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Title: Any non-fish baits you use?
Post by: PGKris on Jan 16, 2007, 12:39 AM: Since using baitfish for ling is illegal here, and I try to stay on the right side of the rules, I'm trying to think up some non-fishy baits for burbot....I know squid works well as TGF has shown me.....but what else have you used with success?
Title: Re: Any non-fish baits you use?
Post by: TGF on Jan 16, 2007, 03:07 AM: Ancient Chinese Secret ;)2 :whistle: :whistle: Has got me a few burbot, but I just can't bring myself to eat one that goes for my excrement :sick:. Derby OK, eating poor. ;)

I've also heard of liver, heart, chicken as long as fresh.
Title: Re: Any non-fish baits you use?
Post by: fish_finder on Jan 16, 2007, 11:17 AM: ive also heard of liver, and one guy i know used to use old freezer burnt deer meat with sucess, i would even try giving a big buck tail or marabou jig a healthy dose of shad scent for jigging, ya never know
Title: Re: Any non-fish baits you use?
Post by: Whitefish Slayer on Jan 16, 2007, 11:49 AM: burbot aren't all that fussy, whatever you have they will likely take!!
Anything that's meat they will eat!!!

experiment with certains "other" baits and let us know how you make out
Title: Re: Any non-fish baits you use?
Post by: mormyshka on Jan 16, 2007, 02:48 PM: 2 ,3 fat nightcrawlers on circle hook (let's say #8) and they are yours! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Any non-fish baits you use?
Post by: sled-in on Jan 16, 2007, 03:11 PM: didn't fishermanjake or whatever his name is use large plastic glow lures?
Title: Re: Any non-fish baits you use?
Post by: PGKris on Jan 16, 2007, 03:14 PM: Yeah we do that.....I was just wondering what else I could tip the jigs with
Title: Re: Any non-fish baits you use?
Post by: jabers69 on Jan 26, 2007, 07:45 AM: Any kind of meat will work ,old freezer burn stuff works great , we also used the blood shot stuff from are deer last year and it worked great.
Title: Re: Any non-fish baits you use?
Post by: fishermanjake on Jan 31, 2007, 02:52 PM: try herring oil, or man made scents...you get better action on the curly tail grubs with that anyhow, plus i've taken burbot without bait too, they just don't stick around as long
Title: Re: Any non-fish baits you use?
Post by: PigShanks on Jan 31, 2007, 02:58 PM: I have caught a few with those colorful gummie worms, regular not sour. And if the fish aren't biting they taste pretty good as well.
Title: Re: Any non-fish baits you use?
Post by: NUSDADDY22 on Jan 31, 2007, 03:02 PM: Go and get some frozen shrimp (not cooked) works great, believe it or not you might catch a pike.lol. Won a derby that way ;)