Keeping mussels.

[lasthope]

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dont no if this info is true?but last time i was down hendon prom,was talking to this dude about them told me how to make them bigger,use babys milk eh,says get a dish cover shells with babys milk and every 2nd day change milk told me this makes them go bigger?

 

[BriH]

use any liquid (within reason) how do you think the tackle shops have really big plump mussels - soaked full off sea water /fresh water ,Swelling them up ,and also not having to put as many in a bag (in My Opinion)


stick with using your own they may not look as juicy ,but at least its natural concentrate juice

 

[Topfly]

My old man used to shell them and dry them off and salt them, he kept them in a jar,and used them mixed with other baits when the seas were "on". He also kept tins of salted herring sprats. He always seemed to catch fish, probs cos they were more abundant, but he was very particular about the time and tide.

 

[davem2005]

Topfly,

Sounds like a lot of hard work TBH. I am certainly one of those who would rather fish than mess with preparing baits.

The distance we are going is something I am not used to ....and getting bait there in good nick will be a challenge. It would be worse if we were going in July...at least we will be coolish on the trip up.

Anyone an expert on blacklug?

Cheers
dave

 

[mark]

I've a 12v fridge/cooler thing if you want to borrow it dave, plug in the fag lighter

we used this summer, stuck some ice blocks in to give it a helping hand and packed it with scran, beer and a bag of ice cubes

was still having ice in me vodka nearly 3 days later!

tried it before we went away, stuck a bottle of water in it and nowt else, took it a while but the water was just frozen after about 24 hours