Berley from left-over bait

After a Days Fishing you always tend to come home with a bit of leftover bait. Well heres how to make your bait into some excellent berley for your next time out fishing.

Get a small bucket or and icecream container and chop up your leftover bait into around 3-4 cm pieces and chuck them all into the container. when the container is almost full fill it up with saltwater to fill all the gaps. Then just put a plastic bag over it and chuck it into the freezer.

Next time you are going out fishing you will have some excellent berley. it works well because the berley contains the same bait that you will be using. and with the salt water it thaws nicely and the small pieces of bait just float on down to the bottom.

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