Looking After Your Bait.
First things first, don't worry too much about your bait, though we all prefer a perfect good looking bait the fish are far less fussy! Mackerel, sardines and pollan are usually glazed to protect them to a certain extent but sometimes you may see evidence of freezer burn which disappears once in the water. Vac packed baits last for a couple of years provided the vacuum isn’t broken. A domestic freezer should be set as low as possible, baits keep better at lower temperatures.

Ideally baits should be taken to the waterside in some form of insulated box or bag ideally with a couple of freezer packs with them. Some anglers will put baits on the hooks while still frozen, you may need to get them out of the box ten minutes before starting to fish in this way your hooks can be worked into the bait without bending or breaking.

There are many well known anglers using Lucebaits including, Matt Hayes, Eddie Turner, Nige Williams,  Steve Rowley, Alastair Rawlings, Graham Slater and Jason Davis. Thousands of predator anglers use them and though we cannot guarantee that you’ll catch anything at all on them, the fact that serious pike anglers choose them ought to offer some piece of mind, tight lines everyone!