Mussels are a very good bait when fishing from deep water shorelines, they are used mainly for Cod and Codling. From sandy and muddy shorelines they are used for flat fish.. They are a very smelly bait and a vibrant orange colour. Mussels are another natural food source to many fish and are often ig..
3-4 salted cart wings per pack can be used the same way as peeler crab and whipped directly to the hook but work much better put in a mesh or stocking first making them last longer in the water. They can then be cut in half if need be or you can put them inside a squid tube or cuttlefish to in..