Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:21 pm Post subject: spratts
well i was going to have a session on southwold beach but been told the spratts have arrived in huge shoals off the suffolk coast and that kills cod fishing stone dead, the cod only have spratts on there menu, lugworm are now £19.50p a hundred :smt008 still it aint till you have a go at digging your own bait you realise how hard it is.
the only place to dig lug near me is brancaster on the north norffolk coast a round trip of 108 miles so its just not worth the hassle, i used to dig them many years ago when i was on the dole as 6 of us used to go and we made good money, never tried a lug-pump are they any good on blow lug as we dont get black lug locally.
Mate, the fishing in the UK has come to a sorry state if you go fishing for spratts, here in NZ we go fishing WITH spratts (aka Pilchards, pillies) as bait! - I can get a 20Kg box for less than 9 quid from my local fishing shop, over here they are regarded as either bait or cat food!
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I guess we are spoiled for choice here in NZ because the only place in a NZ fish shop where you will find spratts/pilchards is in the fish bait freezer, you cannot buy them fresh! However, depending on where I am fishing, if I caught one, it woud back over the side of the boat smartly with an 8/0 hook thru it's nose hoping a nice John Dory would see it for a meal for him ( and for me! )
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