BAIT	How to get them locally	Most common Fish caught on them	Most common method of use
King Rag	Only Available from tackle shops	Whole range of fish, pretty much all species although can be used different ways to target each species	Use Different methods for different fish, best methods can be found in fish guide and location section
Red Rag (Harbour Rag)	Did at Kingston beach, Southease, river Adur Shoreham	Flatfish, Schooly bass, Golden grey Mullet, Wrasse, Pollack	Hook just behind the head and keep hook in the worms body, then exit once enough is on the hook. Then attatch others by hooking them just behind the head only and eixiting the other side so that the head is just attatched, this is the strongest bit of the worms skin. This makes their tails wiggle and attract fish.
White Rag	Most Sandy Beaches, Shoreham, Newhaven	Flatfish, Pollack. its an excellent match bait when scratching around for fish. can be very good for bream in summer.	Hook just behind the head and keep hook in the worms body, then exit once enough is on the hook. Then attatch others by hooking them just behind the head only and eixiting the other side so that the head is just attatched, this is the strongest bit of the worms skin. This makes their tails wiggle and attract fish.
Blow Lug	Most sandy beaches, look for casts on top of sand, Goring, Brighton, anywhere.	Cod, Pout, Pout, Dab, Bass. occasionally Plaice.
Black Lug	Most sandy beaches, look for casts on top of sand, Goring, Brighton, anywhere.	Same as Blow Lug	Slide onto hook or use bait needle to thread onto hook.
Live Prawn	Rock pools, Rottingdean, Saltdean, Southease River.	Bass, Pollack, Flounders, Wrasse. i have caught eels and flounders on them in the past. they are also very good for smoothoungs when boat fishing.   Attach to hook by hooking live prawn once through its tail	Float fishing or free line for Pollack and Bass, fished on the bottom for Pollack Bass and Flounders.
Peeler Crab	Rock pools, Rottingdean, Saltdean, Southease River.	Bass, Cod, Eels, Smooth hound, Pout.	Peel the crab and thread to hook and secure with bait elastic
Hard Back Crab	Rock pools, Rottingdean, Saltdean, Southease River.	Wrasse and smoothhound although peeler is best.	Hook through belly and fish close to walls or snags for wrasse. cast out for smoothys.
Hermit Crab		Smooth hound
Musscles,	Collect from groynes, piers or rockpools. can be bought from bait shops hook ready.	Flounders, Bass	Scrape  from shell and hook through thick lip area. Attatch the rest with bait elastic.
Mackerel strips or Garfish strips	Use Mackerel caught while fishing or buy frozen from bait shop. Garfish are not sold by bait shops so use the ones you catch and are badly hooked. The good thing with garfish strips is that they are stronger so stay on the hook better, they are often used in winter months to tip a worm bait off. The same can be done with Mackerel strips.	Garfish, Mackerel, Scad, Shad, Pollack, Bass.   Just bits of Mackerel flesh with no skin can be deadly for Mullet and Bream.	Cut a small slice and from top of the back down to under belly. no wider than 1cm. attatch to the hook by taking the top (black upper back skin) and hook through fleshy bit once so that comes out of the skin. dont have to much flesh on the strips as will not sit naturally in the water.
Slipper limpets	On the tide line on beaches after rough weather	Flatfish. excellent after stormy weather. find along the high tide line and de-shell.	Scrape out of shell with knife and hook through tough lip section. Can secure with bait elastic

 

Squid

Can be bought in a variety of forms from local tackle shops. You can get small baby squids which I think are best. You can also buy boxes of calamari and big boat boxes.

A wide range of fish.

You can fish a whole baby squid on a hook or cut small strips of squid as a tip off bait fished with a work on the main hook length.

Bread

Bought from most local shops. The better quality bread is often better as bait because it stays on the hook better and has more of a scent and breaks up in the water better.

Mullet and occasionally Bass.

There are a variety of ways to fish it and for the best advice visit the fish guide section under Mullet. When fishing bread it is advised to ground bait to get them used to the flavour and scent of the bread.