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Fish Bait Recipes
Curing Salmon
Eggs
If you are fishing for large game fish, cured salmon eggs are the
perfect bait. Largemouth bass, pickerel, muskellunge, salmon, lake trout
and other large fish species love them. Here's how to cure salmon eggs
to use as bait. When you remove the eggs from the salmon you are
cleaning, keep the egg sacs, also known as skeins intact. Cover a large,
flat, moveable surface with 1/4 inch of borax. Cut the egg sacs (skeins)
across the membrane in sections of 3 to 4 inches. Lay the egg sac
(skein) sections 1 inch apart on top of the borax. Sprinkle more borax
over the top to create a light coating. Be sure all egg sacs are
covered. Move the large moveable surface that the eggs are on into a
sheltered area that has good air circulation all around. The eggs must
not be in direct sunlight and must not get wet, so be sure they are
protected from precipitation. Allow the sacs to dry for two to three
days, being sure to turn them every 12 hours. Pick the egg sacs out of
the borax and shake any excess off them. Place them in plastic bags or
storage containers. The egg sacs are ready to use when they are
completely dry and feel leathery, but flexible. If eggs are properly
cured, they can be saved in the plastic bags or containers to be used on
your next fishing trip.
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Cheese Bait
Cheese bait can be used to catch bream, catfish, chub, and carp. In fact
carp especially love cheese bait. So if you're looking to catch any of
these species or a huge carp that's been lurking around your fishing
hole, here's how to make your own cheese bait. Use 10 ounces (284 grams)
of pie pastry and roll it flat on a cutting board or counter top. Smear
the pastry with mature cheddar flavor. Add 6 ounces (170 grams) of
grated mature cheddar cheese and 4 ounces (115 grams of crumbled Danish
blue cheese. Make sure it's crumbled to fine grains. Fold the pastry
over the cheese so it is completely covered and roll again. Continue
this process until the pie pastry and the cheese are mixed thoroughly
and the cheese is absorbed by the pastry. Form the paste into a large
ball and knead by hand. Add ten drops of the mature cheddar flavoring to
a freezer bag and place the cheese paste ball into the bag. Place in the
freezer. When it is thawed, this bait has a very appealing consistency
and texture, and a very powerful cheesy smell. Roll the thawed paste
into cheese balls and place into a container for your next fishing trip.
When you place a cheese ball onto your hook, set the hook's point into
the center, cast and wait patiently for the fish to bite. Optionally you
may add a few drops of red food coloring to the paste if you wish, but
it isn't necessary.
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