Top Cod Baits articleAmongst the better cod baits are some of the following:
Lugworm, Ragworm, Peeler Crab, Mussel, Razor Fish, Squid, Mackerel and Herring. On their day they will all do well in attracting cod.
Lugworm is one of the better cod baits to use when fishing for cod in winter. Lugworm comes in different guises:
Black Lug - Yellow Tails / Runnydown - Blow / Common Lug
Blow lug is probably the most common worm found around our shores.
It can normally be found down near the low water mark and the lower the tide, (spring tides) the more wormcasts you will find.
The cast consists of a blow hole and sand cast. The blow hole is the head of the worm and the cast is the tail end of the worm where it expels the sand after it has travelled through its body.
The distance between the two can be a good indicator to the size of the worm underneath. It can be very hard to decide which way the worm is lying when you have numerous casts in a worm bed. If that is the case, a lot of diggers 'trench dig', which is exactly that, digging a trench across the worm bed and back filling as you go.
It can lead to more cut and damaged worms but you will probably uncover more worms using this method, rather than trying to dig each individual cast.
Blow lug can be plentiful, the same as most worms in the summer but harder to find in the winter as they will go well out below the low water mark due to the more severe weather and rough seas we get. They will also probably be deeper in the winter, I usually only dig down one spade depth for my worms but in the winter you will more than likely need to dig down at least two spade depths. I did mention there about a 'spade depth' and that is the instrument that I prefer to use but a lot of guys use a fork for blow lug, as always, it's a personal choice....
