fishbite bloodworms?

[kermic]

I've used some fishbites products in the past with success on smaller fish- croakers,weakfish etc. Has anyone ever caught striper using the bag o'worms(bloodworms) from fishbites?

 

I was chatting with the owner of a local tackle shop that told me they don't know anyone who has caught striper on these, but only real bloodworms. I was wondering if they were just giving me a line because they sell real bloods for 9 dollars a dozen, and it's in their benefit for me to buy several dozen real worms during a season then 1 or 2 bags of fishbites.

[hengstthomas]

I have caught stripers on fbbw but never a legal one ...biggest maybe 25 inches but they were a bycatch as I was spot & croaker fishing.

[MDC]

Try some Berkley worms on a bucktail. Fish bites don't work well in water below 60 degrees I think

[D.J. Aanensen]

I heard the flounder and fluke love them but have not heard how good they are with the bass. Too many other things to try but maybe keep a bag with you in case you run out. I find the Gulp products helped me out on days when I used all of my bait. Those have worked for me in a pinch.

 

D.J.

[TheSpaniard]

I tried both the fishbites and berkly worms last year in March on the Big D. I saw others catching smaller stripers and I couldn't buy a bite from anything. Like MDC said I heard they don't work well in cold water. When the real run starts and the water is getting a lot warmer I switch over to big baits or plugs so I haven't really given them a fair chance during that time of the year. Personally, the quality of the bloodworm has hit a all-time low. Last year I bought a pack for like 12 bucks and when I went to use them there were only 6 in the pack. The guy I bought them from said they must have eaten eachother and it wasn't his problem. By the way these were 6 small skimpy worms. Im gonna try surf clams on the Big D this year as others have had good results in the early season with them and they are on the cheap. Even the berkly and fishbites are too expensive to be using for small stripers in the early spring.

 

John

[Surf Dawg]

We have blood worms around here too, but they cost to darn much for my likes. I use plain old pile worms from under the mussel beads. They are free, they are much bigger then blood worms, they work as good or better, and we have thousands of mussel beads around here. Or surf clams work well also...

[NJTramcar]

I hope this is not considered highjacking the thread but how do you hook the fishbits? Everytime I try to use them, the hook splits the fishbite and it falls off. Thanks.

[wizardude]

Gotta put the end in your mouth and suck on it a while to get it wet

 

Not even! Let the piece sit in something wet till it's flexible.... better getting the full sheets, and cutting as you would squid. Works well on pier/ditch fish/bait fish, and have caught some nicer fish using it to tip jigs. Just something to keep in the tackle bag, just in case

[mvsurf89]

for the striper alot of people swear by the berkley worms not much for the fishbites

[NJTramcar]

Gotta put the end in your mouth and suck on it a while to get it wet

 

Not even! Let the piece sit in something wet till it's flexible.... better getting the full sheets, and cutting as you would squid. Works well on pier/ditch fish/bait fish, and have caught some nicer fish using it to tip jigs. Just something to keep in the tackle bag, just in case

 

 

Thanks. I hear it works well with weakfish. How about fluke and stripers?

[newsjeff]

Try some Berkley worms on a bucktail. Fish bites don't work well in water below 60 degrees I think

 

I didn't think the BWFBs worked well in cold water, either. I was striper fishing in Hatteras a couple of years ago and saw a guy catch a puppy drum on one the first week in December. I don't remember the water temps, but they were much lower than 60 degrees.

 

I don't use FBs for stripers. However, the Gulp seems to pretty well on them.