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Baiting up pilchards on single and snooded rigs
One thing to be aware of is if you don't have smooth casting action most softer baits will be hard pressed to stay on your hooks. Explosive and dragging styles are better suited to tougher baits. Whole pilchard on a single hook
Whole pilchard on two hook snooded rig I actually forgot to get pics of this, sorry. No biggy however as a very similar (I think better) offering can be produced and a 2 hook gang. I can't say I am overly impressed by the positioning of the hooks on snooded rigs and the additional flexibility it offers can be introduced with the use of a swivel between hooks or removing some of the backbone. Half pilly on single tail
Half pilly on single head
Pilly fillet on a single hook rig
3 baits from 1 pilly - one fillet, half side tail and head
Remove the fillet and cut the remains into two pieces
Hook through the hard part of the eye then into the gut cavity
Tail section, start toward tail then into the thick section. Half hitch to finish, good fishing! I treat pilchards as not only a great bait but self burleying which can be increased depending on the method used. Instead of just cutting up a few pillies I will fillet the first few and cut up the back bone to throw in. The lightly weighted fillets hit the bite zone around the same time as the fish zero in the back bits. If pickers are a problem go to half pillies or smaller whole ones. Persistent small bream can still be a problem but at least while there is some activity you might attract the attention of some better quality.
Fishing baits and how to rig them How to bait up a pilchard on gang hooks Hooking pilchards on single and snooded rigs
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