How To Make Your Own Homemade Carp Fishing Bait
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.
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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