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That’s a good one! Crazy they hit them dogs lol👍
Yeah, haven't used hot dogs for bait, since I lived in Texas in over 20 years ago. Used to get lots of bullheads and channel cats on them in open water.After seeing some under ice footage on Youtube, figured I'd give it a try. That’s pretty wild! Might have to give er a try haha..Funny enough, the mackerels and frozen suckers (live baitfish prohibited here) on the flags surrounding this line weren't touched.
Heck yeah. We catch pike and Tiger Muskys out here on them. I tell people about it and they think I'm high or something- and you can eat them for lunch unlike old sucker meat-
FreshwaterPhil, nice pike there. I also use hot dogs for pike from time to time. Nice to mix up the bait choices for them and see what want. Some days, for what ever reason, pike will take a hot dog, before a smelt or dead other bait. I bet those cheese injected smokies,or, perhaps garlic sausage, would be a hit to. They both would have lots of oily scent.I once tried just a chunk of pure garlic, just for the heck of it, and it even got a hit from a pike on a set rod. It was just enough of a bite to remove the garlic, but, not get hooked. Saw the whole thing on camera. WW
What type of hot dog? Bar S? Kayem ?
Around this part of SK. some anglers use pieces of beef heart and catch both pike and walleye on that.They usually cut a chunk of heart and place it on a jig head and set rod, or, tip-up. Beef heart works OK too in the open water season on the same jig head setup.WW