05-05-2015, 01:48 PM
"Nothing quite like fresh bait uh?"
[#0000FF]Yeah. Like the old saying goes "There's a lot of fish in the ocean. Just don't let your bait get stale." But I somehow don't believe that is related to fishing only.
I chortle and guffaw everytime someone posts on this board how their "never fail" bait is some commercially prepared toxic waste dough product. Or that they learned how to fish only at night, using rancid chicken livers or whatever. Over the years I have tried all those things too. I have caught a few fish on them, but I consistently catch far more and bigger fish using the baits most likely to be on the local menu. And that usually includes (legal) fish parts or whole fish of the species most common in those specific waters...carp, perch, white bass, etc.
In Utah Lake one of the main forage species...for all predators...is white bass. And while using frozen and rethawed white bass and white bass parts is better than non-natural concoctions it is tough to beat fresh caught.
During the late summer there are gazillions of baby white bass in the harbors. They are anywhere from 3 to 5 inches. You can catch a day's supply quickly with a couple of small jigs...or a bucket full to freeze for future trips. Kill them and properly rig them whole and you can catch almost anything in the lake. But any time you catch a larger white bass and turn it into fluttery bait strips you got MONEY.
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[#0000FF]Yeah. Like the old saying goes "There's a lot of fish in the ocean. Just don't let your bait get stale." But I somehow don't believe that is related to fishing only.
I chortle and guffaw everytime someone posts on this board how their "never fail" bait is some commercially prepared toxic waste dough product. Or that they learned how to fish only at night, using rancid chicken livers or whatever. Over the years I have tried all those things too. I have caught a few fish on them, but I consistently catch far more and bigger fish using the baits most likely to be on the local menu. And that usually includes (legal) fish parts or whole fish of the species most common in those specific waters...carp, perch, white bass, etc.
In Utah Lake one of the main forage species...for all predators...is white bass. And while using frozen and rethawed white bass and white bass parts is better than non-natural concoctions it is tough to beat fresh caught.
During the late summer there are gazillions of baby white bass in the harbors. They are anywhere from 3 to 5 inches. You can catch a day's supply quickly with a couple of small jigs...or a bucket full to freeze for future trips. Kill them and properly rig them whole and you can catch almost anything in the lake. But any time you catch a larger white bass and turn it into fluttery bait strips you got MONEY.
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