I have smelt stocked up from the ice season that I plan to use for sturgeon and eel. I’m sure shad and gaspereaux would work since bass eat them in the wild.
Stripped bass with mackerel
DFO announces closures of Atlantic mackerel, bait fisheries to restore stocks | Globalnews.ca
This article makes me a little worried... at the beginning of August, I'll be on vacation for three weeks in the Miscou Island area and I wonder if I'll be able to get mackerel for bait from the fish stores. Having fished only with that for years, I wonder what I could use as a replacement to fish from the shore, with a dead line. I thought of smelts (frozen from the grocery store...), pork liver... any suggestions?
This article makes me a little worried... at the beginning of August, I'll be on vacation for three weeks in the Miscou Island area and I wonder if I'll be able to get mackerel for bait from the fish stores. Having fished only with that for years, I wonder what I could use as a replacement to fish from the shore, with a dead line. I thought of smelts (frozen from the grocery store...), pork liver... any suggestions?
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Gaspereaux works. I was thinking salt curing some pork liver and trying that myself.
Thank you for your comments.
I read somewhere that pork rinds would be working and they hold up well on the hook. I will definitely try it if mackerel is lacking. I checked here at the supermarket and a 1kg frozen mackerel sells for about 8 dollars...as for smelt, not being "fat" enough, striped bass would not be attracted but I will probably try it. Anyway, if it doesn't work, I'll eat them!
I read somewhere that pork rinds would be working and they hold up well on the hook. I will definitely try it if mackerel is lacking. I checked here at the supermarket and a 1kg frozen mackerel sells for about 8 dollars...as for smelt, not being "fat" enough, striped bass would not be attracted but I will probably try it. Anyway, if it doesn't work, I'll eat them!
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