occy for bait
Submitted by Sea goat on Tue, 2018-04-10 09:46
Hi guys.
have been trying occy for bait lately, but have found that once has been in the water a for a few drosp it turns into this big glob of really sticky mess and is super annoying. Any way to prevent this? just buying form local tackle shop.
thanks in advance!
Ryan C
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occy
hi mate ,
youve got to skin it , get all the brown skin off with a sharp bait knife (you can leave a few suckers on ) then it stays perfect and gets eaten more easily too.
Sea goat
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right! thanks heaps! that
right! thanks heaps! that makes sense.....the stuff im using is bought frozen, can you skin the frozen stuff easily enough? or can you buy already skinned?
thanks heaps for the tip!
Ryan C
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skinning occy
yep you can skin the frozen stuff easily with a sharp bait knife , even if you skin just 2 sides it makes it much more attractive as bait for demersals rather than brown snot.
Ryan C
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bait
i prefer the boxes of californian squid (2.27kg) boxes use them whole on snelled rigs for demersals , they love em and fillets of fresh baker/wrasse/sweep etc work well too .
Sea goat
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thanks! got a couple of
thanks! got a couple of seargent baker on the weekend! next time will use them for bait rather than sending them back! :)
sunshine
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Try scaling the bakers
Seems to work much better than unsealed......but west King wrasse are brilliant bait , the smaller the better
Ryan C
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baker fillets
whole side fillets about 30cm long are candy for big dhu's!