Lazy Lug – Preserved Lug Worm Bait

Lazy Lug are small preserved blow lug worm  and said to be the invention of a well known Dutch competition sea angler who  was looking to produce a bait that could be shelf stored for up to a year  without degrading.

The worms have been preserved in a special  non-toxic, biodegradable liquid solution that when handled smells not  dissimilar to alcohol based liquids. The worms feel slightly waxy to the touch,  but remain firm, hold their true shape and look just like normal small blow  lug.

We seem to be at odds with some other reviews  in other publications as, after a fair amount of testing, although Lazy Lug did  catch a couple of fish for us, we can’t honestly say that it’s produced that  many fish for the hours tested.

Our test fishing was with two rods, both  rigged with identical three-hook flapper rigs, one with frozen lug baits and  the other with the lazy lug. Casting distances were as near the same as  possible and kept close together to target the same fish.

We chose frozen lug baits to compare the  Lazy Lug with as we felt that putting the lazy lug up against freshly dug baits  was not a fair and valid test. Frozen lug rarely fishes as well as fresh worm,  hence it being a better comparison.

The Lazy Lug bait did catch three dogfish  over five test trips, but the frozen lug accounted for numbers of whiting,  dabs, flounder, dogfish, several 5 bearded rockling and two small turbot.

Judging from our personal results then,  certainly the Lazy Lug will catch the occasional fish, but in comparison to  even frozen bait it cannot compare, either for the number of fish caught, nor  the variety.

Possibly some anglers, especially those  living away from the sea, may like to have a tub or two of lazy lug on the  shelf ready for that spur of the moment trip, and in that it will do a job, but  the serious sea angler is always going to choose frozen and fresh lug as his  main bait choice.

The worms come in plastic containers  averaging between 19 and 25 worms per 100g tub and retail for around £4.99 in  the shops.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Lazybaits Ltd,  9 Castlemartin, Ingleby, Berwick TS17 5BA  Tel: 0779 009 1162. Also visit their website at www.lazybaits.co.uk.