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I just found some squid which i bought and left outside for 3 days and now they seriously stink will it be useful or should i just bin it??
cheers proper job
cheers proper job
stinky squid
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ask youself - can you bear to handle it ?
There was apost in the South West forum a few months ago by someone who had several Bass in the Taw or Torridge estuary using well-past-it squid .
Bass are one of those species which sometimes go for a really stinky bait. Dabs are another.
Unfortunately squid goes soft when it is really off (in fact it goes to jelly/liquid eventually) so you could find it awkward to bait up with it. You may want to use bait cotton (and maybe even wear rubber gloves while baiting up ! and hold it downwind of yourself)
Pink (slightly off) squid is know to be not-very-good for Cod (and most other species) but really rank squid may be good . . . sometimes . . . for some species.
If you have some left over bait from a trip and no room in a freezer (or it has already completely thawed) you can bait up a trace while it is still "fresh" and then leave it in a plastic bag to go really high. Just clip the trace on and get ready to cast before pulling the plastic bag off. and take a quick look to make sure the hook hasn't gone rusty !
OH, and don't leave stinky plastic bags on the beach just because they are not nice to take home again.
There was apost in the South West forum a few months ago by someone who had several Bass in the Taw or Torridge estuary using well-past-it squid .
Bass are one of those species which sometimes go for a really stinky bait. Dabs are another.
Unfortunately squid goes soft when it is really off (in fact it goes to jelly/liquid eventually) so you could find it awkward to bait up with it. You may want to use bait cotton (and maybe even wear rubber gloves while baiting up ! and hold it downwind of yourself)
Pink (slightly off) squid is know to be not-very-good for Cod (and most other species) but really rank squid may be good . . . sometimes . . . for some species.
If you have some left over bait from a trip and no room in a freezer (or it has already completely thawed) you can bait up a trace while it is still "fresh" and then leave it in a plastic bag to go really high. Just clip the trace on and get ready to cast before pulling the plastic bag off. and take a quick look to make sure the hook hasn't gone rusty !
OH, and don't leave stinky plastic bags on the beach just because they are not nice to take home again.
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cheers dont worry about the waste its all goin in a bin where it belongs rather than grotting up our coastline!
and does any1 no how to get sliders to "slide" im having real problems???
and does any1 no how to get sliders to "slide" im having real problems???
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