How Do You Make Your Own Fishing Bait?

There are many recipes that you can take fullHow About Some Cheese Bait?
advantage of to help you to score the big fish.You can use this type of homemade bait to catch
Why not make the bait at home on your own?carp, chub, bream and catfish. Here's what you
Here are just a couple of the options that youneed to do.
have in fish bait recipes.- Roll out about ten ounces of pie pastry on your
Salmon Eggs: How To Cure Themcounter top.
There are several fish that this will work well for.- Use mature cheddar flavor cheese to smear on
If you are after largemouth bass, salmon, lakethe pastry.
trout or muskellunge, you'll love to use these- Add six ounces of grated cheddar cheese and
because they will give you good results. Here's afour ounces of blue cheese crumbles that are
step by step to help you.finely ground.
- When cleaning your salmon, keep the egg sacs- Fold that pastry over so that it is completely
intact.covering the cheese. Then, roll it out again.
- Cover a large flat surface that you can easily- Do this several times until the pastry and the
move with borax.cheese are completely combined.
- Cut the egg sacs across the membrane about- Form into a large ball and knead it.
three to four inches and lay them at least one- Place some cheddar cheese bits into the bottom
inch apart on the borax.of a plastic bag then place the cheese ball into it
- Sprinkle more borax on top and make sureas well. Freeze it.
they are all covered.- Once thawed the consistency is perfect and it
- Move them to an area with good circulation thatwill have a good cheese smell to it. Roll it into
is also sheltered. You do not want them in anysmall balls and store in an air tight container. You
sunlight or in any way getting wet.can then use them next time you head out.
- Allow them to dry for two or three days andWho said you couldn't make your own great baits
turn them about every twelve hours.for your favorite catch? This is a great way to
- Shake off the excess borax and place them inget some of the best baits for next to nothing as
plastic bags for storage. You can use them whenwell. Go ahead and give it a try. You would be
they are completely dry.surprised how well these work.