King Rag

[nearly70ty]

Hi gents,
I haven't used farmed king rag a lot but generally I've been disapointed with it. When I'm am using it I tend to be targetting flats (sole, Flounders maybe plaice) and bass. I tend to be using a one up one down flapper, 18 ins snoods for the flounders and bass, the sole 10/12 ins. Would I be right that I could be doing something better are king rag suited to my target species basiclly any helpful advice will be warmly received.

 

[J Richards]

Blow/blacks for me. Always find it out fishes rag

 

[Fishlife]

It will catch all the species you mention on the rigs you mention.
Dug rag will usually out fish farmed rag is only thing I would add.

 

[Mr Fish]

It will catch all the species you mention on the rigs you mention.
Dug rag will usually out fish farmed rag is only thing I would add.

Agreed. I have had sole on farmed rag though. Certainly would prefer fresh dug if possible however!

 

[Beach]

Hi gents,
I haven't used farmed king rag a lot but generally I've been disapointed with it. When I'm am using it I tend to be targetting flats (sole, Flounders maybe plaice) and bass. I tend to be using a one up one down flapper, 18 ins snoods for the flounders and bass, the sole 10/12 ins. Would I be right that I could be doing something better are king rag suited to my target species basiclly any helpful advice will be warmly received.

Stay in the pub.

 

[chesilpete]

Hi gents,
I haven't used farmed king rag a lot but generally I've been disapointed with it. When I'm am using it I tend to be targetting flats (sole, Flounders maybe plaice) and bass. I tend to be using a one up one down flapper, 18 ins snoods for the flounders and bass, the sole 10/12 ins. Would I be right that I could be doing something better are king rag suited to my target species basiclly any helpful advice will be warmly received.

Actually..... I like a bit of farmed rag. Because it's all the same size you can set up exactly to use it.
I like it in clear water conditions where a bunch or wrigglers will get you more hits than a big threaded on rag with zero movement.
Generally I would go for fresh dug especially at night or in coloured water.
But a bunch or wrigglers will get your sight feeders turned on.

 

[Angrybear]

It's certainly not my favourite bait, but if it's all I can get I use it

 

[groundswell]

Dug some on Saturday night for Sundays match waste of bloody time, and it was a hard dig, sea was a bit lumpy for the target species had to revert to peeler, what's worse going back for rag tomorrow for this Saturday's match before the tide's get too small, just hope the fish appreciate the effort wot I is putting in

 

[Valleyboy]

Actually..... I like a bit of farmed rag. Because it's all the same size you can set up exactly to use it.
I like it in clear water conditions where a bunch or wrigglers will get you more hits than a big threaded on rag with zero movement.
Generally I would go for fresh dug especially at night or in coloured water.
But a bunch or wrigglers will get your sight feeders turned on.

It's fine for float fishing

 

[concrete]

I’d tried farmed rag on my local beaches and other parts of the country and my personal opinion is it’s awful. No doubt others will disagree, but if only farmed rag is available, I’d sooner not go fishing or use a different bait.

How many match anglers do you see using it.

 

[wingnut55]

The way things are going with the conservation feckers, farmed worm will be all you can get before long.

Ian.

 

[Cwab]

Guess it’s better than nothing but for the effort i put into a nights fishing i would rather use something else, though say if not that serious and scratching about would get you out of the house and catch you something or other as you just never know.

 

[concrete]

The way things are going with the conservation feckers, farmed worm will be all you can get before long.

Ian.

Yep, all to save the birds.

Mind you, your average baitdigger is a psychopathic nut case, so it’s probably best not to approach one and tell him to stop digging.

 

[nearly70ty]

Cheers gents I normally dig my own lug, thats why I only occasionally use farmed rag. I was given a pound a few days ago to be honest some of them are so big if I was a fish I'd run a mile. Those nippers at the front end would give you serious intergestion if you were a fish.

 

[Cwab]

To be fair can see for myself up here the impact that bait gathering in some areas has made over last 50 years with angling increasing in popularity and demand for premier bait high.
Worm beds depleted and mussel beds gone in some places though un natural England been putting in structures with exclusion zones to promote new mussel beds in places.
Guy I used to buy pumped blacks from on west coast used a quad to get to worm beds and said it was getting harder and had to go further to get numbers, good thing foreign squid and bluey plentiful for now along with wings and cart with mussel been farmed.

 

[Cwab]

Cheers gents I normally dig my own lug, thats why I only occasionally use farmed rag. I was given a pound a few days ago to be honest some of them are so big if I was a fish I'd run a mile. Those nippers at the front end would give you serious intergestion if you were a fish.

Bought some farmed rag which were massive few years back to fish under a float from a decent then tackle shop and used same day kept in cool bag but movement was poor and not lively compared to dug worm.

 

[squidword]

The only time I really want fresh dug rag is when targeting sole in the bristol channel, probably down to size more than anything. Prefer farmed rag on chesil as you get more worm for your money. As for quality, as long as you can get it on the hook it will catch. Had huge hits of plaice, multiple catches of bass to 9lb, congers to 20lb all on dead rag. It normally goes like this..... Quality bait, sat blanking on a hot beach somewhere, takes bait home, few days later the Mrs says what's that stinking in the fridge. Grabs bait, heads to the bristol channel, few thornbacks, couple 5lb bass and congers, all on stinking dead rag. This has happened many times.