Jump to content

alternative to cockles


Recommended Posts

I wonder if anyone here has used the humble mussel as bait or burley. I have used crushed mussels successfully as burley for snapper but have never used them as bait for whiting or other species. The most up to date info i have been able to google up says that FARM GATE prices the producers are getting for mussels is only $2-3 per kilo [dont't know what retail price that would equate to]. Wonder if there isn't maybe a bit of a market there for mussels even only as bait given the ever rising price of cockles/pipi's. What do other members think. Are they a good bait and berley alternative to cockles.

Link to post
Share on other sites
  • 2 weeks later...
Guest big lizard

Try the new Dyna bait freeze dried tube worms, don't judge what they look like , i have used them along with a couple of the chaps i work with @ Tackle World O'halloran Hill..... Caught heaps on them, even got a mulloway on them yesterday arvo.... Cheers BL

Link to post
Share on other sites
  • 2 months later...

Just passing on info I read earlier today 'bout using mussels. Drop them in a bucket of warm water and slightly cook them which apparently hardens them up and easier to use. The author (and of course I've forgotten who and where) claims it works a treat.B@K

Link to post
Share on other sites

Hey could be a silly question but where can you find those SP gents? I've been looking everywhere for a while now. Just handy to have when you can't get to a tackle shop and spur of the moment fishing. Gents are always cool to buy though, cost bugger all and last forever... Always get at least to trips with them. Generally 6 weeks plus in the fridge :)

Link to post
Share on other sites
statesquider wrote:

Hey could be a silly question but where can you find those SP gents? I've been looking everywhere for a while now. Just handy to have when you can't get to a tackle shop and spur of the moment fishing. Gents are always cool to buy though, cost bugger all and last forever... Always get at least to trips with them. Generally 6 weeks plus in the fridge :)

Now Aaron produces lovely gents why would you want the sp 1"s
Link to post
Share on other sites

im assuming you guys mean theses things , :( ,,,,i got mine in big W ,,, cant remember how much they were,, :S ,,,, ive never used them yet waiting for whiting season to start , ;) ,,,, will also try them on gar but there are so many striped perch here at the moment i wont waist them, :P ,they smell and feel like the real thing :unsure: ,,, cheers freddyboy Posted Image

untitled-20100212.JPG

Link to post
Share on other sites

Aaron does make lovely gents as I described :) I use no other! But... I do a lot of random, spur of the moment fishing and don't always have time to grab gents or occasionally forget and having a "backup" supply in the tackle box would be cool :)Freddyboy those are the ones I'm looking for! I'll keep sniffing around big W...If i fished more often I could probably just use Sheldon's gents but sometimes they are not in the fridge or the missus throws them out when she finds them :) Does anyone else get as long as I do out of them? Longest i've had so far was 2 months and only lost 1/4 of them...

Link to post
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...