black lug / razor cocktails for mid to late winter after a bit of sea
coudn't agree more rob, but i find it fishes very well ...during.. ! , & probably more so than 'after a bit of sea'.
another of my favorites is mussel , -it goes really well with crab, razor or worm ,
but harking back to the days when i used to work as a charter skipper for a living my experience of mussel as a stand-alone bait was that it fished that well it could often not be bettered by any other , although it could ...sometimes...? be equalled by worm or peeler
on many ocassions i have caught most species on mussel too, such as (obviusly)- cod, ling, pouting, mackeral, dab, plaice and lemon sole, but where it really excells is for haddock.
so basically mussels, for me rate very highly
I know what you mean John and I usually take mussel with me every trip even in summer
Its little used by the beach anglers down here, but fished in a big cocktail with frozen black and half a squid cut lengthways it can be deadly for sorting out the better quality fish, especially in the river
Good job as I have half a freezer full after the wash ups last year !!
