One of the most important aspects of catching fish is what bait to use for the target species that you are after.
Different baits will work better (or it may be the only bait that will work) at different times of the year and knowing what and when to use different bait can make all the difference to catching or blanking.
One of the benefits of sea angling is that we can collect our own bait, not only does this make it cheaper but a lot of people get pleasure in the collection process, though it can be very hard work.
Once we have collected our bait we can store it in different ways (depending on the bait) for use another day
Below are the most common baits used around britain's shore, how to use them, collect them and their storage
many baits can be combined together to further enhance their pulling power