Bait

[MRC2572]

Anyone try switching between frozen baits and fresh dead baits and notice a difference. Im having a slow year and all of my fish have been on older frozen baits but i keep switching back to the fresher ones just because it "should make more sense". Seems like the frozen baits from two years ago are what they want or maybe its just the days i am going. I don't no.  Any thoughts?

[jgouldin]

I think they sometimes like the old frozen things i freeze all my big minnows that die maybe the smell or who knows i do put some salt on mine before i freeze them though.

[Whopper Stopper]

When I fish dead bait it is always frozen smelt. On Rainy Lake many just use fresh dead suckers for bait. Both seem to work.

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[HUNTnFISHSD]

 I will have to try frozen dead bait some time.

[mr tip up]

it would make sense fresh dead bait would work better but I think the smell of the old frozen bait has some thing to do with it but they both work

[river_scum]

nice lively gills rock!

[NY_labman]

I've used both fresh and frozen/thawed and haven't noticed any difference.  On days that they bite, they bite and on slow days it doesn't seem to matter what's down the hole.

[delawareriver]

While striper fishing one trip, we had some dead clams mixed in with our live clams. We were killing em on the dead smelly clams while the live ones had a slow pick of fish at best. Striper are suppose to be very picky and for any consistent bite need to have the freshest bait but some days for what ever reason fish want something different.

[Gfish69]

I watched guys slay em one day on nasty red eyed falling apart sea herring while I caught nothing on fresh dead Golden's  and suckers. Guess you gotta throw a change up just to make sure. Been experimenting with frozen sardines with good results