Live crab V Cart

Deans

Deans

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thought id start this thread to see the replies.
these two baits are without doubt outstanding for cod.

just simply wondered what the lads on here preferred and why.

I mean theres a cart boom at the minute so lads are obviously using cart a lot so this is a perfect time to rate.

so here goes, whats number 1- CART OR LIVE CRAB?
 
Live Crab don't use cart much as its banned in the opens and club matches over here North side of the Tyne
 
Useing natural bait at the right time of year ie lug cart mussel wen sea is rough it will dislodge eater crab they will get smashed to bits same with mussel and worm also depends where ya fishing beach or kelp and rough stuf will hold crab ect
 
Never really used cart so peeler for me - just had a couple on Newbiggin Bay tonight on runny down/ peeler cocktail.

Do the lads that use cart on here make it themselves or buy it?
 
all baits have there day but its cart for me I have used it for a few years now and my catch rate has defo gone up and I make my own.
 
Its cart for me to fella purely because it always seems to get me a better stamp of fish,easier to get hold of as well, as the peeler supply has dried up for me!
 
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polecat said:
and where to buy it
polecat
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Hi bud, cart is the mixed and compressed insides of the crab. You can get it from fisheries and the like but with it being so popular now it has gone mainstream and tackle shops will sell it in sticks and sausages. Even the little ones sell it now I have noticed so you shouldnt have much bother picking some up.

I tend to go for cart now purely on the basis that it is actually easier to get a hold of most of the time at short notice - but I'd still prefer a live crab personally.

I have noticed that when I use cart it seems to attract mainly just cod as opposed to other species...like a cod magnet. Sounds brilliant when I say it like that but I cant say I have noticed much difference between cart and live crab - both are great for cod
 
with cart i find im using it as a cocktail bait so is the fish really taking the cart or the other bait whats on, with crab i tend to use it on the beach as i can get a nice streamline bait for casting and i have confidence in it to use by its self, i dont think i would use cart by its self
 
Cart, you want coloured water, it fishes over clean ground as long as there is colour. Always I always use it in a cocktail with 2 blacks and 2 lug strapped over it. All whipped with elastic. Cart sends the scent out and the fish take the lug. I normally find even if full, a codling will take a lug or 2, rather than a big crab bait after stuffing itself. If the fish are there in numbers, cart is spot on but can winkle a fish or 2 out if ur struggling. But crab and blacks 7 times out if 10 will out fish it. But at times cart is superb. Huge cart bait with blacks tonight for example would be the way to go. Where the fish have had easy food and after 5 minutes the frozen cart has washed away but sent out the scent trail and the fish finds a small lug bait.
 

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