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| Tips 6 |
Secret Baits
| Dough baits |
| We all have heard, used or concocted a dough bait at one time or another. Some are close guarded family secrets. That special catfish or carp bait, pass down through generations. Some have superstitions attached to them . Like wearing the old shirt (not washed) since the last fish was caught from the last batch. Five fishing trips ago! Well here is one of those secret recipes. Keep this top secret! and it can only be passed down to your children or your best fishing buddy. Ha Ha! Follow it closely! Remember that you will catch every fish in the lake! So after you have enough for a good meal, Please practice catch and release! |
| For Carp Top Secret Dough Bait |
In a pot add 1 # 2 can of cream style yellow corn. Add 2 tablespoons of salt as a preservative. 1 squirt of anise oil. With a wooded spoon stir in a cup of yellow cornmeal, then add a cup of flour. If it gets too stiff, lay it on a board and stir the ingredients until the wooden spoon breaks then get a bigger wooden spoon. Then add a packet of Sure-gel and a raw egg. Knead in 1 1/2 cups of wheat germ. If the bigger spoon breaks it is done. Store in a plastic container or freeze it.
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| For Catfish here is new one that was sent in from Austin |
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I have some great catfish bait recipes, here they are. When I was a little kid my grandfather taught them to me. Cheesy Doughbait
run hamburger through a food processor or blender to make a thick past. add cheese and garlic powder; knead thoroughly. add enough flour to bring dough to the desired consistency. That's just one of my recipes if you want more e-mail me at aus90us@ yahoo.com |
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Trout line Chuck Bait for Catfish ---- Sent in from Austin |
1 tin sardines, packed in oil mix all ingredients in a large bowl. add small amounts of water to form bread like dough. form dough into balls the size of a ping pong ball and drop into boiling water for three minutes. remove, drain on paper towels and allow to cool. chum put one pound of limburger cheese in a 4gallon bucket 1/2half can of garlic powder1ounce corn starch 1/2glass of water mix it up with your hands. how to use: throw little bits and peaces of it in the water, or in a chum bag. and let it de-solve it will bring those channels and blues run' in. aus90us@ yahoo.com |
| Carp - Dough Bait |
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This dough bait was told to me by {Jungle} Jim Roberts back in the early 70's. Jim was an old river rat from up on the grand river in Bedford Missouri and him and his wife Lucile used to can carp every year, and of course Jim had a secret dough bait that they used. I was about 12 and Jim took me under his wing to show me what fish' in was all about, you remember, your young and you get the deep end of the seine. Anyway Jim would use cotton seed cakes on bank lines for a week and when it wasn't to hot we would go rod & reel fishing. Well in a weeks time we would catch at least 100 lbs of carp for Lucile to can, she was busy all day every day. The best part was catching those carp on rod&reel and big one as I recall 3-10 ponders and even what Jim called a German carp that had scales the size of a silver dollar [ I haven't seen one since. That was the best bait and has always worked for me. So here it is-
The best way to tell when you have enough is when you have stirred it enough that the wheaties are broken down to at least half the original size and the bait is still the constancy of liquid marsh mellow. Let cool and put in zip lock bags and freeze. This will make enough for the summer about 5-6 bags with 2-3 cups in each. It is best to keep in cooler while you fish, It stays on better and longer this way and best of all it wont come off when you cast. I use #6 treble hooks with a spring around the shank. This will make enough for the summer about 5-6 bags with 2-3 cups in each. It is best to keep in cooler while you fish, It stays on better and longer this way and best of all it wont come off when you cast. I use #6 treble hooks with a spring around the shank. So make a batch and take a youngster out for a day they wont soon forget , I haven't. And this may not be a big secret bait anymore since Jim and Lucile always helped who they could and I was just one of the many. Both are gone now but never forgotten and so I pass on what he gave me, the recipe for fun. TAKE A CHILD FISHING YOU COULD CHANGE HIS OR HER LIFE. Mark Israel Springfield, Mo. |
| If you have one of those great Dough bait Recipes and wish to share it. We will post it here, and naturally give credit where credit is due. Mail it to missourifishing |
| All recipes are the property of the owners, they were just kind enough to send them in to share with our readers! |
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Last up-dated 04/03/05 08:29 PM