Dave Burr wrote: βWed Sep 16, 2020 8:23 pmOlly is dead right, vinegar is not a good bait additive - buy fresh/frozen. They need no flavouring as fish love 'em as they are.Sneezewort wrote: βWed Sep 16, 2020 8:10 pmIβm wondering whether the vinegar they usually come in is detrimental at all or indeed whether supplementing with something even more flavoursome might work - now CY would probably vote for paprika!
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Earthing the current
β I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order" - John Burroughs
β I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order" - John Burroughs
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Fished with Frank - and his cockles! Plus his son!
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Herring in vinegar (sour herring we call em, dont know if thats a thing in the UK) is THE best bait for sturgeon I've been told...Dave Burr wrote: βWed Sep 16, 2020 8:23 pmOlly is dead right, vinegar is not a good bait additive - buy fresh/frozen. They need no flavouring as fish love 'em as they are.Sneezewort wrote: βWed Sep 16, 2020 8:10 pmIβm wondering whether the vinegar they usually come in is detrimental at all or indeed whether supplementing with something even more flavoursome might work - now CY would probably vote for paprika!
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Rollmop herring Trilob, very nice it is too.Trilob wrote: βFri Oct 23, 2020 9:37 amHerring in vinegar (sour herring we call em, dont know if thats a thing in the UK) is THE best bait for sturgeon I've been told...Dave Burr wrote: βWed Sep 16, 2020 8:23 pmOlly is dead right, vinegar is not a good bait additive - buy fresh/frozen. They need no flavouring as fish love 'em as they are.Sneezewort wrote: βWed Sep 16, 2020 8:10 pmIβm wondering whether the vinegar they usually come in is detrimental at all or indeed whether supplementing with something even more flavoursome might work - now CY would probably vote for paprika!
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ah yes! rollmops indeed.
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Aka soused herring. I've caught plenty of carp and tench on cockles in vinegar straight from the jar in fact it's one of my preferred cold water baits on the farm ponds
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There's quite a lot of information in Carp circles about the attraction of salt for Carp. Why not a bit of vinegar too!