Fishing With Burley might be becoming an old-fashioned fishing technique these days. As a lot of people turn to lure fishing they might be forgetting the rush of having a feeding frenzy going under the boat or in the wash along the rocks. It is still an incredibly effective and exciting way to fish if you get it right. Making or buying a good burley mix is only half the battle. Make sure you consider these four factors to ensure a fun session:
1. An effective burley mix will have a very strong scent trail that attracts fish from miles away. You can achieve this by adding tuna oil to our Snapper Pellets & other Bait & Tackle Direct burley mixes.
2. Consider what the target fish are feeding on – If there is baitfish such as pilchard, whitebait, and garfish in the area or other alternatives like sand worms and mussels along the foreshore you can chop them up and add into a burley mix to make it more location specific.
3. One of the most crucial factors when it comes to using Burley is to use a little at regular intervals. The worst thing you can do is overfeed the fish in the area, you need to initiate just enough burley into the environment to induce a feeding frenzy. A great way to think about it is to see the burley as serving an entree and the bait on the hook is the main course.
4. The final important factor is to put the burley at the right depth for your target species. If you want to get your burley down near the bottom to avoid the smaller bait snatchers, you might consider using a burley pot or adding sand and rolling it up into compact balls that will sink faster. If you're targeting garfish you would want your burley to stay near the top of the water column as that's where they feed.
Masterpro Tuna Oil Base Snapper Berley Nuggets 2kg Value pack Fishing Tackle Bouns
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Features include: Masterpro Fishing’s berley products enable you to catch more fish, they are made of Snapper formula and Tuna oil base, whether it’s surface or bottom-feeding fish, can be used in burley cages or simply hurl it. Bonus offer… read more