Old bread as bait

[newtofishing]

Is old bread ok to use as surface fishing bait and when is it passed using

[Steve Walker]

Old bread does not stay on the hook very well. If you wanted to use the crust as a floater, you could perhaps steam it. Otherwise, probably best using it for groundbait or to make bread paste.

[newtofishing]

Thanks would toasting keep it on the hook longer

[Steve Walker]

Never tried toasting it!

 

Bread is pretty cheap, though, better off using a nice fresh loaf. You could always use that for hookbait and use the stale bread for loose feed.

[Kappa]

Try microwaving it perhaps with a tiny tiny drop of water to refresh it

[Phone]

Use the side with peanut butter on it.

 

Phone

[chesters1]

I never bothered with old bread but letting it dry and putting it in a coffee grinder to mix with ground bait or liquidising and using it aloneit makes a cloud thats bread flavoured (or smell) but doesnt fill the fish up and a pinch on the hook really works when bread alone is slow

[Peter Waller]

NewToFishing, please excuse Phone, he's American.