The bristol channel is a very muddy stretch of water that only starts to clear west of minehead. Due to this, a very large and stinking bait is required. Get your bait as fresh as possible.

Top all round bait really. Cheap versatile and effective. Cod, Bass, Ray and Conga can all be taken on a whole sqid. If you dont want to use it whole cut it in to strips about the size and fatness of your fingers, then use it to tip the end of your worm bait. Can also be used as part of a cocktail.

Another cheap and effective bait. Get it as fresh as possible or blast frozen. The Ammo stuff seems ok as with all ammo baits i`ve used.

The king of all baits?. The cod come in for the Peelers and just about every cod that ive opened up has had crab in it. To attatch to your hook, remove the shell , legs and hard plates from underneath. Then cut out the brown lungs from either side. Thread the hook through the crab a couple of times and wrap with bait elastic. With Peelers you can get the hook nice and clear of the bait.

Cod bait of the highest order. Tip with squid. Thread hook right through the worm as with Rag. Black lug is also availiabe. Usually frozen, the guts are removed before freezing. They are a great winter bait for cod and are much tougher than normal Blow lug.

King Rag is also an excellent bait. They are full of blood and juice and must stink to a fish. Thread the hook right through the worm as with lug. Tip with Squid and your away.

Highly rated for ray and Bass. Chop the tail off and thread the hook from behind the gills right through to the tail. You can also just chop the head off to and thread the hook right through. Scent is more important on the channel than what it looks like.

You can use other baits such as Hermit Crab, Razor Fish, Muscles etc. The above are the more popular baits though.