Does It Work??

[andymac]

Can anyone help? I was chatting with a friend yesterday who is well into Carp and Cat fishing in France. Were were talking about bait and how he uses oils and artificial bait and swears by them. I have seen advertised various artificial bait products claiming to out fish live bait for sea anglers ;D ;D (can't see it myself) Does the salt water effect these products in anyway and has anyone given them a go? I would rather chuck a fiver at fresh bait but i know sometimes it hard to source fresh bait at short notice for those last minute trips. Any comments on this would be appreciated.

[dabcatcher]

i,ve always found that addatives are for enhancing a poor bait.
or trying to make a pile of mush taste like crab or fish.

personally i prefer to use the best quality bait i can get.

i collect all my own baits and arn,t even confident with bait from a freind or bought from a shop.

buy top quality fresh bait and only use addatives on a por bait ti try to increase your catches.

there are occasions when poor or old bait will outfish fresh bait.

dab fishing is a perfect example

[andymac]

Thanks for that dabcatcher. I always fish with fresh bait when I'm organized. But sometimes if its a last minute or a late fishing trip ill just grab some of my frozen stuff and then wish i had made more effort and got some fresh bait such as crabs etc.

[cliffnorry]

if your in a jam use a plug man, or do like Fester and I use a fly,