The baits

The open top baits can be fished any way you like.

Whittle down one of your favourite popups and wedge it inside and you’ll have a popup that will lift a size four on a hinge no problem.

wedge a hard hooker in there and you’ll have a wafter.

The baits can be made to balance however you like with the aid of the small hole in the underside. Just stick putty to the outside of the bait until the desired buoyancy is achieved. Then using a 2.5mm drill bit, drill out part of the bait you’ve wedged inside through the balancing hole and replace it with putty. This negates the need for any putty on the rig for the crays to remove.

once the bait has been in the water for a few hours, the bait inside will swell a little and push up slightly proud of the top. A good indicator to show if you’ve been crayed during the night. If you haven’t, the bait will still be proud of the top. If there’s a little scoop out of the bait then there’s crays on the spot.

A handy indicator to tell if the spot may need topping up with bait.

The snowman bottom baits with toppers and bait screw are to fill with paste or whatever takes your fancy. Just undo the top bait, fill with paste, chopped worm, belachan, whatever, and screw the topper back on.

Leave the topper a little lose so water can get to the paste. DO NOT DO THEM UP TIGHT, and watch the soluble content of your paste, as the weight of the paste will be part of what’s keeping the bait on the deck.Too many solubles in your paste and the crays rattling the bait all night and you could end up losing too much paste and the bait becoming too bouyant if you’ve critically balance it.

The baits are made from epoxy and high end lacquers.
Look after them and they will last a very long time.

When removing bait, go easy and remove it carefully. The clear epoxy section on the top is very important to the strength of the bait. Don’t use it a leverage to extract any bait. They may be crayproof, but not many things will survive a mad man with a pair of braid scissors…….

Any questions, problems, send us a message on instagram and we’ll get back to you.

Cheers lee

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