How to Fish Tangoed Maggots For Silverfish – At How End Fishery

As match anglers we’re always looking for that edge over the competition and thanks to the addition of flavourings and dyes into the market, it’s now easy to create a unique bait that chances have it, isn’t being utilised by the angler in the next peg!

In 2024, Dynamite released its Shake ‘N’ Catch range to help anglers capitalise on this notion by simply shaking a flavoured powder onto their bait. Whether it’s to transform the colour and scent of pellets, groundbaits, meats or livebait – this range works wonders, and quickly too!

Maver and Dynamite-sponsored angler Ian Smith has always used turmeric on his maggots but since the introduction of the Shake ‘N’ Catch range, he’s enjoyed a flurry of match wins in a silverfish league held at How End Fishery by substituting turmeric for the Orange Spice Shake ‘N’ Catch. Whilst the dye leaves his hands looking similar to those of a frequent fake-tanner, the ploy has been worth it and has helped him stay ahead of the competition who are using standard maggots and pinkies.

However, his success is not solely attributed to fishing these ‘Tangoed Maggots’ on the hook…We recently joined him on the banks of Dani’s Lake at How End Fishery to see first hand just how this edge works.

 

 

WARNING! STOP READING IF YOU DON’T WANT HANDS LIKE THIS!

The Bait

First of all, let’s talk about how to make Tangoed Maggots.

The approach couldn’t be simpler:

Step One – Add your maggots or pinkies to a bait tub

Step Two – Add your desired amount of Shake ‘N’ Catch Orange Spice to the maggots and shake the tub.

Step Three – Use an atomiser to spray the maggots with water. This will help the powder to cling to the maggots.

…and that’s it!

This can be performed on the bank or the night before your session to allow the maggots to really take on the colour and flavour.

You can see the difference between normal maggots and Tangoed Maggots straight away…

Fluro pinkies right, Tangoed Pinkies left.

The Approach

The way in which Ian uses Tangoed Maggots to catch his fish is so simple yet incredibly effective. In theory, he is using the Shake ‘N’ Catch powder to create a pungent and attractive cloud in the upper layers to draw the silverfish shallow.

Step 1 – Dip your cad pot under the water’s surface and then empty it. All you’re trying to do here is make the inside of the cup wet.

Step 2 – Add your maggots or pinkies to the pot. Around 12-15 will suffice. Insure plenty of powder goes into the pot too.


 

Step 3 – Ship your pole out to where you’re fishing and trickle in the maggots or pinkies

Sprinkle them in…

 

Step 4 – Now, quickly dip your pole pot under the water to fill it, before tipping out the pot’s contents over your baited spot. This will create an orange cloud in the water. Now lower in your rig and wait for the float to dip!


The Session

For this session, Ian fished Dani’s Lake and opted to fish two lines only.

The first was a long line at 13m and the second a short line at a top two plus one. Both lines were fed using the Tangoed Maggots approach to draw the silverfish shallow, but he also fed small nuggets of Swim Stim Silver-Fish Dark groundbait laced with Shake ‘N’ Catch on the 13m line to try and catch bigger skimmers and roach in the peg on the deck.

Line 1 – A deck line with Tangoed Maggots over groundbait and maggots shallow, Line 2 – for fishing Tangoed Maggots Shallow

To kickstart the session, Ian baited his 13m line with a couple of nuggets of the groundbait mix with a few Tangoed Pinkies for good measure.



He then immediately went onto his short line and began the process of fishing the Tangoed Maggots and orange cloud through the cad pot – needless to say the action came thick and fast with a fish on pretty much every put in!

On this line, the lake depth is around 4ft and Ian fished roughly 2ft deep with the intention of drawing roach, ide and skimmers shallow into the orange cloud which worked an absolute treat!




Whenever there was a lull in action, he’d rest the short line before trying the same tactic over on the 13m long line in around 3ft of water.

The sport was matched with quality fish coming up in the water to take the pinkie or maggot within the orange cloud! In fact, Ian didn’t need to fish the deck rig over the groundbait that often as fishing off the bottom produced much quicker bites.

Skimmers were even coming up in the water to take the Tangoed Maggots!

Within 5 hours, Ian alternated between both lines to accumulate a 20lb bag of mixed silverfish which would have easily been a winning weight had it been in his How End Fishery silverfish league match.

What was amazing to witness was how quickly the bites came when he lowered his rig into the orange cloud  – with bites coming pretty much every put-in. Sport you simply cannot argue at during this time of year!

So whether you think bait dyes and flavourings are a gimmick or not, you can’t deny how effective Shake ‘N’ Catch has been in Ian’s fishing this winter!

 

20lb-plus of roach, skimmers, idea and perch in January. It doesn’t get much better than that!

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