boilie MESH.??

[ohterry]

HI ALL.

 

i,m going to les quis in july, and ive been advised to purchase something ive never heard of. BOILIE MESH. apparantly its used to cover your boilie to prevent crayfish from getting to your boilie .

only problem is, i cannot source the stuff any where.

any one point me in the right direction, i would be very gratefull..

 

many thanks in advance.terry

[Alan Stubbs]

Both Fox and Gardner do it. If you have a problem sourcing it, e-mail me, or better still try clicking on one of Elton's links.

[ohterry]

cheers alan, just had a look at both sites though, and cannot find mesh on either, gis a clue m8.. thanx.terry

[Common 40]

hmmm I have been fishing over 25 years and must admit i have never heard of boilie mesh, except pva mesh, but that obviously is not what you mean. I have also asked around the carping fraternity on your behalf and no one seems to know? Could you ask the person you heard from to give you any more details? The only thing I can think of is what the fishery owners sometimes do and that is to put a mesh type cage in the lake or pond to trap the crays?? sorry could not be much help

 

[ 15. May 2005, 09:31 AM: Message edited by: Common 40 ]

[carping_mad]

This is the stuff i have used lads, excellent stuff.

 

Bait Armour

 

I get mine from Tackle box, usualy have it in so i just order it from there. not widely used in this country though, as there arnt that many waters that have big enough problems with crayfish to use it.

[WickerDave]

Googling for "boilie mesh crayfish" gives quite a few hits, the following are particularly relevant:

 

http://www.fishingmagic.com/news/article/m...67328452332/v/1

 

http://www.anglinglinesmagazine.co.uk/arti...ettingbaits.htm

[Common 40]

hmmm well just goes to show..certainly a new one on me

[Elton]

You could also take a few of these:

 

http://anglersnet.co.uk/reviews/berkley01.htm

[Gaffer]

Years ago when I fished a "Secret Squirrel" water in North Bucks we tried all sorts of ways to get round cray's. We would have to re-cast every half an hour through the day and night to stand any chance of catching a carp, where 3 runs a season was good!

 

We tried wooden (balsa) baits soaked in flavour, meshing, microwaved boilies, heatshrink (worked well!), supergluing two tops off a swim feeder together and filling with boilie mix, etc, etc.

 

However, the best baits for carp, without a doubt are the Berkley Power Naturals.

 

Incidentally, for 'meshing' borrow a pair of your missus stockings (with a wide mesh) and save yourself a lot of £'s.

[mpbdsnu]

My missus only wears tights Gaffer, will these do?