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Keeping Peeler Crabs

Keeping Peeler Crabs

This article will cover the fairly untouched subject of keeping peeler crabs in tanks using filtered sea water which reduces the work necessary to keep healthy crabs to use for your bait. I love fishing with Peeler crabs and it is one of the countries top fishing baits for many…

Problems With Fishing Bait Freezers

Problems With Fishing Bait Freezers

The problems start once the temperature outside the fridge drops close to or below what the fridge thermostat is set at then the compressor stops as it has no need to cool the fridge compartment. As a result the freezer temperature starts to rise as the compressor is not operating.…

Freezing Peeler Crabs

Freezing Peeler Crabs

Freezing Peeler Crabs – By Ian Alexander Firstly I bring my crabs on until they are just starting to “split” as in the photo. I only peel good crab, any that are dead I throw away and any that have “hairy” legs are also discarded. “Hairy” legs is when you…

Bait Collecting & The Importance Of Quality Bait !!

Bait Collecting & The Importance Of Quality Bait !!

This article is mainly for the anglers that are new to sea angling, I dont want to come across as if i am telling people how things should be done, as we all do things different there is no right or wrong way just thought it might be beneficial to…

Collecting Peeler Crab

Collecting Peeler Crab

Finding Peeler Crabs On The Shore So many times I hear people say they went peelering but were unable to find any peeler crab. What instantly comes to mind for me is that they were likely looking in the wrong area. On the shoreline of the open sea (this does…

Best Cod Fishing Baits

Best Cod Fishing Baits

Top 10 Cod Fishing Baits – In No Particular Order Peeler Crab – The Number 1 Cod bait. 1. Number 1 bait whilst fishing for cod on the north east coast has to be the peeler crab. One, Two or even Three common shore or velvet peeler crabs whipped onto…

Bill Costin’s Scarborough Tackle Shop

Bill Costin’s Scarborough Tackle Shop

Anyone who knows sea angling in Yorkshire knows Bill Costin who runs the local tackle shop in Scarborough. Bill has fished the north east coast for as long as he cares to remember and boasts many great catches from both shore and boat. In more recent times Bill has turned…

Bass Fishing With Baits | Graham Hill & Henry Gilbey

Bass Fishing With Baits | Graham Hill & Henry Gilbey

Henry Gilbey and Graham Hill Go bass fishing in Ireland with baits. Peeler crabs, sandeels, squid and worms are all used to tempt bass whilst fishing the Irish coastlines famous sandbars.…

Using Peeler Crabs – Tips Video

Using Peeler Crabs – Tips Video

An excellent video by sea angling guru Alan Yates. Peeler crab is the top bait for shore fishing in the United Kingdom. This video gives tips on how to find, keep, prepare and fish with peeler crabs. The peeler crab has immense pulling power and will draw fish from far…

Funny Rock Fishing

Funny Rock Fishing

Rock Fishing Video Sea Fishing For Cod This video shows the north east sense of humour at its best. Two north east coast rock anglers set about making a spoof tips video and this is the end result. Listen to the camera man laugh as his mate teaches us the…

Cart Bait

Cart Bait

Cart Bait – Edible Crab Extract Cart is an excellent all round angling bait. Cart is an excellent all round sea angling bait and can be used to catch almost any species that swims in the sea. In Particular cart makes a deadly fishing bait for cod from both boat…

Lugworm

Lugworm

Only One Type Of Lugworm ? For many years when you read a typical guide to the sea shore there appeared various pictures of marine worms usually with a picture of a lugworm with the Latin name “Arenicola marina”. The better books also mentioned a tail-less type of lugworm “Arenicolides…

White Ragworm

White Ragworm

White Ragworm. With the amount of effort and time involved in digging white ragworm it is essential that you keep it in tip top condition until you require it for use. The times when you require your white ragworm may be well into the future but with a few simple…

New bye-law means anglers must have permit to collect peeler crabs

New bye-law means anglers must have permit to collect peeler crabs

A new bye law has been introduced by the north eastern sea fisheries committee (NESFC) under which individuals must now have a permit to be able to collect velvet crabs for use as bait. Members of the Whitby fishing forum are astounded by the new law and have expressed deep…