Berley

Another artificial bait can be made by mixing up a berley, savoury in smell to the piscine race, but somewhat obnoxious to the olfactory nerves of human beings, of rotten herrings or tinned fish, bran and flour, into a tough paste and putting it into little bags of mosquito net or fine muslin.

In Australia, live baits or strip baits in a berley trail produce the big fish and a lot of anglers specialise in using this technique.

Apart from its use as bait, bread is an essential berley for many fish. All of the above species are attracted by bread berley as are many others.

A few larger black petrels and flesh-footed shearwaters land close by and pick away at scraps of berley.