In message , Peter Cliff
writes
Matt's comments about a variety of sizes is useful. When I first tried
fishing meat for tench at Packington I picked up a few fish but not as
many as I would have hoped. A regular suggested I use only small
pieces, about a quarter of an inch square, as the fish tended to be shy
of bigger baits. It worked a trick!

Another useful idea is not to cut all the cubes with a knife but to
tear some smaller bits off so they have irregular shape and edges. On
heavily fished waters the fish can become wary of uniform cubes but
don't worry about ragged pieces (perhaps they think they have been
discarded).

When I used to fish meat in the margins for tench, I used to grate it
for groundbait. It's just sticky enough, sprinkled with a bit of flour,
to stick together while you throw it, and break up when it hits the
water. Must try it again some time.

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Steve Walker