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Never tried them myself but I don't see any reason why they wouldn't work, slugs are a good bait for barbel apparently and snails are just slugs with a detached house.... Give them a crack and see what happens :)

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Quanti Canicula Ille In Fenestra

 

Species caught in 2017 Common Ash, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, White Willow.

Species caught in 2016: Alder, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Crab Apple, Left Earlobe, Pedunculate Oak, Rock Whitebeam, Scots Pine, Smooth-leaved Elm, Swan, Wayfaring tree.

Species caught in 2015: Ash, Bird Cherry, Black-Headed Gull, Common Hazel, Common Whitebeam, Elder, Field Maple, Gorse, Puma, Sessile Oak, White Willow.

Species caught in 2014: Big Angry Man's Ear, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Common Whitebeam, Downy Birch, European Beech, European Holly, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, Wych Elm.
Species caught in 2013: Beech, Elder, Hawthorn, Oak, Right Earlobe, Scots Pine.

Species caught in 2012: Ash, Aspen, Beech, Big Nasty Stinging Nettle, Birch, Copper Beech, Grey Willow, Holly, Hazel, Oak, Wasp Nest (that was a really bad day), White Poplar.
Species caught in 2011: Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Elder, Fir, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Oak, Passing Dog, Rowan, Sycamore, Willow.
Species caught in 2010: Ash, Beech, Birch, Elder, Elm, Gorse, Mullberry, Oak, Poplar, Rowan, Sloe, Willow, Yew.

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Never tried them myself but I don't see any reason why they wouldn't work, slugs are a good bait for barbel apparently and snails are just slugs with a detached house.... Give them a crack and see what happens :)

 

Really ?? I thought it was chub :unsure:

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Really ?? I thought it was chub :unsure:

 

 

Yeah so did I.

 

 

I thought the best natural bait for Barb's is Lob's.

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I've caught both chub and barbel on slugs, never tried snails though.

 

Until you try you'll never know, whoever first tried luncheon meat, cheese, sweetcorn etc, were never sure until they tried it.

If I'm not sure of a bait, I will try loose feeding to fish I can see, if they take it, then your confidence is that much higher when you eventually put it on the hook.

 

John.

Angling is more than just catching fish, if it wasn't it would just be called 'catching'......... John

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I meant chub <_<

 

I just wish someone would tell the fish which bait they're supposed to take, I nearly caught a pike on a lump of cheese a few years ago. Bugger bit through the line just before I got it in the net :angry:

John S

Quanti Canicula Ille In Fenestra

 

Species caught in 2017 Common Ash, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, White Willow.

Species caught in 2016: Alder, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Crab Apple, Left Earlobe, Pedunculate Oak, Rock Whitebeam, Scots Pine, Smooth-leaved Elm, Swan, Wayfaring tree.

Species caught in 2015: Ash, Bird Cherry, Black-Headed Gull, Common Hazel, Common Whitebeam, Elder, Field Maple, Gorse, Puma, Sessile Oak, White Willow.

Species caught in 2014: Big Angry Man's Ear, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Common Whitebeam, Downy Birch, European Beech, European Holly, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, Wych Elm.
Species caught in 2013: Beech, Elder, Hawthorn, Oak, Right Earlobe, Scots Pine.

Species caught in 2012: Ash, Aspen, Beech, Big Nasty Stinging Nettle, Birch, Copper Beech, Grey Willow, Holly, Hazel, Oak, Wasp Nest (that was a really bad day), White Poplar.
Species caught in 2011: Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Elder, Fir, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Oak, Passing Dog, Rowan, Sycamore, Willow.
Species caught in 2010: Ash, Beech, Birch, Elder, Elm, Gorse, Mullberry, Oak, Poplar, Rowan, Sloe, Willow, Yew.

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I meant chub <_<

 

I just wish someone would tell the fish which bait they're supposed to take, :

 

 

I keep tellin 'um to take mine but they just don't listen "barstewards" :blink:

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I've caught both chub and barbel on slugs, never tried snails though.

 

Until you try you'll never know, whoever first tried luncheon meat, cheese, sweetcorn etc, were never sure until they tried it.

If I'm not sure of a bait, I will try loose feeding to fish I can see, if they take it, then your confidence is that much higher when you eventually put it on the hook.

 

John.

Did you know black slugs like to gorge themselves on dogs poo :yucky:

Please be careful not to burst the skin when hooking :thumbs:

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Did you know black slugs like to gorge themselves on dogs poo :yucky:

Please be careful not to burst the skin when hooking :thumbs:

 

As well as rotting vegitation and flesh, Rabbit. But the fish don't seem to mind.

I use tongs to put them on the hook, it's less messy that way.

 

John.

Angling is more than just catching fish, if it wasn't it would just be called 'catching'......... John

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As well as rotting vegitation and flesh, Rabbit. But the fish don't seem to mind.

I use tongs to put them on the hook, it's less messy that way.

 

John.

 

Tongs,!! ...and a Yorkshire lad :rolleyes:

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