Catching your own bait.

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fishon2407

Discussion Starter · Mar 13, 2008

With the rising costs of bait and all other things associated with a day on the water I was wondering who out there takes the time to catch thier own bait.I try to catch as much of my own as possible.Fishing for herring in the winter,vaccum sealing them for later use.Throwing a cast net at the dock for bunker the night before a shark trip.I keep an eel pot under the boat in the fall during the striper run.All of this has saved me a ton of dough that I can spend on other things like that second six pack.

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fishon2407

Discussion Starter · #3 · Mar 13, 2008

I don't go looking for the bait I wait for it to come to me.The night before a shark trip I go down to the boat and throw a cast net for bunker.They are always there and I usually net 40-50 large ones and fill like 2, 5 gallon buckets of peanuts to grind up on the boat.At $2.50 a pop for fresh bunker thats alot of money.

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fishon2407

Discussion Starter · #6 · Mar 14, 2008

gebby wrote:
fishon what kind of bait do u use for the eelpot, and what kind of habitat do eels like?
Just like bayrat said,horshoe crab makes for the best bait.I keep two of the eel pots that look like long killie traps right at the dock sitting on bottom.Ground is pretty muddy by the boat.

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