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Post by Scott McCray on Mar 20, 2006 22:51:49 GMT -5
I make this bait about every year, I use 1 cup of peanut butter 1 cup of Grape Jelly (you can use strawberry also) 1 Cup of Honey 1 cup of molases 1 cup of Apple Butter.
It is very sweet and has some great smells to it. Give it a whirl. ;D
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Post by yote_trapper17 on Mar 20, 2006 23:22:56 GMT -5
Man that sounds more like something I would be spreading on toast in the morning!
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Post by Scott McCray on Mar 21, 2006 21:10:20 GMT -5
LOL. Yea, but It works. LOL>
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Post by jabne on Mar 24, 2006 21:15:54 GMT -5
I shop during summer, watch for sales on the cans of mackeral, or sardines, or salmon. All work well. Dump several cans in a large 5 quart ice cream pail and add some salt to help preserve and antifreeze it, plus a 1/2 pint or so of strong fish oil. I let that set at room temperature for a couple weeks (not too hot in summer...fall is a good time) then scoop it into clean, small plastic jars like the ones they use for peanut butter, and you can freeze them then at that point. Take out a jar or two each night as needed during season and generally thaws out at room temperature overnight. I stash a bunch of these away in the freezer in early fall. Buy the cans of fish when they have great sales on them to save $$$
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Post by mallarddrake85 on Mar 25, 2006 22:22:10 GMT -5
Scott McCray....that sounds expensive? is it?
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Post by Scott McCray on Mar 25, 2006 23:10:55 GMT -5
LOL. Well that depends. That makes a LOT of bait. And it is generally all materials you have in your house already. . I have also used Karo syrup In place of Molasses or Maple syrup. You don't have to use REal maple syrup so it isn't too expensive. And Karo is cheap.
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Post by jabne on Apr 16, 2006 7:01:42 GMT -5
I also have a freezer full of carp chunks. They didn't cost me a thing except a lot of summertime fun to catch and maybe an ear or two of sweetcorn for bait. Nice, strong, oily fish. I clean them and cut the fillets into 2" chunks then bag them up in gallon size ziplocks to use in fall. I have the option then of using the fresh in early season, or thawing some out and slightly tainting them a bit for later season work. I catch a lot of coyotes and fox on these also. In this area, coyotes love fish for some reason. As for the cans of mackeral or salmon, I go to the "dollar store" and spend about 5 or 6 bucks for all the canned fish I need for the season...and for that same amount of cash I wouldn't get a very big jar of commercially prepared coon bait so this is a deal to me.
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Post by raya on Jun 10, 2006 14:58:56 GMT -5
Hi ya'll Yep I'd have to keep a loaf a bread along settin traps. How well does that hold up in cold weather or shoud a guy add some glycol or Glycern ?? Thanks RayA
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