BluFin fishing & outdoors Reviews

Hi Dereck, thank you so much for this lovely review!! It means so much to a relatively new business like ours. Watch the page on Friday, 2 punishments being carried out lol
So glad you had a great visit to our shop

Hi Jake, sorry to hear this. It's very strange to hear the worm would be dead, lately we haven't been able to get enough bait in for the amount people want as it's impossible to supply to everyone, because of this when ragworm arrives in the shop it has sold within an hour. I would like to know what has happened here as all our staff know to check each pack of fresh bait and as we can't hold onto the bait more than an hour it's usually fresh out the door. If you are free for a phone call anytime or are able to pop in we would be more than happy to refund you but I really need to know what has happened with this bait order so that it doesn't happen again. I would very much appreciate your help with this

Rob

Thank you for your review Chris 💙

Hi Paul, rob here. The bait situation is getting very out of hand now. One of the biggest suppliers of ragworm has gone down the entire summer and we have since had a tidal wave of anglers wanting fresh bait we simply cannot supply everyone that wants it. Because of this we have been getting hounded by angry anglers that are bemused as to why we don't have ragworm for every person that wants it.

We have 3 local diggers and 2 online suppliers and this still doesn't even scratch the surface. When I mentioned to you we had live bait arriving that day, we did have live bait arriving but due to all the local areas (specifically the one that our diggers went to that day) being over dug ( again because there is simply not enough ragworm to accommodate every angler that wants it) they only got a fraction of what they would expect in a session, because of this the people who had phoned up earliest got the very few packs we were able to get.

I don't lie, I'm very honest about what I say especially during these difficult times where very passionate anglers are confused as to why there is little fresh ragworm. This is why we have supplied our shops with one of the biggest selections of frozen baits in the UK and we always suggest other great options if fresh bait isn't available. To get a 1 star review because there are simply not enough worms in the ground is horrible especially with how hard all the staff work and time and effort we put into helping anglers both experienced and beginners.

If you want to know more about the bait situation feel free to pop in, we'll put the kettle on and let you know just how bad the fresh bait supplies are this year

Rob

We have 3 local diggers and have 2 online for both farmed and wild ragworm. Yet we still do not have enough supply for everyone. This is not something we can easily control. Tides and weather dictate to us a lot of the time exactly how much live bait we can manage to get and this is all we can do. If we had a choice we would supply fresh bait to everyone, truth of the matter is, there is rarely enough to supply everyone who comes into the shop without risking significant losses in bait

This is why we have packed out our freezers with one of the biggest frozen bait selections in the UK. This allows us to suggest numerous baits for anyone who needs to fish here.

In terms of where else to get fresh bait there are numerous shops on and off the island and a quick Google search would have shown this

We always suggest baits for anyone targeting species, I have not once heard an employee not suggesting anything or only suggest fresh ragworm so I'm a bit confused by this bit. Would you mind calling up the shop and we can have a chat about it? Normally If we don't have bait we have such a wide selection of baits we will have something suitable for any fishing trip and I've not once seen this being an issue before. There are plenty of other baits that work if fresh rag isn't available and all the staff know this very well

Again if you fancy a chat about this pop in and we'll stick the kettle on

Very much appreciated Matt 💙

Thank you very much Gary 💙