Aniseed Oil - What are your thoughts

[Damage 0]

Hi guys,Recently I tried soaking some cockle meat in aniseed oil and it seemed to work quite well when getting the KGWs to bite.Has anyone else tried this? or have you got better suggestions?Damage

[YoBBo 0]

I havnt, but me old Mum (81 years old) always puts a bit of deap heat on her wrist, and rubs the bait on it.She does ok too ;)I think deap heat has anniseed in it.

[Damage 0]

I havnt, but me old Mum (81 years old) always puts a bit of deap heat on her wrist, and rubs the bait on it.She does ok too ;)I think deap heat has anniseed in it.

nice one! Good to see that mum's still having a crack at it! ;D

[bennyboy 0]

I havnt, but me old Mum (81 years old) always puts a bit of deap heat on her wrist, and rubs the bait on it.She does ok too ;)I think deap heat has anniseed in it.

just don't go touching the cream and then scratching ya cods between a bite :-X Yobbo you should add that to the tips section...It's genious if it works.

[Guest Thahn]

Benny i hope you dont let your mum scratch your nuts deep heat or no deep heat

[freddyboy 5]

squid love the smell as well i found ,,,dab a bit on your jag when they slow a bit ;) cheers freddyboy

[Damage 0]

Cool....I've learnt 2 things so far!1. Squid don't mind the smell2. don't scratch your nuts if you have deep heat on your fingers.Damage :icon_e_biggrin:

[bennyboy 0]

Benny i hope you dont let your mum scratch your nuts deep heat or no deep heat

Nah mate.....................................not my mum ;D ;D 8)

[Guest Thahn]

benny ill give ya that one

[bennyboy 0]

;D ;D ;D

[Ranger 48]

I feel funny about rubbing my bait on Yobbo's mum! :-\

[Damage 0]

Hey Ranger,do most threads end up going below the belt around here!! :icon_e_surprised:

[Ranger 48]

No mate! Don't take offence to the clowning around, coz it's all intended as harmless fun.I'm sure when someone can provide ya with informed input (such as yobbo and freddyboy) they'll step forward with their thoughts!I heard many many moons ago about aniseed oil as an attractant, but because I've never tried it, I can't comment, although, it was only a few weeks back I overheard a conversation about this subject.One fisherman mentioned that an old greek bloke told him about the secret of a few drops of aniseed oil added to the bait. The other suggested that he doesn't add it to his bait, but he will rub a few drops into his hands to rid them of any foreign smells (petrol, cigarettes, sunscreen, etc) which may put the fish off.If I can add my own thoughts. I'd suggest 3 containers of cockles. One with aniseed, one with fish oil, and one with nothing.Try fishing all three in the same session, and see which gets the most hits. I'd be interested to hear the results myself!

[Damage 0]

No offence taken I quite like a bit of that talk.I have fished right next to a mate on my boat using aniseed cockles and he had plain ones and I had about 15 bites to his nothing.I have also soaked my cock les in fish oil and had great results too. :PDamage

[Ranger 48]

Research Project - Stage 2Stick wiv the aniseed, and give ya mate the fish oil.Now compare results and report back to Ranger with the findings! ;D

[Damage 0]

roger that!Damage

[YoBBo 0]

[ospray 1]

I always carry a small bottle of aniseed oil with me for putting a few drops into a dozen or more cockles once opened and ready, now I'm not gonna say for sure if they work or not, but when things are quiet, it has got the KG's into action for me, then again if there are no fish in the area then nothing is going to work. A few drops of aniseed in your Gar berley works and as was said, if your a smoker or use sunscreen use aniseed insted of tuna oil to get rid of the smells from your hands.

[RogerG 1]

We used to add Aniseed oil to boiled pearl barley for coarse fishing in UK, 1960's, however it was banned from "Match" events because it was to effective. I have never tried it here. or anywhere else since.An excellent attractant is available every time that you catch a squid! Save the ink. Squid ink is not only a "Smoke screen" It is also a very good attractant and makes the fish hang around while the squid makes its getaway. Some commercial sellers of bait add it to tube worms and the like. Ever wondered what that poncy perfumy smell is when you open a tub of worms? Works very well with cockles too.RogerG

[Damage 0]

Hey Roger,I might have to try and catch some of that squid ink as it's flying at my face :oDamage

[RogerG 1]

If you treat the squid gently, with a landing net they seldom drop their ink. Take them out of the net, point away from self and gently squeeze until the squid squirts it water jet reserves out then place in ice slurry so that squid goes to sleep. When you pull its head/guts/tentacles off the ink sac is usually still intact. place whole sac with others in a jar of sea water and store in bait fridge or, even better, use fresh from the squid.RogerG

[Ranger 48]

When you pull its head/guts/tentacles off the ink sac is usually still intact. place whole sac with others in a jar of sea water and store in bait fridge or, even better, use fresh from the squid.

And let's not forget squid ink is a great addition to ya berley, and an attractant to dip ya bails, soft plastics and lures into as well.It doesn't make a bad sauce for ya pasta too!

[Damage 0]

yeah, ya gotta love squid ink pasta!!

[rocknev 2]

IVE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH ANISEED FROM THE ROCKS....INCONCLUSIVE FOR ME ANYWAY.....I LIKE TO THINK IT WORKS,BUT IVE HAD MY BRO NEXT TO ME AND WE BOTH HAVE LANDED SNAPPER....COULD BE WORKING OR MAYBE THE FISH WERE JUST HUNGRY

[Damage 0]

I'm a little unsure now too as I had john winslet on my boat and without the aid of tuna oil or aniseed or pretty much anything we cleaned up. I guess when the fish are hungry they don't need much convincing.

[venkovich 0]

I've never heard of using aniseed oil or squid ink as an attractant before reading this thread. Where do you buy aniseed oil? I don't recall seeing it in tackle shops...

[Damage 0]

ask your tackle store, they should have it.And ask your squid, it should have it too :icon_e_biggrin:

[ospray 1]

Tackle shops have anna seed oil, sometimes its disguised as some other name

[Terowie 3]

I always use aniseed when mixing chook pelts with tuna/mackerel oil for berley.

[rocket102 0]

I make my own burley from any fish, crabs, squid( only the shells, carcases, intestines etc) that i catch. It worked ok but since I started to mix in some tuna oil and some aniseed pellets have been having much more luck attracting ffish.

[budman2 0]

I have used aniseed oil a couple of times in burley and it worked well on kgs for me.The supermarkets dont stock it because of the alcohol content but I found some in a health food shop (certainly didnt go there for the food :icon_lol:) It is bloody dear tho, cost me about $22 for a small medicine bottle!!Rocket 102 "aniseed pellets" ? Where do i get them? How much?

[rocknev 2]

I have used aniseed oil a couple of times in burley and it worked well on kgs for me.The supermarkets dont stock it because of the alcohol content but I found some in a health food shop (certainly didnt go there for the food :icon_lol:) It is bloody dear tho, cost me about $22 for a small medicine bottle!!Rocket 102 "aniseed pellets" ? Where do i get them? How much?

BIG W stock aniseed oil in there fishing section, and ive seen the aniseed pellets there before as well... trouble is the nearest big w to me is 80kms away in another town.

[Big Ian 0]

Rocknev go and ask your local chemist they should be able to get you some of the most potent aniseed oil you will find

[rocknev 2]

Rocknev go and ask your local chemist they should be able to get you some of the most potent aniseed oil you will find

now thats a good idea..... cheers.

[sideshow 0]

hey i have only tried aniseed oil once. i was fishing for red fin with plastics.it worked pretty good 4 me bu not my mate. wat i did was put that plastic in the oil and then cast out, it got the fish buzzing, it was awsome! ;D