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.

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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.

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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.

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

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