Open a Can of Worms

[KEV0044]

Ok fella's - Lets - 'Open a Can of Worms' - - :D:D

[KEV0044]

Anyone used the 'Can O Worms' system for their fishing bait ?
Or do you have a better system at home ?

[LandyAndy]

Hi Kev
Ive tried wormfarm worms in ocean fishing.Thought whiting would love them.They wouldnt touch them but were biting on squid and prawn.
I have read that they are very good in freshwater.
Andrew

[KEV0044]

'Earth Worms' are great bait for almost all of the freshwater species including Trout , Bass , Golden Perch , Redfin and Murray Cod .
I actually prefer 'Scrub Worms' to any other type but I've also done well with Tiger worms and even domestic garden compost worms in freshwater fishing .
They are a good back up if your fly or spin fishing is not producing any action .
I've been considering a small worm farm type of set up just to take a few with me on weekend trips without searching for them in tackle shops on the way to the fishing destination :)

[Savanahkelpy]

I,m into fresh water fishing, up north, and i will say that, a certain recent scarey incident has yet to put me off fishing. :eek: I,ll just have to find another river, in the mean while,:D. I chase black bream, sleepy cod, and a few other native fish, within regulations. i ve found an unusual bait that works reasonably well, for me, as i suspect the oil content makes a scent trail, and if the fish aren,t hungry, and i am, then i can eat it myself,:eek::twisted:. The tough outer skin, makes it a bait that stays oin the hook for a long while and i,ve often reused it and caught several fish on the same piece of bait. No, its not worms, :D
Hans striker mild salami,,,
Laurie

[KEV0044]

Hans striker mild salami,,,
Laurie
Yeah OK :D
Not sure if Trout like Salami though :eek2:

[Savanahkelpy]

Kev, you should be up north, here, when the salami hatching season is on, the black bream go berko, big time:eek:. i use salami, mostly in the salami hatching off season, as the bream,s taste buds get a bit jaded during the hatching season, so its more effective in the off season,,,:D:D:D
Laurie.,,:angel::wasntme:

[KEV0044]

Besides 'Salami' - There are other strange baits that work well in Freshwater fishing .
Sweet Corn Cobs - Straight out of the can - Are known to catch most freshwater species in Australia .
Some of the bigest Trout I've caught have been a result of using Corn Cobs on a general purpose rod set for low level fishing at the bottom of the Lake :)

[Savanahkelpy]

All jokes aside on my part, years ago, my father used to make his own lures, i guess not unlike a fly fisherman would tie his own fly. It wasn,t a fish shaped lure like the ones seen in most fishing/tackle shop, but a rubber frog.
He used to cut the profile of it out of a sheet of rubber about 3/8 inch thick, and hand stitch a treble hook to it, 1 hook up, 2 down. He used to cut slits where the eyes were and insert enbroidery pins, the ones with the little coloured ball on the tip. Gave it a reasonably realist look, too. Caught many barra with and never used it on a rod, always on a hand reel. The line retrieve on a hand reel gave a very good swimming action.
Laurie.:)

[KEV0044]

All jokes aside on my part, years ago, my father used to make his own lures, i guess not unlike a fly fisherman would tie his own fly. It wasn,t a fish shaped lure like the ones seen in most fishing/tackle shop, but a rubber frog.
He used to cut the profile of it out of a sheet of rubber about 3/8 inch thick, and hand stitch a treble hook to it, 1 hook up, 2 down. He used to cut slits where the eyes were and insert enbroidery pins, the ones with the little coloured ball on the tip. Gave it a reasonably realist look, too. Caught many barra with and never used it on a rod, always on a hand reel. The line retrieve on a hand reel gave a very good swimming action.
Laurie.:)
Yeah - I've had a few goes at making my own - but I think you need lots of time to do it justice :)

[Chops]

Another good bait for Murray Cod is cheese, Mozzarella, and it'll get you some Yellow Belly too,,

chops

[Randylandy]

All jokes aside on my part, years ago, my father used to make his own lures, i guess not unlike a fly fisherman would tie his own fly. It wasn,t a fish shaped lure like the ones seen in most fishing/tackle shop, but a rubber frog.
He used to cut the profile of it out of a sheet of rubber about 3/8 inch thick, and hand stitch a treble hook to it, 1 hook up, 2 down. He used to cut slits where the eyes were and insert enbroidery pins, the ones with the little coloured ball on the tip. Gave it a reasonably realist look, too. Caught many barra with and never used it on a rod, always on a hand reel. The line retrieve on a hand reel gave a very good swimming action.
Laurie.:)

I see you can buy frogs in a soft plastic now have not seen them used though. When i was up working in Ahrnemland I went Barra fishing with some local Aboriginal blokes they where cleaning up on handlines and live bait. Had to work hard to lose my Barra virginity but I did in the end

[KEV0044]

Have a few mates that do well with soft plastic baits and lures :)
Haven't done a lot with them myself but I'm thinking of giving them another go .
Probably should keep a few in the tackle box anyway for times when live bait is hard to find .