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the bait i use is nightcrawlers
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Hey rjf, I use live bait or frozen on the big pond depending on what we'er after. Artifical mostly in sweet water. What fish are you trying for? Don't forget to post your catch on the regional board.
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well whan I am not using artificial lures, I use both live and dead bait.
[ul] [li]Live[/li] [ol] [li]Crawlers[/li] [li]minnows[/li] [li]shiners[/li] [li]craw dads[/li] [li]wigglers[/li] [li]wax worms[/li] [li]mousies[/li] [li]spikes[/li] [li]earth worms[/li] [li]red worms[/li] [li]crickets[/li] [li]grass hoppers when I can catch them[/li] [li]every leaf eating bug crawling in my garden[/li] [li]chub/sucker[/li] [li]golden shiners[/li] [li]leaches[/li][/ol] [li]Dead[/li] [ol] [li]unkle josh dead minnows[/li] [li]unkle josh dead shiners[/li] [li]chicken liver[/li] [li]dead minnows/shiners from the bucket[/li] [li]dried crickets[/li] [li]semi dried wax worms[/li] [li]dead leaches from the can[/li] [li]chunks of bait fish[/li][/ol][/ul]
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Hi there davetclown,

Do you use a harness for those poor little cute, white colored, pink, wiggly-nosed, long whiskered mice?

Are some of your dead baits frozen? We freeze and salt a lot of bait around here. Any of them put in suspended-animation?

Kitchen-sinks don't quality as bait I guess although I saw a gag lure that was a minature kitchen sink with a treble.

JapanRon
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mousies are actualy a bee larve'

you can only get them during the dead of winter around here, you dont want them maturing on ya, at least not while you are trying to fish with them.

I would not mind learning a few tips on curing minnows or other baits for future use if ya wouldnt mind sharing a recipy or two.
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well whan I am not using artificial lures, I use both live and dead bait.
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Excellent choice. It's good to use the natural forage that could accidently end up in the water.

I usually use mosquitoes since there's an abundance of them. Heh, I wish.

Waxworms
Nightcrawlers
Various minnows

That's about it on my side of things.
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I would use misquitos but I have yet to find a hook big enough to hold a michigan misquito [url "javascript: addTag('pirate')"][pirate][/url]
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I know what you mean. Around here, you need to wear a parachute at all times in case one decided to pick you up and fly off with ya.
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hey there dave, what are mousies? haha and i dont have red worms, i got the blue ones out of the horse ---- that patches little red, bombfire, and bucky left. haha well i gyess there is some little tiny, red worms caomme to think of it. but there so small they wouldnt do no good on the hook. the blue ones are best,and what are spikes your meanin??i alos use chunks of fish too. when i run out the worms or crawlers, and i also use snails that are under the plywodd up near the old barn. they work real good fer my trout! later never used chicken livers, ya use them fer them big kittys you guys catch dont ya, htere huge!
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ya ya look like your havin good time in that boat of yours! haha do ya got the line wrapped round your big toe so,s when they hit it wakes ya up?? hahaha or pulls ya in?? ahhahaha jack does that from shore! hahahaha with a beer in his hand till he dumps it all over hisself, hahaha later
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Live Bait: Small carp, large sunfish (perch), goldfish, shad, bullheads, shiners, crawdads, nightcrawlers, catalpa worms.

Other Bait: Cut bait, livers, both commercial and homemade punch and dip baits, hotdog chunks sprinkled with garlic powder, blood baits.
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I usually use nightcrawlers. I have used minnows and shiners when the "mission" requires it. I also have a few types or artificail stuff lying around.
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[] I use Nightcrawlers or minnows
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For freshwater, I like to use Crawlers, wax worms, crawdads and meal worms.

For saltwater, I use anchovy, sardine, squid and mackerel.[cool]
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