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always found that mussel is a good back up bait with rag and lug always take pkt with me out the freezer the night before then into the bait box before setting out
 
caught cod on just mussel and squid on blyth beach top bait never fish with out it
 
Had a decent bag out of the river a couple of weeks ago, mussel or mussel cocktails accounted for all of my sized fish. For £1 a bag its a bargin. Great for adding bulk to other baits.
 
It's a bugger to keep on the hook though. Anyone tried salting it?
My mackies and worms are tougher when salted, so mussel should stiffen as well, or not?
 
toonboymc said:
Seems a canny idea might give it a go
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Let's know how you get on then.
You should know within a day if you salt them but the longer they're left salted the tougher they should become.
I have a pair of mackerel used as flip flops after a week in salt.

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Well..... you know what I mean. When I salt mackies or worms they stay on the hook for ages.
 
When I use mussel I get about 5-8 mussel and then thread them all onto the hook and then use elastic on it and it's normally spot on like
 
Lynnzer said:
It's a bugger to keep on the hook though. Anyone tried salting it?
My mackies and worms are tougher when salted, so mussel should stiffen as well, or not?
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Me grandad used to salt our mussel when I was a youngun. He used to lie them out individually on newspaper cover them in salt for a few hours,flip them over then same again and wrap them in the paper and in the fridge till we were going out.

I keep meaning to try it myself but haven't got time to get any fresh.
 

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