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FRESH WATER BAITS |
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Gudon are common and plentiful in a lot waters and therefore are a natural prey fish for pike in those waters they are a small bait properly the fresh water equivalent of the sprat although i have not seen them available commercially they are very easy to catch (remember those days as a kid ). |
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Eel common in every water and a natural food source they can be brought easily from your bait shop or caught or trapped usually fished in sections this can be an excellent bait on some waters. |
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The roach properly most common live and dead bait used by pike fishermen it is common in 99% of waters and is easily obtainable either commercially or can be caught but you should be careful when using as live bait as some waters have a total ban on live baits and some will only allow the use of live baits caught on that water due to the risk of introducing diseases |
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The perch not a common bait among pike anglers but can give good results being a common fish in most waters it is again a natural food supply it is also makes a very active and hardy live bait again it is available commercially or can be caught easily. |
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Trout our experience with this bait is that it fishes well on some waters and not on others it is available commercially although it can be caught on some waters most take a dim view of this so you are normally better of buying them |
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Other small pike make excellent dead or live bait although i have not seen them available commercially they can be caught using worm or minnow as bait |
SEA BAITS |
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Sardines |
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Smelt |
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Sprat |
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Mackerel |
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Lamprey |
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Sand eel |
