Frozen peeler.

[five bellies]

whilst on a quest,for a supplier of early season peeler this year, I happend appon a tackle dealer

selling Frozen veitnamise soft shell crab as a peeler substitute,seeing as I was having no luck sourcing fresh homegrown crab I gave it a go.I found it to have a

very high water content. having said that the bait presented on the hook fairly well, but washed out in next to no time. The only fish that fell to it was a average sized pout. Has any one faired better on it, may be I was just having an average type of day.Or as I suspect Is it a waste of time? :confused:

 

[ 24. May 2005, 12:25 AM: Message edited by: five bellies ]

[Jaffa]

How much was he charging? I got some from the local chinese supermaket and it worked out about a quid a crab. Same stuff: Vietnamese swimmers (look like our velvets)

 

Not used it enough to form an opinion, but it does not seem to have the same foul mix of juices the local stuff does...

[five bellies]

Hello Jaffa,

£4.60 per half dozen,they are the same as the ones at the chinese super market as I have seen them for sale there as well. Just cheaper.

 

thanks for the Reply

 

Tite lines

 

Five Bellies

[Graham....]

Hi all,

 

Thought this might interest you.

 

http://www.total-fishing.com/SeaForum.asp?...44083679&Page=3

 

Regards

 

Graham

[big_cod]

Very interesting graham every little helps, the price is excellent value if these crabs are as good as the guy says,the ones which were pushed in sea angler last year are not really that good ,i am lucky there is plenty of peelers here but hard work is collecting and looking after them but it is always worth it in the end.

[Spur-Hound]

I must say when i tried the ones advertised in the mags last year i dint think much of them. VERY watery, and not much of the lovely mushy stuff. Is great for mixing with peelers to create a very chunky bait tho!

[RGF]

Iv'e tried these and thought they were a waste of money,watery and not worthy of a cod bait,don't know about other species tho, they may catch other things.....

[kentangler]

If you can't get peeler, use the next best thing, fresh mussels, or frozen from baitsdirect. Mussels have a chemical scent very similar to peeler. Better than watery soft crabs.

[macky]

save ya money and buy proper peeler

[spasor]

Save more money still and go to the mark at low water, and gather your own? Crabs, mussells, whatever. Small shrimps found under weed make a better tipping bait than squid?

Well 3 million 2oz pout can`t be wrong?