I discovered a great new bait for Catching Freshwater Fish! They love it!

[@joes3920]

Always a treat when you upload Graeme

[@edstaart8548]

Different bait I’ve tried are snails without a shell( we call them naked snails in the Netherlands). They come to you for free when the grass is wet,spill some sweet corn and you find plenty. Carp and tench love them, a little gross is picking them up. Free baits ,you must love that Graeme. Thanks for all your work,really enjoying your films.

[@brian1204]

I believe we call them “slugs” here in the US.

[@fozandharley]

Yeah they are called slugs in the uk, but now I will forever call them naked snails lol what a brilliant name

[@edstaart8548]

@@fozandharley your welcome

[@SteeeveO]

@@fozandharley no, actually snails are clothed slugs

[@fozandharley]

@@SteeeveO SUIT SLUGS !!!!!!!! this is ace hahahhahaha

[@ET-jv1wm]

Squid is the way forward! Chub, Barbel, Carp, Tench, Roach, Bream, Catfish, Pike, Sturgeon, Grayling, Trout, All silverfish and minnows, Eels.... Can be cut to any size, from smaller than a maggot, or huge lumps for Catfish. And can be trimmed into different shapes! And can also be dyed if want colour!

[@Jaak_the_Belgian]

Squid is very tough, so it stays on the hook. But using squid in canal and lakes/ponds had not been thought of by me, until now... Thanks.

[@markphillips6998]

There's something magical about being on the bank, early summer, nature's in full swing....... Favourite place to be this time of year

[@bonnie8441]

Ha! A Tench on Rag! You never cease to amaze us Graeme.

[@grahamclifton1483]

Only Graeme could combine salt water ragworm, hair grips and a lucky hat, and catch nice roach. Best wishes!

[@dahutful]

I'm always chuffed to see a new TA video. I'm not surprised rag worm do the job... You get em on prawns, so.... Thanks Graeme David S Carolina

[@EasterlyWind]

Ive Caught Trout on Sprats, herring and other small fish, as well as flatties like dab etc on earth worms from the pier so it seems the fish are not as picky as us fishermen at times. We probably overthink and assume fish wont each much but in reality they will take what they can get. Mind you that doesn't stop us having a favourite bait does it! Over the years I found the most important of all is that the bait is fresh. Thanks for the video and the entertainment. Would love to see you trout fishing sometime

[@TAFishing]

Pleased you enjoy the films..and I hope to get the fly rod in action for trout soon,at least before the water gets too warm and the blanket weed starts.

[@ET-jv1wm]

@@TAFishing When that happens it's time to get onto the chub. Watching a golden green pig of a chub detach from the bottom and tilt over to drift under your fly is heart stopping! And then comes the magical moment where it slowly lunges and rolls over your fly in the most graceful and delicate take in the piscitorial world! Beats the he'll out of hatchery Trout every day of the week!

[@johncameron2545]

Awesome fishing. I know those worms as night crawlers. Catch a ton of small mouth and large mouth bass on them in the States. Cheers mate!!!

[@cliffordwright342]

Got your channel from your son. I always enjoy watching you and your son working together. I to am 71 and wear hoodies lol

[@johncoombs3128]

Graeme can I also suggest frozen mussels,from the supermarket £2 a pack, good carp and tench bait holds on the hook well too.

[@TAFishing]

I had a friend who swore by Cockles,and used to buy mixed packs of shellfisah from the supermarkets.

[@outandabout3335]

I use mussels on a band, it’s a killer bait 💯

[@rodshard8605]

I've had success with mussels too. Can't say they weren't prone to coming off though when casting. Had to just waft in close.

[@shaunjones6049]

Thanks for taking the time and effort in posting all your films 👍 Always something to learn and always entertaining. Keep posting 👍

[@TAFishing]

Thanks..I just thought I would put up a short film as its Jubillee weekend,but there's a big fish one Friday 7pm,and I am sat here editing a Sunday film as well.

[@mickhardstaff6605]

Bit better weather than when you were at Mike's woodland, loved the way you recycled that recycled pallet wood nail Graeme, your a true legend 😎

[@TAFishing]

They were my Grade "A" recycled bent/straightened nails,so I wanted to make sure it got used.

[@davidbamber6795]

Graham love your videos your a genuine all rounder. And best of all you show respect to all your catches no matter what their size. Keep up the good work 🎣🎣🎣👍... Dave B. Chichester West Sussex

[@joshbailey5420]

Hope this guy has got grandkids, he would be a great grandparent. No1 grandad

[@longsincelost6284]

Here in Central California, Pile Worms (a close Rag relative) are a top 5 bait for fresh water. Pretty much anything that swims will take them. Big time action weightless walk-along drifting them for Striped Bass and Channel Catfish in the fast moving waters of the California Aqueduct. Love the videos, have a great one.

[@TAFishing]

That's interesting,I never heard of that worm before...thanks for the comment Cali

[@l.r.sfishing4011]

Always good to try something new. And now thanks to you we know it works great stuff. Tight lines mate 🎣🎣🎣

[@peterream9437]

Always the innovator Mr Pullen, where would we be, if we never tried out an idea. Thanks for sharing 👍. Have a restful bank holiday and regards to the Pullen clan.

[@TAFishing]

A restful Bank Holiday ?? I hope to grab a beach session but it sounds like traffic might be a horror story...I'll only be relaxed when the tripod goes up on the beach...and the bait hits the water.

[@robertwren8878]

Bits of anchovy Graeme. As for the dip for the rag worm Chinese fish sauce or Anchovy sauce! They love salt!

[@southeastanglerinyorkshire6647]

Is it the salty flavour, I have read some anglers adding up to a table spoon of salt into a groundbait mix. Then there are all the seafood options as previously mentioned Mussels, Prawns etc. Sometimes for the fish it is a quick look and take if there is a lot of other fish competing for a tasty morsel of worm! Great videos keep up the good work. V

[@TAFishing]

Maybe its just something different in taste or smell that makes them take it.

[@jozsefronai9875]

Thanks Mr P that was awesome 👌

[@Burnersforvanlife]

My mates and I have been using rag since the seventies, it has been the reason so many PB's have been cought.

[@thesilentmothtrapper4373]

I used to use ragworm for perch fishing worked very good on the local river

[@stevewetherly4493]

Use to use ragworm in the seventys found them very productive on a tench fishery, always found the better specimens.

[@bobemmott6951]

Are lugworm any good?

[@TAFishing]

I tried them a couple of times but the Rag was better. Obviously Lugworm is great for UK shore and boat fishing,especially in Autumn and winter...maybe I need more experimental trips using them in freshwater.

[@chriselson7413]

Excellent yet again 👏

[@DepakoteMeister]

Lovely shots of what I presume is a buzzard and a red kite fighting.

[@TAFishing]

Red Kite.

[@justluvfishinguk]

Awesome buddy awesome 😎

[@aaronsmith1446]

Hi Graeme thanks for the video, I mentioned a while back I think lug worm mashed up might make a good fish attractor and if anyone would be up for the challenge it would be you.👍🏻

[@christaylor3703]

Gotta love a ta upload

[@peterbr3736]

Those small carp are the recent stocking at Watmore, they’ll eat anything. Pain in the ass!

[@freddyoutdoors]

Amazing stuff smashed it like a boss as per what a legend

[@pdcmoore]

Been using leftover rag for years. Whole popped up for tench.

[@bobrobert4173]

used sea baits left overs for years ..some big perch and even pike ..lol

[@bigmoncrief6071]

I've been salting my spare rag because they're so expensive these days. I reckon they'd be worth a try in freshwater.

[@oldbloke135]

We used to use earthworms in our local marine lake as kids. Flounders and eels loved them but rag would always be better for the plaice and whiting, stayed alive a lot longer. Too much like hard work to get though. My idea of a good "new bait" is one that is cheap and effortless!

[@quentinnails374]

Nice tent I have one almost like it.

[@andykjohnsonjohnson7622]

Great video Graeme 🎣 👍. Do you think 🤔 it's something to do with the salt content. As if you look at , basemixs ( ground bait ) boilies, pellets. The mean ingredients is sea food based, as when I make my own ground bait. I always add Himalayan salt or rock salt, never table salt as that is man made. It doesn't have the mineral content, that attracts fish. Now here's a experiment for you Graeme. 😉. Take a fist size chunk of rock salt or Himalayan, throw it out there. Not to far , just that you can see it 😉. And wait to see fish swam in 😊

[@TAFishing]

I think someone else mentioned about salt being an attractant.

[@conrad762]

Well that's my secret bait exposed 😳 🤣

[@inspirality]

Possibly the fish think they are very plump centipedes? I wonder if they are slightly salty and that's what's attracting the fish? A salty bait dip could be worth a try

[@colinlaw9752]

Amazing idea. I ended up binning a load of rag after my holiday.

[@TAFishing]

I have tried salting them and freezing to save throwing Ragworm away.seems to work for boat fishing or just dropping down rock edges for Wrasse etc,but casting out its still too soft, .Seems better to fridge them and use them freshwater fishing.

[@colinlaw9752]

@@TAFishing I had a couple of hours of fun over a couple of days catching wrasse in Exmouth

[@malcpratt3138]

Hopefully going to watmore this jubilee weekend great venue

[@TAFishing]

Good luck with it. Don't forget to drop a handful of bait about 6 inches in from where you sit,the bigger ones often come right in close after about 3pm.

[@malcpratt3138]

@@TAFishing i fished two pegs down afew weeks ago when it was windy and had a great day the carpark side wasn't catching great venue, going to try Finch farm soon. Do you fish any other local lakes?

[@Shagley]

I went away with the wife last summer to Hythe and took a sea rod (just in case). We went to the fishing shop and I bought a load of rag worms for a romantic Friday eve on the beach with my love (rod) and my wife. Sadly it was too rough to fish all weekend so i never bothered. Anyway when it was time to go on the Sunday, I opened up the back of the van and the smell 🤦🏻‍♂️ I’d left the worms in the newspaper inside a plastic bag in the van for the whole weekend and we were literally puking all the way home. I never did get rid of that smell and ended up selling that van 😆

[@TAFishing]

Wow !!...almost as bad as Bream slime on the net in a hot car,or Squid left to marinate in its own juice in a sunny car !!..Been there ..got the T-shirt,so sympathise with you.

[@Shagley]

@@TAFishing Completely gross!

[@bigmoncrief6071]

A bag of frozen hardback crab accidentally left out the freezer for a week. That was five years ago and I swear the smell still hasn't gone from the shed.

[@chrisgiles40]

I use that CC Moore pacific tuna liquid a fair bit on pretty much anything from boilies, fake sweet corn, works well on spam. 👍🏼

[@TAFishing]

I need to try it more on other baits as well..Its a peculiar smell,but I dunk every boilie in it when I do a carping overnight session. No point changing while its working.

[@karlperry1156]

Try mixing a tin of cheap mackerel in you ground bait or pellets.... works every time even for big carp

[@sharmapratyush]

Enjoyed your vids

[@Celtic-jr9cn]

Is this the bait you used to catch the catfish on that film from couple months ago ?? That day you use the mystery bait session??

[@TAFishing]

No,its a different one.But having seen the Ragworm work I do wonder if a big bunch of them would work with Catfish. They like a big bunch of lobworms so Rag might be worth a shot.

[@newsmonger77]

I tried using old crumpets yesterday (been in the freezer too long) as bait but I couldn't get it to stay on the hook. Too crumbly when wet. So I mixed it in with the groundbait. What puzzles me and always has done it what instantly triggers fish to go on and off the feed, sometimes is like someone flicked a switch? Either they all feed or none of them.

[@bigmac..]

Toast them and butter them night before, cover with honey helps

[@tadhghayden8440]

Interesting experiment...pretty mirrors in that lake...I went fishing in that big code red storm for about 2 exhilarating hrs this winter. It was a warm southerly wind...and he water conditions were perfect.under surface......didn't catch but river carp are elusive at best of times...would have been cool battling with one in such elements....somebody once said to me ..don't do as I do...Do As I TELL YA....guess he would have said don go fishing...in such conditions...

[@kevinbrogan8966]

I once caught a four and a half brown trout on a half mackrel . While pike fishing . Was disappointed I couldn't return her as a treble was to far into it so I had to kill it .

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

I've had good success with saltwater baits like prawns and sandworms, but what surprises me is catching freshwater fish on baits like squid. When would a freshwater perch ever meet a saltwater squid in a dam 50 miles from the sea? That being said, they also happily munch on bread and such which is unlikely to be in their normal daily wild diet.

[@robshaw3655]

Freezer broke and had some old squid and black lug that defrosted. Salted them and added load of curry powder to use in a couple of days. Result 2 nice plaice from the beach.

[@SONGSTICKS]

I recently discovered that cockles on a method feeder work a treat for Tench, Chub and Perch… so far. I’ve only used them once and got all three of those. I’ve been using prawns for perch at my local club water to great effect but I haven’t got a freezer and I wanted to buy some bait Ahead of a session that would keep longer.. discovered Tesco sell a jar of cockles in brine for £2 and they stay on a hair really well 😀

[@PenDragonsPig-Jam_on_Top]

Next, try a normal freshwater bait and add a little salt. Add salt to your ground bait add try black lug as well.

[@mattgardiner2580]

Is this lake in yateley

[@TAFishing]

Close to I guess. Eversley area ?

[@slothape]

I wonder if lobworms work for sea fish. I guess a worm is a worm is a worm to them .

[@TAFishing]

They do. Especially for Flatfish,eg Flounders ands Plaice,with Dabs having a particular liking for them.

[@smitbar11]

Try cubes of Beetroot, Carp love it

[@cgamejewels]

I wonder if that young man ever watched Graeme's vid when he used sweet corn on carp.

[@TAFishing]

There is one up on the playlist where I catch carp on a full Roast dinner...one of our early films and that's when I found out that garden peas are a great bait for them.

[@GLNZFishing]

Whens the next long peak cap and fairy liquid video?

[@jamesshamley6577]

Try some trout cut bait for carp fishing.

[@TAFishing]

That might be on the "try" list for sure.I have some leftover Rainbow trout chunks in the freezer.

[@paulbeech7276]

Hmm...got me thinking about squid 🐙 🤔

[@fredbloggs8362]

Golden tench. Fk yeah Graeme!

[@anhtuan26.]

nice

[@bengreatbatch4448]

Hi Just a suggestion could you try this venue called maythorn fishery down in Nottingham southwell please.

[@robertturner8040]

Harbour rag i recon would be even better

[@r9521]

We want bass fishing videos🙏🏼

[@GLK-London]

I have always wondered if a bolie could catch sea fish as fish pretty much eat anything . Makes one wonder..

[@TAFishing]

I reckon the Pacific Tuna boilies would work.

[@andy816896]

Bad idea, there is already a shortage of rag. The last thing you want is freshwater anglers using it!

[@brian1204]

Always pushing the envelope!

[@TAFishing]

Usually with a stamp on and through the letterbox to pay another bill !!!...seems the only envelope I have been using for the last couple of weeks....Even the Ragworm I bought recently have gone from £8 to £10 in the tackle shop.

[@Dominescu]

I have no luck at all...we don't really have fish around lower British Columbia though...they seem to be going extinct or I just suck...probably I just suck haha - edit: I'm using fake rubber squid lures mostly because I like how they look...for everything, regardless of what I'm fishing for...that's probably my other problem.

[@kingrafa3938]

👍👍👍

[@chrisprobert6]

It's the amino acid smell they go for..,.in all worms living underground.

[@TAFishing]

I seem to remember Amino Acids were all the rage 50 years ago ,with Lugworm for Cod being touted as one of the top Amino Acid contents...Maybe someone else out there might recall ??

[@mancingmancingchannel9011]

Metode yang baik

[@toyegbrebes4854]

👍

[@bradjeffs7122]

Carp will eat anything I watched a video when someone caught a carp on mice

[@bullboo1]

Used various salt water baits to catch fresh water fish back to early 1970s and learn from a WWII disabled combat vet that did it as a kid in early 1900s. My father did the same back to the 1940s. I took my wife from Panama river fishing using mackerel and king rag worm (they grow up to 4ft). My wife and her sister thought I was crazy so did and old guy there fishing till we filled 5 five gallon buckets with fish and threw back just as many. We also would take a minnow wire trap yank a piece of termite mound on a tree put that in the trap over night and have it filled with shrimp and prawns the next morning.

[@TAFishing]

A 4-foot King Ragworm ??? Can you imagine how much that would cost over here for just one worm ??....But it sounds like the species you have there take a liking to them.

[@gh-vi9tk]

2m 52 secs, check out subtitles lol

[@marchanley9838]

Use a landing net can't stand people who don't

[@fishingnorfolk]

Coarse, sea, game, fish ar, fish they will eat anything The, only thing holding you back is, your imagination. Give it a, go.

[@keepgoing1973]

Ocean........... c'mon......yawn, fresh water fishing

[@TAFishing]

Be careful what you wish for !!..friday-7pm....A chunk of a fish.

[@keepgoing1973]

@@TAFishing great!