Fishing Baits
The Maggot
care of your maggot
fishing with maggots
The Pinkie
care of your pinkies
fishing with Pinkies
The Squat
care of your squats
fishing with squats
The Gozzer Maggot
fishing the gozzer
The Caster
care of your caster
fishing with casters
hooking casters
Worms
lobworm
dendrobaena worm
redworm
brandling
Bloodworm and Joker
Bread Baits
paste
flake
crust
punch
liquidised
mashed
Paste Baits
making paste baits
using paste baits
Luncheon Meat
fishing with luncheon meat
Cheese
fishing with cheese
Particle Baits
preparation
fishing with particles
Sweetcorn
feeding sweetcorn
colouring and flavouring
imitation sweetcorn
Hemp
preparation
fishing with hemp
Tares
preparation
fishing with tares
Maple Peas
preparation
fishing with maple peas
Fishing baits used by anglers to catch fish
Cheese. Bait for angling
Two advantages of using cheese as a fishing bait are 1. It's easily obtainable (just buy some when you do your weekly shopping) 2. It can be used all year round to catch various fish.
Using cheese as a fishing bait is fairly simple and any type of cheese can be used as a fishing bait but preference goes for the strong smelling cheese such as Danish Blue or Blue Stilton.
The species of fish you are after will dictate the size of hook to use and the cheese should fit on the hook with the point still showing.
If using firm cheese such as cheddar then break off a piece of cheese from the block of cheese and push your hook into it and leave the point showing. Simple as that.
Rolling a piece of cheese between your fingers will soften it and it can then be moulded onto the hook as a paste. (make sure the hook point is showing).
I use cheese straight on the hook but it can also be fished hair rigged. If using cheese as bait on a hair rig treat the cheese as you would luncheon meat as the line can cut through it easily.
Cheese is also a good additive for making cheese paste baits.
Soft cheese such Philadelphia is also used as a fishing bait but this is normally used by mixing and moulding with a piece of bread or small amount of groundbait to form a paste. The cheese can also be flavoured by adding some curry powder, paprika or other flavouring. I don't personally flavour cheese, preferring the natural smell of the cheese.
Cheese is an effective bait when ledgered, float fished or free lined and cheese is a very effective fishing bait for chub, carp, tench and barbel.
I mentioned making sure the hook point is showing when putting cheese on your hook - the reason I mention this is because cheese has a tendency to harden in the water and if the hook point is not showing this can make it harder to pull the hook through the cheese on a strike.
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Fishing with Cheese
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