Limpits??
- Thread starter Mackemchris
- Start date
kingcod deano
Well-known member
they are there deadliest when they have been left in a jar outside for a week or 2 after a big sea
Work well as a retainer bait. I've had plenty of plaice and Flounders with them over the years, the odd codling and plenty of wrasse down in Mousehole in cornwall.
Collect them with the shell on and freeze them straight away. Take them out after a few days and defrost them in cold tap water, best thing to get the shells off is a tea spoon, then simply refreeze them until you need them
Collect them with the shell on and freeze them straight away. Take them out after a few days and defrost them in cold tap water, best thing to get the shells off is a tea spoon, then simply refreeze them until you need them
Stores
Well-known member
And you all say you've read the book lol
"Perhaps the most surprising result comes from Crail, in Fife, where Rod and I went on one of our few soirées away from Eyemouth. I got there a day before Rod and I was camping in front of the Caravan Park there. The weather was really quiet although it was lashing down as I arrived. Tent pitched I wandered onto the skeers in front of me (a hot spot I had been told) just as daybreak broke. Sea like glass I cast out and caught a weir codling about 3lb first chuck. Unable to put it back as it had took it right down I put it by the basket and casted out again. The next time I turned round there were 3 children standing watching me dressed in their wellies and waterproofs. Gradually gaining confidence they eventually gathered around the fish, mumbling to themselves. Being a teacher allows you the beauty of dealing with nervous children in different ways. It is easy to put on the unapproachable mask which children immediately recognise as “Bugger Off” and it is just as easy to coax their inquisitive minds with a “Good morning, how are you doing”. These 3 took no coaxing and I was inundated with questions –
“What’s your fish Mister?”
“How big’s that?”
“Why is it red?”
All in a broad Glaswegian accent (I was later to discover). With no other use for the fish (it would not fit my trangia in the tent) I asked the terrible trio if their mam would like it for their tea, as they were in one of the caravans on the site. They all nodded and I topped and tailed the fish and off they ran. 20 minutes later they returned
“My mam says thank you and our friend in the next caravan says can he have one as well?” Pressure or what?
Anyway I caught another one, about the same size and off they went again. As the tide ebbed I found myself running out of bait so I supplemented my peeler bait with limpets off the rocks. It was 3 limpets to 1 peeler, still on the bronzed 6’os. Within 5 minutes – bang – big bite, big fish, over 10lb. As I landed it there was a round of applause from 3 children, 2 mams and dads and as many household pets as you can imagine. The fish was given away as well, the kids gained as much education as they would in a week at school and I paid for no drinks in any of the Crail pubs we drank in that week.
Was it the limpets that made the difference? No I don’t think so. The crab is still the attraction but I am becoming convinced that it can be “padded out” with other baits without diminishing catch levels. Important if you are limited to buying bait rather than collecting it."
__________________
"Perhaps the most surprising result comes from Crail, in Fife, where Rod and I went on one of our few soirées away from Eyemouth. I got there a day before Rod and I was camping in front of the Caravan Park there. The weather was really quiet although it was lashing down as I arrived. Tent pitched I wandered onto the skeers in front of me (a hot spot I had been told) just as daybreak broke. Sea like glass I cast out and caught a weir codling about 3lb first chuck. Unable to put it back as it had took it right down I put it by the basket and casted out again. The next time I turned round there were 3 children standing watching me dressed in their wellies and waterproofs. Gradually gaining confidence they eventually gathered around the fish, mumbling to themselves. Being a teacher allows you the beauty of dealing with nervous children in different ways. It is easy to put on the unapproachable mask which children immediately recognise as “Bugger Off” and it is just as easy to coax their inquisitive minds with a “Good morning, how are you doing”. These 3 took no coaxing and I was inundated with questions –
“What’s your fish Mister?”
“How big’s that?”
“Why is it red?”
All in a broad Glaswegian accent (I was later to discover). With no other use for the fish (it would not fit my trangia in the tent) I asked the terrible trio if their mam would like it for their tea, as they were in one of the caravans on the site. They all nodded and I topped and tailed the fish and off they ran. 20 minutes later they returned
“My mam says thank you and our friend in the next caravan says can he have one as well?” Pressure or what?
Anyway I caught another one, about the same size and off they went again. As the tide ebbed I found myself running out of bait so I supplemented my peeler bait with limpets off the rocks. It was 3 limpets to 1 peeler, still on the bronzed 6’os. Within 5 minutes – bang – big bite, big fish, over 10lb. As I landed it there was a round of applause from 3 children, 2 mams and dads and as many household pets as you can imagine. The fish was given away as well, the kids gained as much education as they would in a week at school and I paid for no drinks in any of the Crail pubs we drank in that week.
Was it the limpets that made the difference? No I don’t think so. The crab is still the attraction but I am becoming convinced that it can be “padded out” with other baits without diminishing catch levels. Important if you are limited to buying bait rather than collecting it."
__________________
The Great Wallsendo
Well-known member
How many will it take to fill up a 4/0? - I'd better get about 10,000 frozen down for the winter then Tony
Gary
after the first 100 I gave up - harder than it looks is scudding limpets off the rocks
Mackemchris
Well-known member
Going to try them on Friday up the river see if I get out!
dec, you must be an owld timer, iv'e had a few good fish off there in the middle of winter.
aye am getting on a bit.
Mackemchris
Well-known member
I've just got a jar full from seaburn when walking the dog to try tomorrow
RL83
Well-known member
ive found that limpets work best with willicks and garden wormz ..but must be a cocktail combination they dont work on there own
dont worry if all else fails i can use chips!!(regular bait) never fails!!
Thunderpants
Well-known member
I have tried limpets twice - once at the Walkway and once at Craster rocks. I caught nowt on them but I was using the foot so maybe that was the problem.
david.northeast
Well-known member
ive used them on rock edges in summer and winter and have had mixed results with them they worked especially well at the back of tynemouth pier for me early last summer when i managed a few codling out in a heavy sea
