Fish`n` strips

[phil dean]

are they available in tackle shops as it would be useful to have some bait with a shelf life, I always have a jar of paste and can easily pick up bread for coarse fishing, these would be similar

[Jim Roper]

phil dean:

are they available in tackle shops?

Anglers Choice, 183 High Street, Lochee, Dundee, Angus Tel: 01382400555

Soarhigh Models Ltd, 14 Low Street, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB45 1AS Tel: 01261 818404

Blackrock Bait & Tackle, 4 The Broadway, Whitehawk Road, Brighton BN2 5NF Tel:01273 622001

Gary Bonners, 87 Hoylake Road, Moreton, Wirral, Cheshire, CH46 9PY Tel: 01516778092

Devon Angling, Orchard Meadow, Orchard Way, Chillington, Kingsbridge, Devon Tel: 01548580888

The Bait Shop, 70 Fore Street, Newquay, Cornwall TR7 1EY Tel: 01637 873869

The Tackle Box, 1 Swanpool Street, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 3HU Tel: 01326 315849

Angling & Hiking Centre, 275-277 Rawlinson Street, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria LA14 1DH Tel: 01229 829661

Exeter Angling Centre, Smythen Street, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1BN, 01392 436404

Sidmouth Pet Supplies, Shopping Centre, High Street, Sidmouth, Devon , EX10 8LB Tel: 01395512626

Weymouth Angling Centre, 24 Trinity Road, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8TJ Tel: 01305 777771

Ultimate Fishing, 240 Portland Road, Weymouth , Dorset, DT4 9AF Tel: 01305768894

The Craftye Fisherman, 13 Montagu Terrace, Edinburgh. EH3 5QX Tel: 01315511224

Brian Deans, 43 Pallister Road, Clacton on Sea, Essex CO15 1PG Tel: 01255425992

East Coast Angling, 1082 London Road, Leigh on Sea, Essex SS9 3NA Tel: 01702 478488

Micks Fishing Supplies, La Canus Trading Centre, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands GY2 4UJ Tel: 01481700390

The Boat Exchange , Bridge Avenue, Saint Sampsons, Guernsey, GY3 5TA Tel: 01481242576

Allan’s Marine, 143 Twyford Avenue, Stamshaw, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO2 8HU Tel: 023 9267 1833

Lindfords Fishing Tackle & Bait Ltd, 12 Hilderthorpe Road, Bridlington, Humberside, YO15 3BB Tel: 01262 678045

Pryde of Cowes, 12 Birmingham Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, 01983 299211

Dens Tackle , 73 Dymchurch Road, Hythe, Kent, CT21 6JN Tel: 01303267053

Marsh Tackle, 17 Littlestone Road, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8LN Tel: 01797 366130

Coppull Anglers, 144 Spendmore Road, Coppull, Lancs PR7 5BT Tel: 01257794040

Avenue Angling, 16 Denbigh Road, Norwich, Norfolk. NR2 3AA Tel: 01603764004

Floaters Fishing Tackle, Unit 10, Estcourt Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 4JG Tel: 01493 853700

Game Fishing Supplies, 16a Newgate Street, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1BA, 01670 510996

Deerness Store, Mallard Park, Tankerness, Orkney, KW17 2QT Tel: 01856861335

Veals , 61 Old Market Street, Bristol, Somerset, B52 0ET Tel: 01179 260790

Oliver’s Angling , 10 Alexandria Road, Clevedon, North Somerset, BS21 7QE Tel: 01275 871590

Wellington Angling Centre, 18 High Street , Wellington, Somerset, TA21 8RA Tel: 01823666343

Tightlines Angling Centre, 1a Rumbridge Street, Totton, Southampton, SO40 9DQ Tel: 02380863068

Breakaway Tackle Development Co Ltd, 376 Bramford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5AY Tel:01473 741393

Tackle Up, 288 High Road, Walton, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9EB. Tel:01394 274600

Viscount Fishing Tackle, 201 Clapgate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0RF Tel: 01473728179

GR&J Markham, T/AS Angler Fisher. 717 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, Suffolk. IP4 4NB Tel: 01473 727841

Tackle-x-Change, 2 Essex Road, Lowerstoft,Suffolk. NR32 2HH Tel: 01502 508989

Last Cast Fishing Tackle, 32a Cadogan Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. IP11 3QJ Tel: 01284723807

Birds Tackle, The Coalyard, Great Blakenham, Nr Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0JB Tel: 01473 830683

Hooked, 13 The Gardens, Beachwood, Middlesbrough, Teeside, TS4 3DT Tel: 01642 296774

Billys Fishing Tackle, 28 Saville Street West, North Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE27 0LD Tel: 01912 596262

Fraser Angling & Outdoor Centre, 69 Coatsworth Road, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear NE8 1QL Tel: 01914 775950

Scotts Fishing Tackle , 76a Whitley Road, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, NE26 2NE Tel: 01912900068

[Jim Roper]

Just went into Weymouth Angling Centre and saw some Fishbites there.

"Selling many?" I asked.

"Thousands!" was the reply.

[Tackle Turkey]

I would like to say that we ( Tackle X Change)have sold over 600 packets of fish n strips to sea anglers all over the country and many shops are now stocking them. Also carp seem to like them as well, pole fishing for them anyway. Best carp last week was 14lb.12oz from a Norwich lake.I bet cat fish like them too.Get some carp anglers to try them out i reckon.

[Jim Roper]

Weymouth Agling Centre are astonished at the huge amounts they are selling, so I suppose anglers, having used them, are going back for more!

[spasor]

Jim.

Are they going back for more? I think the answer is yes.

I witnessed a guy outfishing the rest of us last weekend! He was using the same bait as the rest of us. He just used a thin strip as tipping!

Yes folks. Cut one of those strips in four lengthways. Then just nick it onto the hook.

That guy was catching black bream and bass on the same trace.

I believe. OK.

Paul.

[Jim Roper]

At that rate it would only be half-a-crown or so a bait.

I do something similar to make the worm stay on the hook longer.

Just got in from the beach.

No doggies at all. Lots of little pout. Put a pout head on for bait(I took only worms and fishbites with me) and promptly got a conger on.

Got it into the surf and nearly out before the hook length broke in the undertow.

It was at least 12lb but could have been 20 lb or more.

No mate, no gaff, no wire trace, no fishcakes!

[Ed Matysiak]

I gave them a blast off the stone jetty at Aberystwyth on Saterday evening. Blanked but had a fair few bites. My stiff 9ft rod was to blame me thinks...

Mackerel and fish n strips cocktail was getting stripped off the hook by something! Will try again asap

[Cranfield]

I have used Fish'n'Strips extensively and can honestly say that they have not appeared to improve my catch rate at all.

 

The nearest I came to a "scientific" test, was when I had a dogfish a drop, fishing fresh mackerel strips in Clew Bay last week.

I baited with only Fish'n'Strips and didn,t get a bite.

Went back to fresh mackerel strips and caught fish immediately.

 

If they give you confidence,as an additional bait item, use them.

But, try them as the only bait on your hook and the confidence may wane.

[Norm B]

Cranfield:

I have used Fish'n'Strips extensively and can honestly say that they have not appeared to improve my catch rate at all.

 

The nearest I came to a "scientific" test, was when I had a dogfish a drop, fishing fresh mackerel strips in Clew Bay last week.

I baited with only Fish'n'Strips and didn,t get a bite.

Went back to fresh mackerel strips and caught fish immediately.

 

If they give you confidence,as an additional bait item, use them.

But, try them as the only bait on your hook and the confidence may wane.

:cool: I did a review on them for the SAN and I found that used in conjunction with bait they caught more fish than bait alone from the boat. Used on their own they caught fish but at a slower rate. From the shore they didn't make any difference at all when bait was tipped with it. On their own they still caught fish but again at a slower rate, but they don't claim it to be better than bait but an alternative when bait is unavailable, unlike that Ultrabite stuff. I tested it and it made no difference at all, no more, no less fish, no bigger fish, no smaller fish. The hook baits soaked in it caught exactly the same number of fish of the same size and same species as baited hooks fished without it. And you can't use it on its own. It's made a lot of money for some people though, good marketing or what! :confused: