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Ok so I know it's going to vary depending on various variables so might be a moot question, but just some thoughts from yesterday trotting on the Severn for discussion....
When I went to the tackle shop my mate I see at the weir near me was in there, always with a can of beer in his hand and either hanging around in the tackle shop or doing work on the banks. I told him I was fishing the Severn and was buying 4 pints of maggots and a pint of casters, as I had yesterday when my dad went in for me. He told me what I've heard quite a bit, that they used to get a lot of customers asking for a gallon of maggots of 5 hour match.
Yesterday when fishing, I fed a few maggots every run through and 4 pints of maggots lasted me 4 hours at the most, so I can easily see how you can get through a lot of bait, especially when trying to get the fish upstream and into your zone, or trying to provoke bigger Chub into feeding. I had 4 pints + of hemp ready to feed as well.
So how much bait do you take to rivers, either pleasure fishing or matches, because I can see my bait bill rising if I'm having to buy a gallon of maggots for a days fishing. I can probably get away with 4 pints of maggots for an evening session though, and when I feeder fish for Chub on the Stour I can get away with a lot less with 4 pints lasting nearly all day.
When I went to the tackle shop my mate I see at the weir near me was in there, always with a can of beer in his hand and either hanging around in the tackle shop or doing work on the banks. I told him I was fishing the Severn and was buying 4 pints of maggots and a pint of casters, as I had yesterday when my dad went in for me. He told me what I've heard quite a bit, that they used to get a lot of customers asking for a gallon of maggots of 5 hour match.
Yesterday when fishing, I fed a few maggots every run through and 4 pints of maggots lasted me 4 hours at the most, so I can easily see how you can get through a lot of bait, especially when trying to get the fish upstream and into your zone, or trying to provoke bigger Chub into feeding. I had 4 pints + of hemp ready to feed as well.
So how much bait do you take to rivers, either pleasure fishing or matches, because I can see my bait bill rising if I'm having to buy a gallon of maggots for a days fishing. I can probably get away with 4 pints of maggots for an evening session though, and when I feeder fish for Chub on the Stour I can get away with a lot less with 4 pints lasting nearly all day.