I venture to bet that if a person were ever to try to count the different baits available in this world he would be
unsuccessful in coming up with an accurate number. In fact, it really wouldn't surprise me if he, or she, were off by
several hundred. Now then, when I say baits I don't mean lures, rubber worms and spinner baits; I'm talking real bait
that you pin on a hook. It could be live bait such as worms and shiners or it can be man made with artificial or
natural ingredients such as Salmon eggs or doughbaits.
Imagine if you will the different concoctions that people have come up with just in the past few decades. Some
folks swear that if you take chicken gizzards and bury them in your backyard on a full moon in the middle of the 7
month for 72 hours while standing on your head and chanting in strange tongue that you'll have the best damn
catfish bait east or west of the Mississippi. Actually the chicken gizzards alone are pretty good bait, the other stuff is
just something that my sister does after a date.
Okay, my point is that real bait (the stuff you dig up, mash up, catch or scrape off the road) has been around for
hundreds of years before lures were ever even conceived. I'm sure that most of you old timers remember going to
the local pond with a can of worms you dug up the night before, pinning them on a five cent hook (likely the only
hook you owned) and catchin' bass after bass after bass. That's alot of bass.
Can you imagine one of the "pros" in todays circuit going out onto the lake during a half million dollar tournament in
his $50,000 rig. As he pulls into his favorite hole he peeks over his shoulder to make sure nobody is looking then he
pins on a big, fat, juicy, 8 inch long live night crawler and toss' it gently into the brush. Pretty funny scenario isn't it;
but, it wouldn't surprise me in the least bit to see that worm get bit by a big, fat, juicy 8 pound Largemouth.
So why doesn't he do it you ask? Well, I say it's because they ain't fishin', they're working. Working is no fun, I
don't care what the job is! Fishin' is fun! When you're working you're on a schedule and when you're on a
schedule your not allowed to dilly dally around, you gotta' hustle. Hustlin' means you don't have time to sit around
and wait for a bass to introduce himself to your night crawler before he sucks him down.
Now don't get me wrong, these guys work hard at what they do and they are very good at it; read that sentence
again - "They "WORK" hard. Yes, I have fished tournaments before, once actually. I will never do it again. The
guy I was with was a nut, we blasted around Lake Mead like a couple of crazed lunatics and we never stayed in one
spot long enough to let our wake die down let alone catch fish. All right, I'm exaggerating a little. But I have to tell
you, it was not fun for me. Give me four lawn chairs, my daughters sitting next to me and a cold drink while we're
drowning bait; whether we catch fish or not, that's fun.
What was it I wanted to say...Oh yeah, this page is all about baits; the ones I recommend anyway.
unsuccessful in coming up with an accurate number. In fact, it really wouldn't surprise me if he, or she, were off by
several hundred. Now then, when I say baits I don't mean lures, rubber worms and spinner baits; I'm talking real bait
that you pin on a hook. It could be live bait such as worms and shiners or it can be man made with artificial or
natural ingredients such as Salmon eggs or doughbaits.
Imagine if you will the different concoctions that people have come up with just in the past few decades. Some
folks swear that if you take chicken gizzards and bury them in your backyard on a full moon in the middle of the 7
month for 72 hours while standing on your head and chanting in strange tongue that you'll have the best damn
catfish bait east or west of the Mississippi. Actually the chicken gizzards alone are pretty good bait, the other stuff is
just something that my sister does after a date.
Okay, my point is that real bait (the stuff you dig up, mash up, catch or scrape off the road) has been around for
hundreds of years before lures were ever even conceived. I'm sure that most of you old timers remember going to
the local pond with a can of worms you dug up the night before, pinning them on a five cent hook (likely the only
hook you owned) and catchin' bass after bass after bass. That's alot of bass.
Can you imagine one of the "pros" in todays circuit going out onto the lake during a half million dollar tournament in
his $50,000 rig. As he pulls into his favorite hole he peeks over his shoulder to make sure nobody is looking then he
pins on a big, fat, juicy, 8 inch long live night crawler and toss' it gently into the brush. Pretty funny scenario isn't it;
but, it wouldn't surprise me in the least bit to see that worm get bit by a big, fat, juicy 8 pound Largemouth.
So why doesn't he do it you ask? Well, I say it's because they ain't fishin', they're working. Working is no fun, I
don't care what the job is! Fishin' is fun! When you're working you're on a schedule and when you're on a
schedule your not allowed to dilly dally around, you gotta' hustle. Hustlin' means you don't have time to sit around
and wait for a bass to introduce himself to your night crawler before he sucks him down.
Now don't get me wrong, these guys work hard at what they do and they are very good at it; read that sentence
again - "They "WORK" hard. Yes, I have fished tournaments before, once actually. I will never do it again. The
guy I was with was a nut, we blasted around Lake Mead like a couple of crazed lunatics and we never stayed in one
spot long enough to let our wake die down let alone catch fish. All right, I'm exaggerating a little. But I have to tell
you, it was not fun for me. Give me four lawn chairs, my daughters sitting next to me and a cold drink while we're
drowning bait; whether we catch fish or not, that's fun.
What was it I wanted to say...Oh yeah, this page is all about baits; the ones I recommend anyway.
| This page is dedicated to doughbaits, stinkbaits and salmon eggs that I may have found, tried and truly believe in. Please remember, these recommendations are my personal opinions. |
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