I'm Beach Fishing with CHICKEN Breast & Salted Beach Worms: Which is Best?

[@NathanKilah]

We typically fish off jetties and have caught mackerel, leatherjacket, silver trevally, flathead, mullet, bream and Australian salmon using chicken. It's my go-to bait! I tend to use smaller pieces than you demonstrated.

[@Chillfishinggeezer]

Soaking in anniseed oil your cut up bait like chicken, squid and red meat will increase your catch amazingly Roger..Anniseed oil i make up hm made. 12 star anise and 500ml of vegie or sunflower oil in pot. Place on a stove with very low flame for about 15-20 minutes. Turn flame off when start smell the star anise and allow oil to cool to room temperature. Cut your bait up to the size u want and soak overnight. Let me know how you go fishing ppl.

[@khayelihlegoodman6197]

Thank you, Rog, for some lessons. Highly appreciated. I also never catch anything in the sea with chicken breast and livers, but it works in a dam and rivers.

[@jasonoddo5499]

I've caught plenty of fish on chicken breast, especially in the surf on victorian beaches. The salmon and mullet seem to love it. It's cheap and you can go to any supermarket to get it which makes it easily accessible. Cheers mate. Love your channel.

[@PEG8827]

Roger I use chicken all the time and it’s great. I cut the chicken into strips and place in a container. I then add some splashes of fish sauce and a teaspoon of oyster sauce to lightly colour. I then add a little bit of salt. Bream love it and are attracted to the smell. I have caught many bream at the beach using this bait.

[@PEG8827]

PS: Both the fish sauce and oyster sauce can be found in any Asian grocery or the Asian food section at Coles or WW.

[@kimkeegan8503]

Thanks , good info 😊

[@alexandertsigaridas5411]

In Greece they catch loads of shiphead sea bream using chicken breast (casting from the beach-no tides in Greece), tightened with some soft thread. I also knew a guy who was using chicken's backside to catch grey mullets at the port, but I was never brave enough to ask him how he'd cut the bum off the rest of the chicken!

[@roach362]

Had good luck with chicken on the beach. I usually cut it into bait size and give it a decent coating of any number of things and let it absorb over night. Have found if you go too hard on the garlic or chili they don't seem to work, fine in small amounts. My best results were using garam masala and a bit of soy sauce to help it soak in a bit better. Caught salmon, flathead, flounder and dart. Can salt it if you have leftovers and use it at a later date, gets tougher the more salt you use, like any salted bait, but still seems to work.

[@doncampbell1609]

A little tip I use to set up the spikes to hold fishing rods is once you have them in position I use a robber mallet to set them deeper so they are locked in position.

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Thanks Don

[@VivendonaAmericaBrasil]

Here in Brazil we do use a "sand extractor" for setting up umbrellas, to set up the fishing rods. Here we call "saca areia para guarda sol".

[@terrystyles8205]

Roger being a softer bait chicken is helped a lot efficiency wise by using as small a sinker as possible. We use 00 balls in the estuary or no sinker and then chicken holds its own against pilchards for big bream. The surf means a bigger sinker is required but the lighter you can use the better. One can fish 6lb line on the beach no problem and a light sinker. Thin strips as a few people mentioned is important and will also save you money. Baits should be no bigger then your little finger in all dimensions. The softer bait also is at a disadvantage for leaving the rod unattended in a rod holder. Best to hold the rod and give it your full attention.

[@marmar72423]

Hi.I'm wondering about the rods you guys use because in the UK we tend to use these big surf casters with the casting weights up to 7_9oz but I'm liking what you guys do, I was wondering if you could tell me what kind of rods you use

[@johnkeynes8873]

We use chicken for mullet curry powder garlic and parmesian cheese in my very fine burley for garfish great video mate cheers. 😊

[@PasqualeForgione-u5m]

I use chicken breast as well. But I cut it into small cube pieces. Great for Herring, Bream, Skippy and sand whiting plus more. Your videos are soo helpful. Keep up the great work.

[@Mark-ew5jm]

Roger, I too have heard of people using chicken in salt water to catch many varieties of fish yet am yet to see any really evidence of comparisons on the day with other baits. My brother was fishing in Corio Bay in Victoria where many anglers use chicken and some swearing by it yet he catches just as many and on most occasions more than others with traditional baits of that region. Great video as usual and thanks for sharing.

[@Gerry-Marten]

I've caught decent size snappers and breams on chicken thigh in Jervis Bay.

[@flyingdutchman1805]

Thank you, Roger, for this video. But I think it's a waste to use chicken breast for fishing, I'd rather eat it myself. What I use for sea fishing here in the Netherlands. Fresh chicken liver that I get from a local butcher. Because liver is fatty and bloody, I catch really well with it. From flatfish such as flounder, sole and dab. But also sea bass, mackerel and cod, just a random selection of what I catch with fresh chicken livers. I would say give it a try and I would like to hear your experience on and about the chicken livers Kind regards, Will👍👍

[@SamanthaBendut]

Hi Rog, thanks for the idea. I don't remember we have that option especially when natural baits are hard to come by.

[@BenjaminRobertson-f6t]

Cheers for all the videos Rog big help. Great to meet you the day after you shot this super nice bloke!

[@udsaustralia]

Another great video👍🏻👍🏻 I’ve used chicken successfully to catch bream, Aussie salmon, tailor etc much to my mates disgust 😂😂 If my bait is frozen, I’ll stop in at Aldi and grab 1 breast fillet and just cut into small strips - yabbie size, just enough on the hook. No garlic😂, just fresh raw chicken breast. I usually use very simple running ball sinker set up and fishing in the same places as you but closer to the rocks, sometimes off the beach. I’ve found I’m only successful when the chicken is fresh though. Not 100% success every time but I have found it works👍🏻

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Thanks heaps for the info

[@decibelgeorge]

Thanks for the foul video 😊. My biggest catch on chicken was a 42 cm mangrove jack and a 41cm bream in Kawana lake in Birtinya with chicken breasts. This was emergency plans at that time. Now my bait mix always contains some chicken breast. On the other hand my ocean fishing did not attract a lot of fish on chicken breasts. BTW, I am also using you ½hitch since it was introduced to me by way of one of your older videos. Thanks again for sharing.

[@regmarshall5815]

Hi Roger I use chicken breast diced into 1cm cubes marinated in oyster sauce for a couple of days or put in a vacuum sealed bag I find bream love it and it works really great in the lakes. Give it a go hope that helps 😊 Reg

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Thanks Reg

[@bobjanda1682]

Thanks for trying the chicken Roger. Great to see different things being tried. I have used chicken offshore and fishing from a boat in estuaries. Very effective for flathead - they love it - but haven’t caught much else.

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Thanks Bob

[@Friedricedimsim]

G’day Roger. I’ve caught plenty of Bream on chicken breast in Estuaries over the years. I’m new to beach fishing using worms thanks to your videos… you’ve got me hooked!

[@tonyhanna1392]

North Qld - used chicken breast on and off for a while now. Certainly works up here for Bream.

[@kazbah1000]

and girls!!! Love your Channel Roger!

[@ivanroman5248]

In Italy we fish often with chickin breast and we catch all sort of fish,the online thing is to cut the bait very thin.

[@georgekay-ps1pt]

it would be great to show people what you seen from above. I also have been using chicken breast for soo many years and it always works you dont need to soak it in anything at all which i never did and always worked.

[@Dragon-bl2qd]

Hey roger! Great video as always! I would like to see a dough bait video, as ive heard people say its really good for river fish and they just make it with flour and water and vanilla extract. I havent tried it before becuase i dont fish often but id like to see your take on it!

[@peterbrennan3724]

I use chicken with garlic and Parmesan and I’ve caught plenty of fish with it . Mainly bream but I’ve caught jewfish in the Hawkesbury river up to 32lb and quite a few smaller legal fish and I’ve used it in the minnamurra river and have caught quite a few salmon and tailor with the bream. One night a mate and I were getting a lot of small picks and we downsized our hooks and baits and landed 8 mullet! I’ve also caught quite a few flathead on chicken and some very big girls over the 80cm mark. I’ve never used it from the beach but I usually use worms there as they seem to work better than anything else from the beach.

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Thanks Peter for the info. I met a guy the other day who caught a metre Flathead on chicken breast, he showed me the photo.

[@tadeuszmichaelwlodarczyk3120]

Been using it for years. Freshwater, Ocean 🌊 best bait even for Murray Cod on the Murray River!! And Trout!!

[@AndrewGovindrajulu]

At Rocky bay pier ..South coast...chicken liver is the bait of choice for blacktail. I was introduced to it by a local teacher..I'm from durban

[@damod2208]

Chicken with a small amount of tuna oil work a treat on vic beachs.

[@gungahlin10]

Have used chicken before. I normally strip it then soak in some tuna oil the night before in an old Chinese takeaway container. The added Tuna oil is a potent combo.

[@johnrickards1908]

Stumbled across your channel by accident and really enjoyed what I saw. I'm going to do a bit of research, ie, watching some of your earlier uploads but, I have a feeling you're going to get a new subscriber as a result. Many thanks.

[@nikhilmathew2101]

My 85cm pb flatty was on humble chicken. Heaps of bream and tailor too.

[@geoffbarnes9175]

Interesting video today. I learnt a fair bit about white water v flat water. Thank you. In my case the beach is far away and there is no room for sort of experimenting, so I'd go with mullet, pillies, worms and prawns. I wonder how chicken gut would go?

[@KemBroVids]

Whiting and Salmon love chicken from my experience, on the right day around the Tamar. Squid is the other go to. But I need to practice your worming technique, because they seem to work great.

[@edwardwargem1894]

Thanks Roger. Always learning from you and your videos. Appreciate this

[@karlmeredith710]

south australia have caught hundreds of yellowfin whiting off beach, high tide about hour before and after , close to dusk from little ones up to forty plus specimens, 1/0 circle hooks, small cubes of chicken, small sinker ,stopped taking any under 30cm.

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Thanks Karl

[@boblee5842]

Keep up the awesome videos! Really enjoying them, mate. Could you do a video at a high elevation to show the area where you see the gutters and sandbars that you were saying at the beginning of the video

[@VivendonaAmericaBrasil]

Here in Brazil we do use chicken breasts to fish for pufferfish,by the way, it's pufferfish season here.

[@davidsansom1681]

Chicken is a popular and cheap bait in Victoria. I don't know why, but our beaches don't seem to have worms available like the east coast. I would use them if I could get them.

[@Yelnats87]

Cheers Rogde! Great session on the surf pal... great to see you didn't "fowl" it up!😊

[@getzvalerevich6565]

I used this in Qld and everyone was shocked.. didn't know not many people knew about this.. I never had a problem catching dart and bream with this

[@CZID]

hi Roger, I am using salted chicken or just chicken and caught mullet, salmon, trevally, flat head, snapper, tailor and gurnard. even toad fish. These are all from estuaries. i use circle hooks and nautilus hooks

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Thanks for sharing

[@veronicavanzinnen8061]

Roger, I love worming as much as fishing. A question, do you find that in winter it's harder to find worms than in summer? Thanks

[@ChrisEdwards-l5l]

G’day Roger, travelling up the south coast. Catching plenty of salmon off the beach using chicken. Soaked in garlic or aniseed spray. From Pambula, Merimbula, Narooma and Burrill Lake. It’s been great.

[@kayhancamurbuken6556]

So the trick to using chicken is to leave it out in the sun the day before to draw out the moisture, then freeze it and use it the following day. This will help the chicken to toughen up and almost have the same texture as squid. Fresh chicken is too soft and will fall off in slightly heavier conditions. Good luck

[@bretoneill9565]

Had a fair bit of luck in the estuaries and lakes on chicken, coated in fish sauce and parmasan cheese. Mainly bream, but a few other species as well. I'll be down that way next weekend, may bump into you

[@fengqingstravelvlog2556]

Thanks for the amazing content. I've caught quite some fish on chicken bait, I think the fish here in Manly, Sydney just love everything, they don't mind if it is chicken breast or prawn, or squid, or live bait... I even caught an octopus (quite a big one to my standard) on chicken breast 😆

[@keithprinn720]

I remember speaking to a butcher telling me that skirt steak cut into thin strips soaked in tuna oil was a great bream bait at st george's basin.

[@Razorfishing]

Roger your the best. Keep up the good work

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Thanks mate, appreciate it and thanks for watching

[@kimkeegan8503]

Back in the 60s and 70s my dear Grandfather used to take us fishing on the beach using chicken intestine.. it was like using a worm on the hook , to catch Bream , whiting mainly and it worked 😊 And might U sUmy pop was one of the best fisherman where he lived . Cheers guys

[@user-qw3tt6md3z]

Cheers Rog, several weeks ago went fishing on a very similar beach with similar conditions and caught a big salmon on some chicken breast strips from Aldi, so it definitely pays off eventually :D

[@warmachine1770]

Wow there’s a nice little wave theee😊

[@VivendonaAmericaBrasil]

Hey Roger, how about coming down here in Brazil to beach fishing? Haha cheers buddy. God bless you and yours.

[@eddyv3082]

I only use chicken drumsticks, very cheap bait, cut into small strips and soaked overnight in oyster sauce and minced garlic. I usually make up 3 batches, one for the following day and the other two in the freezer for another couple of sessions. They keep well frozen. Storing in the fridge let’s the chicken absorb the added ingredients. I only target bream in my kayak and always come home with a feed.

[@SteveOutside]

I've tried chicken a few times, but no luck. I guess if we marinate the chicken strips in some tuna oil, we may get better results. (I haven't tried that yet) Nice one mate.. thanks.

[@MyVernon1]

Try Chicken Cut for bream around the rocks and channels. They love it. :)

[@MyVernon1]

Gut.

[@tonymartin7790]

Great content thanks, never caught on chicken but have caught a kingfish on pork belly!

[@adamsrcsandadventure700]

Definitely cant beat freshly caught bait, alot of fishos here in South Australia use chicken for yellow eye mullet and do very well. Tigh lines

[@dhirenm3173]

Agreed fresh caught bait hard to beat . How do you guys cut the bait for mullet, is it like slivers of chicken or chunks etc.

[@adamsrcsandadventure700]

@@dhirenm3173 thanks for the comment, just in small pieces mate chunks or strips 👍

[@tracywilliams1264]

Have caught lots of bream with small pieces of chicken in the estuaries 😊

[@ivannaicker3649]

Hi Mr Roger❤❤❤❤I did watch ur rod on chicken bait on two sep days have a greater go rod action at it but u unfortunately noticed the latter tiny end...one of 2 things had you noticed soon you cud have set the hook or I also think chicken might be firm like squirt which needs alittle pounding bfor baiting..😮❤❤❤❤Here us in SA used chicken intestines and chicken heart works gud sumtyms..depends on species..closer to ledges rocks act..God Luck my exciting humble favorite utuber❤❤❤❤

[@AndrewFishman]

Caught all sorts of fresh and salt water fish on chicken, from redfin to Spanish Mack. Mullet love it, luderick and Drummer slurp it down.

[@TaufiqGalmani-bv1pe]

Nice video Roger ❤

[@bruceduff5234]

Chicken thigh for bream and flathead, in the Georges River

[@Bezzasfishinmission]

Good video roger

[@scottsamuels4952]

Was great to meet you both at the pie shop before you shot this! Tight lines!

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

You too mate. Thanks for stopping to say hi!

[@NoongarCulture]

Great Vid & thanks. The only thing I've ever caught with chicken are Blue Swimmer Crabs (with necks) and blowies!

[@peterbeadman5115]

I cut my chicken into strips and then soak it in Tuna Oil before using or freezing it...Seems to work ok..

[@thebrizrobbo]

Definitely caught bream on chook (thigh not breast though). Probably about the same success rate as worm from the bait shop. Did nothing different than you.😊

[@danboutdoors]

I’ve used chicken thighs sliced up for big bream at night in winter here in SEQ. Was almost a fish a cast

[@johnwarden4645]

Hello Roger .God Bless mate . Chicken breast in the lake for flathead .Not sure on the beach .But we never stop learning .. Eg .Going outside fishing and you forget your bait .Put a piece of white rag on and the flaties will still bite on it and then you have you fish flesh. Lures as well . But white rag,worst case scenario

[@russellpizel3750]

Yeah chicken breast is my "go to" bait - it's just so easy. Have caught good flathead in the port hacking and good bream and whiting off Cronulla beach on chicken

[@Sky..8531]

Where do you fish at Cronulla? Last year I caught salman there and after that nothing. I see a-lot of people there at green hill beach but no one catch anything.

[@johncasserly2147]

Chicken thighs sprinkled with garlic worked for me fishing off the boat

[@banisteraus9]

use chicken thigh cheaper and tougher, cut into strips add garlic and parmesan cheese, use bottled crushed garlic and cheapest packet of parmesan , freeze in packs for later trips, caught everything with it. Fish love it. Garlic and cheese a well known attractant.

[@chrish1590]

Hey mate sounds like a interesting recipe, have you ever used it in fresh water? Just curious as I have only ever used chicken for Murray cod.

[@R3Kle55]

I've done the same, sometimes add fish sauce. Was able to catch more than when I was using pilchards most times

[@banisteraus9]

@@chrish1590 thanks for the comment, cheese has always been a common bait in freshwater and garlic as an attractant, fish seem to eat anything at times and at least it will attract them easier. Its also a cheap bait.

[@dustinfrost5214]

Fish will eat most things no need to ge6 so fancy 😂😂

[@mub3ady]

If I prepare this I will eat it myself 😂

[@henryrogers7912]

Hi Roger. Thanks for the video. Next time try the chicken liver!! I did catch in South Africa the Large spot pompano (Wave Garrick) with it. We tie the baith with latex cotton or the ghost cotton.

[@arnelblancaflor2787]

I did marinate chicken breast fillet and chicken skin on salted squid shirmp and clam juice and the fish love it👍👍

[@chadcruzer]

Caught my biggest ever fish on chicken breast, 1.2m Mulloway off the beach on a paternoster rig!

[@Johan-ex5yj]

My "secret" is to soak the chicken breast strips overnight in tuna oil (with aniseed). I have caught many Salmon and even Snapper with that. Do try that next time with the chicken.

[@squiddly-diddly]

My father in law only ever used gravy beef soaked in aniseed oil.

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Mmm interesting 🤔

[@josephpickering4260]

love and admire your passion.

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Thanks Joseph

[@jacknohe]

"... If something pulls your rod, it doesn't pull everything else over..." 🤣

[@eamonnhart3804]

I've used bacon rind/white fat. Try it.

[@SJVR4758]

Many in South Africa have been using chicken hearts for ages - to good effect

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Thanks 👌

[@haroldlketzenbarger6500]

We use to use salt and W.D.40. Got our limit in 2 hours.

[@JP-qn4uo]

What do you mean??

[@fullcircle4723]

Fish are inquisitive and actually go for anything in the water. Burley or aniseed oil only scents the surrounding area but the fish are attracted to anything moving or not. If its soft baits, then they're sucked in believing its what the soft bait is. Like your video.

[@edwardwargem1894]

That is interesting, thanks Roger. Will try use chicken, garlic and cheese next time I’m out fishing

[@morskasvinja2049]

how nice is beach fishing

[@ryanzadeh1478]

I find out chicken breast is so soft and needs to cotton to hold on hooks and important things need fresh even 1 day old fish don’t like but is fresh and mixed with chaps garlic not from can ,and not to much just two or three pieces for an hour, usually l use chicken ( Drumstick ) and is cheap,hard and tough try and you will get good results Good luck mate

[@AndrewLim-x7m]

My go to secret recipe is called "The Last Supper". It's chicken tight cut into strips, marinated with tuna oil, minced garlic, aniseed powder and non iodised salt. Wear disposable gloves to mixed it up. Marinade for 24 hours and leave in the fridge before packing them in 6-8 sandwich zip lock bag. It has caught Snapper, King George Whiting, Tailor, Australian Salmon and Yellow Eye Mullets. Out fish everyone with this recipe with all the scientifically based fish attractant.

[@son-of-a-gun]

I use to soak my bait in my self made aged mellow moonsbine 45 abv. Even if I catch nothing i have a great fishing day.

[@ianfinch5954]

I use chicken breasts as my main bait and have caught King George Whiting, flathead, bream, banjo shark, sand whiting, grass whiting, Australian Salmon, trevally, mullet, Tommy ruff, yakka, pinkies, snapper and the list goes on

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Hi Ian, Sounds great!

[@brettstanden6382]

Mangrove Jack like chook👍

[@jameskelly5215]

We use to use chicken gut at East Hills it worked well but I have never tried chicken breast

[@fishontherod]

Hi Rog, Glad you posted this. I've met a lot of ol' school fisherman who swear by chicken. I've tried and had no luck. Many have said to soak the chicken in tuna oil. I've been trying a new method which seems to be a big win. Paternoster , top hook a berkely nemesis pilchard plastic, bottom hook a chunk of pili, 9 times out of 10 they smash the plastic. Every minute or so i give it a slight pull.

[@catchingfafishing]

i use thigh it sits on the hook better and cover it in garlic powder and curry . snapper and bream loved it but then i was told its illegal here in SA so i dont use it anymore.

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Okay, thanks for the feedback

[@laurenceleong8493]

Use to fillet chicken breast soak it in tuna oil and a couple of magic drops of aniseed oil killer bream bait flathead for the beach

[@nevillep31]

You should try chicken thighs hold on better and marinate them in Oyster sauce. Bream love it.

[@rene9377]

Love watching, just wish I could duplicate methods and achieve similar results

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Keep trying, you will learn things about your local spots each time you go 👍🏼

[@VivendonaAmericaBrasil]

Looks like the tide in Australia is, maybe, the same as here in Brazil. If you check the tide here, yesterday and today was low tide around 10h and high tide around 15h. Was it the same there or quite the same?

[@LTfishos]

Hi Roger, if I am making Thai fish cakes for the first time, should I make them with, or without the potatoes?