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Make a donation today. Donate Local to you 5 miles of 10 miles of 15 miles of 20 miles of 25 miles of 30 miles of 35 miles of 40 miles of 45 miles of 50 miles of. Use My Location. Local to you. In this section Get fishing in six easy steps Learn to fish Learn to fish: next steps Improve your canal fishing Fishing baits series Bloodworms and jokers Bread punch Casters Chopped worm Gozzers and sour bran specials Hemp and tares Large maggots Live and dead baits Pinkies Squatts Sweetcorn Wasp grub Fishing quizzes.
Wellbeing by water Fishing Fishing skills … Fishing baits series. Casters bait. My mate and I would take off around two gallon a week for our own use. The key to keeping them fresh, as opposed to just keeping them, is temperature. Kept in a sealed bag or bait tin, fridged at setting 3 or 4, I would be happy to use them up to five days. Keeping them in water is OK, up to a point, they certainly won't float because they are dead drowned and therefore will quickly begin to deteriorate.
They will still have limited use, chub and carp love them but roach and bream aren't so keen once they have gone "off". The best thing to do is to buy just enough for your immediate use and don't keep them for more than three days.
However to put it in prospective I remember fishing the River Derwent at Sawley many years ago and running out of maggots. I got through a gallon in 6 hours and taken around 80 to 90 lb of fish. The only bait I had left was two pints of casters in sealed bags that had been in the bottom of my box for weeks. They were black and to say they were rancid was complementary. I fed a handful in and the water erupted with chub. I carried on to take another twenty odd pound, never caught a roach on them through.
So there are two sides of the coin to chew on. My personal preference is to try and use the freshest bait I can. But it is a fact that if the fish want old bait they will take it, you see that's fishing, nothing is consistent, thank the Gods. S-Kippy Well-known member. I'm firmly with Simon on this one. Fresh as possible and I never keep them. I dont use a lot of casters nowadays but when I did I was only ever after roach and a sour caster is possibly the worst roach bait ever.
Tee-Cee Senior Member. Joined Jul 30, Messages 6, Reaction score 8 Location down the lane. Depending on ambient temperature when fishing with them I might just make them last if I am fishing 3 consecutive days, but this is only pleasure fishing. On such occasions I change the water once home and store in my fridge and then change the water again in the evening.
The following session I rinse them in the lake water before use. I like mine a pale colour rather than dark ish red, but have to accept they will be a lot darker come the 3rd session Never really noticed much difference in catching rate over the three days, though Several fired into the water see ms to do the trick.. Does a hooked 'floater s ' sink any the slower, I ask myself. Last edited: Jul 15, I will buy them the day before unless the I am setting out after 8am then I will get them in the morning, I will sometimes feed caster and fish maggot.
Comment Post Cancel. I tend to find you get bag burn if left in clear bags so I take em out of that and put em into a black bag with a bit of water then back into clear bag dog poo bags are best for doing this with. I've tried numerous methods. Found they turned to floaters very quickly when put in a bait tub with damp newspaper on top.
Same if just in a bait tub with nowt else. Go soft if left in water. Get bag burn if left if clear plastic bag. Best I've found is to take em out of the clear bag and into a black bag, squeeze all the air out then into fridge.
If a member of the household has the "trots" so much the better! Simon R Regular member Site Supporter. Joined May 19, Messages 12, Despite their lack of movement casters are still alive and therefore need air to live. They also need air to complete the transformation from maggot to bluebottle - all we are trying to do is slow down that process as much as possible. Now I haven't carried out any experiments with tiny stethoscopes but I do know that if you keep them underwater or in an airtight container for more than a couple of days they'll die.
If they've been kept in a fridge you initially won't realise they're dead 'cos the cold conditions that slow down the transformation to bluebottle also slow down the rate of decay but they'll turn sour very quickly once they've warmed up and by the end of the day will bloody stink.
By following Methodgobs directions you're giving them a little bit of air which is just enough to stop them snuffing it and going bad. Joined Oct 25, Messages I recommend putting your casters in a poly bag,taking all the air out ,tying the bag up and throwing the casters in the bottom of your carryall for a month. Then they'll be perfect! Uncle Festa aka worker1.
Joined Feb 7, Messages 3, Put them in an old tight in the top off the toilet system,they'll last for ages. Joined Jul 14, Messages 1, To keep 1 pint of casters fresh for a fortnight Going to try the tip with the homebrew chemicals. Not sure about pumping - Surely they burst??? Originally posted by stephenk Going to try the tip with the homebrew chemicals. Last edited: Sep 21, Similar threads. Capt Birdseye Jan 11, Fishing Talk. Replies 17 Views 1, Jan 11, trotter2. Replies 22 Views Jul 21, jakeyowen.
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