. The ones I find eating my veg are impaled - kebab style - on a long, thin metal spike and consigned to a lidded bucket to expire. The resultant goop goes on the compost heap where it belongs.
geoffmaynard
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A good pal of mine tested our big black slugs against lobworms in a prolific chub barbel swim on the wye. The lobworm easily outfished the slug and by some margin. Just sayin'
Yes, it seems that the chub on some rivers go mad for them and other rivers they are indifferent.
The good slug rivers for me were the Gt.Ouse,Thames and Ivel. They were useless for me on the Beault where cheese was good. I have not used them up here but a mate who has said they are useless on the Bain and Trent.
I sometimes used to fish with a character called Charlie (chubby) Landells who actually bred the horrors in fish tanks in his garage. He could winkle a chub out of a bucket of water on slug.
xenon
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my best single afternoons fishing was with freelined slugs (big black ones) in a gin clear swim on the river Wreake for chub-like the proverbial shooting fish in a barrel.