09-18-2010, 12:01 AM
A little bit of research and interpretation-
Bacon grease is high in fat content (obviously)
fat won't dissolve in water, so what stays on the hook is fat/ lard, and the rest slowly dissolves in the water (this will look like soap in the water, without bubbles)
This disperses pieces of fat that are inbetween water-soluble parts of the grease, but the main "chunk" of grease on the hook won't dissolve.
The lowest melting point of the 3 main types of lard is about 86 Fahrenheit. I suppose this means the grease is best-suited for colder days.
- I don't know if this will help. I've never caught anything with lard before, but the 3 times I tried it I also used other baits that had worked in the past and none of those worked either (the other baits were crayfish, mussel [which yielded bites from panfish], frog [cut bait], and hotdog). Things made from fat, especially certain types of soap, are known to work, so it would stand to reason that lard/ frozen grease would as well.
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Bacon grease is high in fat content (obviously)
fat won't dissolve in water, so what stays on the hook is fat/ lard, and the rest slowly dissolves in the water (this will look like soap in the water, without bubbles)
This disperses pieces of fat that are inbetween water-soluble parts of the grease, but the main "chunk" of grease on the hook won't dissolve.
The lowest melting point of the 3 main types of lard is about 86 Fahrenheit. I suppose this means the grease is best-suited for colder days.
- I don't know if this will help. I've never caught anything with lard before, but the 3 times I tried it I also used other baits that had worked in the past and none of those worked either (the other baits were crayfish, mussel [which yielded bites from panfish], frog [cut bait], and hotdog). Things made from fat, especially certain types of soap, are known to work, so it would stand to reason that lard/ frozen grease would as well.
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