Unusual bait?

[Andrew]

Reading thru some angling mags i came across this SLUGS used as bait?

Has anyone used slugs?if so in what conditions did you use them? river or stillwater? :confused:

Tight lines to all

Jangar

[norm]

JANGAR

i thought you off all people would know the most deadliest bait for CHUB free line under a hanging tree or bush let it hit the water with a splash and hold on to your rod esp in rivers :cool:

[Chris Plumb]

Great bait for chub - freelined on a large hook. A couple of years ago I took a friend of mine fishing twas his first trip for 30 years so I took him somewhere easy (or so I thought). Anyway after 6 hours without a fish - and getting pretty bored he puts a ruddy great slug on a size 4 and lobs it into the margins. Result - and instant take and a 5lb common. Followed in the next hour by 3 more the same way....

 

So whilst they are a traditional river bait - don't discount them in stillwater....

 

Chris

[Andrew]

Ah we have the pike man

Never mind Gordy {piking pirate}burdon

the 24lb man is here

HOW ya doin Norm?

[davidP]

I remember seeing John Wilson use a freelined slug as bait when he was challenged to catch a fish without a modern rod or reel. He cut a birch or willow branch from a tree, attached some line and a big hook, stuck on the biggest black slug he could find andcaught a chub almost first cast!

 

Personally I'd love to use slugs as bait, but I HATE touching them because of the sticky slime they leave behind. URGH! These American plastic slugs on the other hand....

[Zinky]

Fantastic bait for Chub on the river Dane

Very good carp bait ? summers evening under your feet in the margins. Always put one on if I find one on the bank, never fails. Bloody sticky bastards

[RONAN]

Over here in the states, they are excellent for panfish...

RONAN

[norm]

no probs jangar

you know who the best piker is on a harder water than them blokes fish

see ya later mate

norm

[norm]

davidp

i seen that one with john wilson

it was good

but you can probibly forget the likes of you and me fishing them stretches of fish filled waters

[Waterman]

I've found slugs will take Chub in the worst of conditions where all else fails. Have fished stretches of the Hampshire Avon when the water has been low and gin clear and the temp is in the 90s. Fished all day on maggot without so much as a twitch, put a fat slug on and they hang themselves sometimes on the first run through the swim. Fantastic bait, freelined they have enough weight to lob them for miles.

Would be interested to hear of anyone who's given them a real try on still waters.