Hello,
I have created dough type baits for trout. They are colorful and "smelly"-(garlic powder and sardines) and I use gelatin to help keep them connected.
Nothing seems to work- they dissolve quickly off the hook. I need to make them consistent and much better bonded.
I am out of ideas. The thing that makes :GULP work so well is its bonding and staying on the hook. What's the miracle ingredient?
Thanks, in advance,
This is a screenshot so the link won’t work, but look int spawn sacks, used to hold salmon eggs on hooks.
Maybe if you mixed a little plastisol in w it
This spawn netting would seem to be the best bet. I have looked at Gamatsu? octopus hooks and these hooks, combined with my dough balls in this netting would seem to be a very good solution.
Thanks
gene so wrote:
This spawn netting would seem to be the best bet. I have looked at Gamatsu? octopus hooks and these hooks, combined with my dough balls in this netting would seem to be a very good solution.
Thanks
We would cure our own salmon egg skeins and wrap a dollop of eggs in the net for steelhead fishing in the Pacific Northwest rivers. I think it sounds like a similar situation to keeping bait on hooks. I plan on trying it for flounder in New Hampshire. Let us know how it works.
Try adding some cornstarch maybe ...?? Or possibly let it "dry out" a bit before putting in a jar or what have you...??
My experience has been that "fresh" Powerbait doesn't cling or stay on, nearly as long as my jars from "last season" that become almost hard to form around the hook. Still stinks, still catch trout....plus, I just hate to let ANYTHING go to waste...lol.
Good luck !
When I make some more doughbaits in the future I shall add some cornstarch-thanks. In the meantime I shall try to learn more about this spawning netting I did not know about till yesterday. Apparently it can be colored to match the roe. I would like to find some "neutral" color and learn how to best make these for fishing. I like this idea, it would allow the material and scent to flow outside the material slowly, and thus should work well fishing,
I use small treble hooks, and realize I should be using a standard hook for this netting. I have read of Gamatsu Octupus hooks. Would these type of hooks be ideal for this netting lure presentation?
We used to use Borax to help toughen up eggs. Might try some on a little bit of your dough and see if it works...
GLA wrote:
We used to use Borax to help toughen up eggs. Might try some on a little bit of your dough and see if it works...
I was thinking we used salt, but now that you mentioned it, we did use Borax.
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