Lidl garlic sausage

[Jim Brook]

You can also add weight to a larger hook and negate the need for any ledger weights sometimes just adding a swan shot or two up the line, but most importantly do not strike prematurely when using large meat baits as foul hooking can arise, I’ve hooked a small fish in the nose once when I started out fishing like this, I find the bites are slow pull rounds on the whole rod

 

[Derek Funcks]

So you wrap the lead wire around the hook shank, and cover with shrink tube ?

 

[Jim Brook]

So you wrap the lead wire around the hook shank, and cover with shrink tube ?

Oops , thought I’d put in some text? But yes lead wire, then shrink tube to keep it in place. It’s good for trundling/rolling or with a large bait can be sufficient weight to hold bottom with one or two swan shot Or small bomb to act as more of a back lead being lighter than the bait itself

 

[Terry Simner]

What would be the hook choice with a huge chunk like this? Would a size 2 Super Specialist be ok?

I use #2 or #4 Gripz .... really sharp, stay sharp, much easier to remove from a barbel ... but I've not lost a single barbel/fish using these.

 

[Stephen Dixon]

I tried the "big" meat approach last night.
Huge chunk of Bacon Grill down the edge, the largest hook I had (size 2 Drennan).
It roared off after about 15min.
Result, not a monster at 7lb but all I needed to convince me.
I just don't understand how it managed to eat it

 

[Jim Brook]

I tried the "big" meat approach last night.
Huge chunk of Bacon Grill down the edge, the largest hook I had (size 2 Drennan).
It roared off after about 15min.
Result, not a monster at 7lb but all I needed to convince me.
I just don't understand how it managed to eat it

I think they inspect it, get a taste? Then position them selves over it, then corkscrew it into their mouth, then feel resistance but after putting the effort in, there not giving it up!

 

[Stephen Dixon]

I think they inspect it, get a taste? Then position them selves over it, then corkscrew it into their mouth, then feel resistance but after putting the effort in, there not giving it up!

No way would that chunk have fitted in the mouth. It's really given me confidence now.

 

[Jim Brook]

No way would that chunk have fitted in the mouth. It's really given me confidence now.

I’ll add, that when fishing into dark make sure you can see your line you sometimes get a slack line bite and the line dropping slack is the only indication of a pickup which you need to strike hard straight away

 

[Neil Blood]

I tried the "big" meat approach last night.
Huge chunk of Bacon Grill down the edge, the largest hook I had (size 2 Drennan).
It roared off after about 15min.
Result, not a monster at 7lb but all I needed to convince me.
I just don't understand how it managed to eat it

Ive had Barbel and Chub as small as 3lb on half a tin, as per previous photos, you can see that other smaller fish can attack the bait, thus significantly reducing it in size.

Wait until you catch one and its spat the full half tin, halfway up the hook length, meaning you land both barbel and original sized bait. I just cant understand how that can happen under the law of physics?

 

[Christian Tyroll]

Any preferences on hooks for the half a tin of spam? I’m on my last esp raptors, the modern carp hooks I have lying around are beautifully sharp and woefully short lived, the points seem to turn over if a fish farts half a mile downstream.

Edit, just read back and seen a couple but no harm in anymore. I always liked the continental boilie hooks but didn’t know they were still about.

 

[Stephen Dixon]

Any preferences on hooks for the half a tin of spam? I’m on my last esp raptors, the modern carp hooks I have lying around are beautifully sharp and woefully short lived, the points seem to turn over if a fish farts half a mile downstream.

Edit, just read back and seen a couple but no harm in anymore. I always liked the continental boilie hooks but didn’t know they were still about.

Is it me being tight or are the Continental's expensive now?

 

[Stephen Dixon]

My usual Barbel hook is a Mustad Chinu Eyed Fishing Hook - 10019NP-BN. Super sharp and usually £1.99 of Ebay. I've got some 2's coming for massive meat baits. I can totally recommend these hooks.

 

[Jon Young]

Any preferences on hooks for the half a tin of spam? I’m on my last esp raptors, the modern carp hooks I have lying around are beautifully sharp and woefully short lived, the points seem to turn over if a fish farts half a mile downstream.

Edit, just read back and seen a couple but no harm in anymore. I always liked the continental boilie hooks but didn’t know they were still about.

I use Nash claw in size 4

 

[Lawrence Breakspear]

 

[Jim Brook]

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Lol knows his onions, when comes to big meat baits

 

[Jim Brook]

Is it me being tight or are the Continental's expensive now?

Yes they’re a bit pricey, I have a supply of the drennan boilie hooks in the silver packets, now discontinued. These are good hooks but again a bit pricey?

Partridge hooks from sprite fishing

 

[Stephen Dixon]

Yes they’re a bit pricey, I have a supply of the drennan boilie hooks in the silver packets, now discontinued. These are good hooks but again a bit pricey? View attachment 31963Partridge hooks from sprite fishing

The boxes of 25 seem well priced

 

[Stephen Dixon]

Great results on this in flood conditions.

 

[Ian Woods]

My usual Barbel hook is a Mustad Chinu Eyed Fishing Hook - 10019NP-BN. Super sharp and usually £1.99 of Ebay. I've got some 2's coming for massive meat baits. I can totally recommend these hooks.
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Blimey........Size 2s for catch and release!

 

[Stephen Goderski]

Blimey........Size 2s for catch and release!

I use size 2s for fishing with meat baits in floodwater without any issues