We have all used meat at some stage and it works, i remember catching the biggest eel i have ever seen when i was about 7 years old BUT things have changed and we must also remember IF you belong to a NZACA club and you catch a fish which you want recognised and it was caught on any mammal product. It will be disqualified. This includes the use of berley. Just thought i would add that as some younger new members could get caught out. Cheers Ray