Drewski Canuck
Active Member
A number of years ago there was a shortage of large Anchovies on the Island. I bought a bag of "north California Sardines" and took them along. They were a bit bigger than the biggest Anchovy but smaller than a large herring, and very round.
They worked like dynamite that year and we had fish when no one else did, just running them in an Anchovy Special, with a stinger hook trailing in the tail. A good toothpick was needed in the body to get the bend right, but other than that, they worked great.
I don't know if this is a Pilchard year or not, but it sounds like there are bigger fish around. I have a couple of bags in the brine right now, so lets see how it works out.
Has anyone else ever experimented with Sardines as bait in place of Anchovies?
Drewski
They worked like dynamite that year and we had fish when no one else did, just running them in an Anchovy Special, with a stinger hook trailing in the tail. A good toothpick was needed in the body to get the bend right, but other than that, they worked great.
I don't know if this is a Pilchard year or not, but it sounds like there are bigger fish around. I have a couple of bags in the brine right now, so lets see how it works out.
Has anyone else ever experimented with Sardines as bait in place of Anchovies?
Drewski