flightliner
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It's been suggested on the hdygo thread that one titled mussels as bait should be a sperate thread, ok, anyone use mussels as bait ???.
...Haven't tried mincing any up to add to the feed, but I will. Soon, I hope.
....not seen anyone using any of these baits for a good 5 years now
I've never given shop bought mussels a fair go in the past but my mate has done well with them for all sorts of species on both river and stillwater.
As soon as the evenings warm up a bit I want to do an overnighter for eels and I reckon chopped mussel would be the perfect thing to bulk out some chopped worm feed and offer a good change bait.
I remember mussels as being a superb bait for the large plaice that used to be around the East coast back in the seventies. Had several over 3lb on mussels supplied by the skipper.There was once a time when we could all catch really big cod, haddock and skate on the east coast c.1970's using nothing more than whole raw mussles supplied by the skipper. And we did alright, enough to fill two very large chest freezers and supply a couple of local shops with fresh off the boat fish. Nice.
Guess what? its still a good bait though you'd be lucky to catch anything today no matter what you put on your pennel.