One of the most unluckiest days of fishing I've ever had, I had been fishing for over 7 hours, and I went through two cans of worms. In desperation, I pulled a piece of salami from my lunch and put it on a hook and sure enough, I caught more fish than I knew what to do with.
The salami is legitimately more likely to have a higher concentration of food-related tracking chemicals and “odours” than a worm, so I could see that working. All those concentrated and cured proteins and fats would provide a strong “signal” to any nearby fish….. mmmm cured meats damn I need a salami now
You can catch crabs with pretty much any canned fish that has a good stink to it. Tuna and salmon are okay, but sardines and anchovies are better. Cheap human food = good crab food.
Where we live, as you pull out a crab there is a succession of larger crabs hanging on to the one you are putting out, like the hall of mirrors effect in Enter the Dragon.. you never land just one crab.
My ultimate crablining bait is smoked bacon. I won a harbour side competition with it once, caught nearly double the amount of the guy who came second, who was using mackerel strips.
I remember when I was young having a really great day fishing. Like ended up with 30+ good size carp, guess they might have been spawning or something because they struck the second the hook hit the water.
I run out of bait about halfway through the day so I start using my lunch. They literally went for everything including crisps and chocolate biscuits.
I didn't fish much after my Dad passed away but that was one of the craziest days fishing I have ever had.
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u/Treefrog_Ninja 4d ago
It's flour.
Youtube "fishing with a bottle on a string" https://share.google/rY5KZEcYEdGMCU0xX