Im going out fishing at Keystone Lake in Pennsylvania. Does anyone have any great homemade recipes for bait?
From what I can tell it really depends on what type of fish you are trying to catch as to what kind of bait you would want to make. Here are some great links to fish bait recipes: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/49870/how_to_make_homemade_fish_bait.html?cat=14 http://www.makeyourownfishbait.
When I first began carp fishing over 35 years ago I used the most common form of ground bait, which was bread crumbs made from old loaves. For years I used this effectively. I might add finely chopped luncheon meats and spam each with different fat and meat content and various rates of oil release and solubility’s in water. Then sweetcorn and liquidized sweetcorn were added. Hemp with aniseed oil, or maggots, yeast extract, spices and herbs, condiments and sweeteners from the larder, were added over time to add to the effect. Each new bit of information gleaned from other anglers or new ingredient found in the kitchen or supermarket was put to good use! I did notice that fish would certainly linger for longer, feed more intensively and competitively and less cautiously the more ground bait I regularly introduced. Most often, the amount of ground bait I could afford for a days fishing was the actual limiting factor in the number of fish I could catch in a day. In those days Where I live
