cocomonkey19k
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what are velvet swimmers like for bait and whats the diff between them and softies ?
velvet swimmers
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tonynufc
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no mate velvets are velvet swimming crab they have paddles on the legs for swimming
tony.codling
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Here's one at the bottom of "Target rock" giving a two fingered salute.
seanyrooroo
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LMAO Love the pic Tony
Charlie_Thompson
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The velvets that you can buy in many tackle shops year round just don't don't seem to do the do 
unfortunately, I think they are imported and not local as well. It's a similar situation to smashing hardback crabs a bit and using them, although fish eat them it doesn't really seem to work as a bait for codling although I do believe Wrasse will take them :question:
I like Velvets, you drag one out of the water and even though they are faced with a creature many times their size they always put their dukes up and start giving it the Lion from Wizard of Oz impressions. Mad little fellas.
unfortunately, I think they are imported and not local as well. It's a similar situation to smashing hardback crabs a bit and using them, although fish eat them it doesn't really seem to work as a bait for codling although I do believe Wrasse will take them :question:I like Velvets, you drag one out of the water and even though they are faced with a creature many times their size they always put their dukes up and start giving it the Lion from Wizard of Oz impressions. Mad little fellas.
mark
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one of my fishy friends up that scotland place has a use for them and seems to do alright
(any animal welfare officers look away now)
he makes up his own bait 'pellets'
equipment needed: a blender
ingredients:
assortment of velvets and shore crabs, mussels, old bits of worm and bits of squid with the odd sea urchin if any turn up in the rock pools, maybe a few live prawns...
turn blender on and in they go shell and all, the shell grinds up to a paste which seems to bind the resulting mush up
the mush is then stuffed through a funnel into finger bandage and made into sausagey looking things
he uses these on a long line, 5 or six hooks, in between a couple of lobster pots, or in the gullies from the rocks. always seems to catch, esp doggies and the like from the rocks
bit gruesome though
(any animal welfare officers look away now)
he makes up his own bait 'pellets'
equipment needed: a blender
ingredients:
assortment of velvets and shore crabs, mussels, old bits of worm and bits of squid with the odd sea urchin if any turn up in the rock pools, maybe a few live prawns...
turn blender on and in they go shell and all, the shell grinds up to a paste which seems to bind the resulting mush up
the mush is then stuffed through a funnel into finger bandage and made into sausagey looking things
he uses these on a long line, 5 or six hooks, in between a couple of lobster pots, or in the gullies from the rocks. always seems to catch, esp doggies and the like from the rocks
bit gruesome though
cocomonkey19k
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it may be grouesome but if it works why not the more crabs people kill the less chance of them pinching my bait lol im gonna give some velvets a bash from the beech this weekend see if i can get my self a bass
