Tackle talk with Steve- Never be without good bait again

This is how to make your expensive bait last,
How to salt and oil preserve your expensive Black Lug worm bait

[@danielfitzgerald795]

Brilliant way to do the lug was in the shop in the week getting my book signed by it was pleasure to meet him and the book is a fantastic read

[@stephenwilkinson4214]

Thanks guys great tips. A bit of advice on the use of bait pumps might be helpful ... cheers guys 👍🎣🎣

[@tonystackleseamatch398]

The bait pump video is coming, just got get it sorted

[@KerbsideClassics]

cheers chris cheers steve

[@gary-dn4uw]

Nice video Steve keep them coming👏🐟👍

[@tonystackleseamatch398]

Thanks 👍

[@stephenphillipsargeant7475]

Nice one Steve 👍

[@tonystackleseamatch398]

Thanks 👍

[@carldawson832]

Love the vids from GRIMSBY.

[@tonystackleseamatch398]

😊

[@jaredspong7841]

I salt and freeze blowlug. Dig them. Put them in a pile of salt for 2 hours. Wrap them in 10s and in news paper. Put them in the freezer. They work really well and I always have bait. In fact I did 200 on Wednesday.

[@tonystackleseamatch398]

try putting them in fish oil as well as salt, before you freeze them, they are much better

[@stephenkerr1002]

That’s interesting on Blow Lug, we don’t get that down in Eastbourne. However others may be interested in your tip. Thanks

[@user-ze4fc2gx3q]

Do you salt them has they are or do you drain some of the juice out.?

[@jaredspong7841]

I just was them with sea water so they are clean and not sandy. Then I get 4 sheets of newspaper, put a layer of salt on it and lay the worms out not touching. Then cover the worms with salt and leave for two hours. I don't gut them or do any over preparing, just fresh worms in salt. As It happens I went fishing last night with some and caught 5 or 6 dog fishing, 2 black bream, a Pollock and a couches bream. I am just as happy to use them as any over bait.

[@andrewbunn775]

If you keep these in the fridge do you put them in a bag to stop drying out and how long will they keep for? Thanks for the video

[@stephenkerr1002]

Hi Andrew, yes you can put the wrapped lug in a plastic bag in the fridge and these will last a week or so.

[@andrewbunn775]

@@stephenkerr1002 thank you

[@tonystackleseamatch398]

The one thing we didnt mention is, they preserve best if you immediately freeze them for 24hrs after wrapping them, then you can keep them in the fridge or somewhere cool.

[@mtadave6702]

Just one thing wrong with that, you put them in news paper that's covered in INK, which will absorb into the worms as the oiks saturate the paper. You can smell ink on your hands when you handle a pack of lug like that, so will the fish, and last time I checked ink wasn't a natural thing for fish. Lungworm breath through the feathers all down the side of them, that's how they absorb the ink.

[@tonystackleseamatch398]

you may have a point

[@user-ze4fc2gx3q]

Can you do that to blow lug aswell?

[@stephenkerr1002]

I have never kept blowlug. However one other comment is from someone who does. Maybe worth contacting them.

[@londonviking3801]

Nom nom.. 🪱

[@tonystackleseamatch398]

mmm

[@archstanton6310]

Dont you squeeze the guts out first ,thats what ive always done and they still fish 🎣

[@tonystackleseamatch398]

these worms were gutted, gutted worms wrapped in paper will last up to a week if kept in a fridge. Salting and oiling them they will keep much longer.