What Bait For Common Skate

[lgray88 4]

we have out annual 2 day fishing competion coming up soon this is my 3rd year a it now but i am yet to catch a common skate so it needs to be done , anyone know whats the best bait and how to prepare the bait for the hook , i have always used mackeral flapper in the past but had no success , i thought of trying cuttlefish or squid ??

 

liam

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Skate Bait? Any rank old slapper will do, mate.

[lgray88 4]

yeh well i heard that too ds old shite , but then i heard they like fresh too .

 

liam

[comanche 3,031]

No help bait wise and a little off topic but at our regular sea-fishing port their remains on the local statute -book a rule banning the landing of Skates and rays unless they have been cut-up and winged. This was originally to save the blushes of gentle-folk who might have caught a glimpse of their prominent human-like genitalia.

[lgray88 4]

yeh we arent aloud to land them either to keep up stocks it just catch and release syetem , we take total lenght and wingspan and check for sex then we can find out from there what weight they are. no ideas where i could pick up frozen bait ive seen some but they are all small cuttlefish.

 

 

liam

[SNAP SHOT 194]

one side fillet of fresh mackeral dipped in mackeral oil at the last minute works a treat................

[mattydski 560]

I fish for skate out of Dunstaffnage with John Keggie of Oberon.

Nearly allways fish very large mackeral flapper, or whole dogfish or alke. One thing is constant. SIZE.

Also it is very important to hold still on the bottom, apparently they dont like a moving bait. We were using mega heavy leads in the fast tides of the Sound of Mull. Mega nylon traces are also the order of the day.

Gets my memories going, must give John a ring.......

 

Matt

[lgray88 4]

we are not workin in any serious tide so i use a 2lb weight seems to be ok. but just had roker so far, dogfish ? we have to many diffrent names for fish up here i never know the proper english name for anything , is the dog the blue coloured one or the spotty brown coloured one?

 

liam

[lgray88 4]

ah just realised what it is we dont call them dog fish up here , blind hoes all im used to calling them.

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

ah just realised what it is we dont call them dog fish up here , blind hoes all im used to calling them.

 

frozen lesser spotted dogfish frozen with the tail nicked off