what fish???

geordiesandman · Post by **geordiesandman** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:57 am

can any fish be used as successfull bait or only the fish that is generally preyed on by the target fish?

i ask as i have a collosal salmon i boght from tesco for next to nothing, and although i'm gonna make a nice meal from it, not all of it will get eaten, so was wondering if i could use some of the uncooked scraps for bait?

or should i just make and freeze some posh fish cakes?

graham

dontcatchmuch · Post by **dontcatchmuch** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:19 am

hi fella ive used it for pike fishing but not sure as to sea fishing try some and see might just supprise you/us all let us know
steve

baitdigger · Post by **baitdigger** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:33 am

Stick with the fishcakes

Salmon is one of the oily fish so it could have potential as bait but I still think you would be better off eating it.

benbo128 · Post by **benbo128** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:40 am

why dont you buy yourself a trap get them on ebay for a decent price.

Any fish I catch that are over sized or from tesco ha ha ha once I have filleted them I freeze the head and guts and use them as trap bait last summer got quite a few crabs and sand eel's in the trap I used.

This year think am going to use traps a bit more and see what I can pull up in there and on the line.