Fishing Bait Articles & Videos

• Michigan Fish Bait Regulations

  The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment oversees fishing in the state. One of its duties is to uphold certain regulations regarding the various kinds of baits that anglers employ to catch fish. read more

• How Do I Prepare Fishing Bait?

  The sun is out, the cooler is full and the fishing is prime. Now you need to rig up your reel and rod with the appropriate bait. Setting your bait to the hook and reel is a simple task, yet one that needs to follow a chronology. Your lake o… read more

• How Can I Use Rattlesnakes for Fishing Bait?

  When fishing for large game fish such as largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye, rig your freshwater fishing reel with a rattlesnake set-up. Catch the rattlesnake using a spear or live snake trap and then kill, skin and cut it into fish… read more

• Fishing Bait Recipe for Saltwater

  When angling for large game fish such as largemouth bass, salmon and trout, bait your hook with homemade cured salmon eggs. Obtain salmon eggs from a previous catch and remove the eggs for your homemade bait recipe, which requires only a fe… read more

• Home Recipe for Fishing Bait

  Save money and bait your line bait balls by using a home recipe. Like any good fishing bait, you want bait that will lure large fish such as the catfish or carp. Home recipe bait provides the added benefit of requiring ingredients that are… read more

• Recipes for Fishing Bait Made With Flour

  Preparing homemade bait is an economical and alternative option to expensive lures and bait products purchased from fishermen, superstores and tackle shops. Using easy-to-find ingredients, you can prepare your own fishing bait for large fis… read more

• How to Use Stuff From Home for Fishing Bait

  Choosing the right bait for fishing can oftentimes be a real head-scratching experience for many anglers, and especially new ones. A walk down the bait aisles of your local tackle or big box store can muddy the already murky waters. Instea… read more

• Musky Fishing Baits & Techniques

  The muskellunge, better known as the muskie, is the biggest member of the pike family of fish. Most muskies exceed 80 pounds. Some anglers many spend hours stalking through shallow and weedy areas of lakes and rivers to catch one of these b… read more

• How to Rig a Ballyhoo for King Mackerel Fishing

  Anglers often prefer rigging a ballyhoo, or bally, when going after king mackerel because of its effectiveness. This baitfish has a long shape with a pointed bill, which attracts many offshore game fish, including large king mackerel. Riggi… read more

• Facts About Fishing Baits

  Anglers enjoy a range of choices, from writhing leeches to high-tech lures, when it comes to fishing baits. Live bait has an excellent record of accomplishment when it comes to catching fish, such that it still produces more than 50 percent… read more

• How to Trawl Fish for Bait

  Trawl net fishing provides an efficient way for anglers to obtain bait fish. To maximize your time on the water, choose a depth that will accommodate the size of your trawl net. Cast your trawl net down to the bottom and wait to collect you… read more

• How to Cook Fish Bait

  Bait fish such as sardines, shad, pile worms, mackerel, anchovies and minnows can be used raw or cooked to seal in flavor and draw out natural oils. The biggest reason to cook bait fish is to toughen the skin, because small fish can easily… read more

• How to Bait a Good Fishing Hole

  The practice of baiting fishing holes probably goes back as far as the use of willow poles, line, hooks and worms. Baiting a hole, when legal, is typically done some time before the actual fishing will be done. A variety of attractant bait… read more

• Free Fishing Bait Tips on How to Use Sardines

  Sardines are a bait fish that you purchase from a market or bait and tackle shop. When selecting the sardines you want to use, choose sardines that are 8 to 9 inches long, which is an ideal size for filleting, cutting into chunks and scrapi… read more

• How to Modify a Heddon Spook Fishing Bait

  Heddon Manufacturing has been in the fishing business since the 1890s. One of the more popular lines of lures or baits is the Spook lure. Available in a Magnum, Zara, Sway Back and Super model, Spook lures are torpedo shaped and designed to… read more

• How to Cure Minnows

  Minnows are an effective fishing bait, but there's always the question of what to do with any leftovers. Instead of throwing the minnows into the water you have been fishing, you can cure them and use them for your next fishing trip. Cured… read more

• Active Ingredients in Malrin Fly Bait

  Malrin Fly Bait is a pesticide that is scattered in outdoor areas to get rid of flies. It is most commonly used by food processing plants, kennels, warehouses, bakeries, restaurants, supermarkets and dumpsters. The bait attracts insects to… read more

• Fish Bait Cures

  Curing fish bait really stinks, and it's supposed to. Curing, also known as brining, helps retain the bait's alluring scent to attract the fish, while it makes the bait firmer and longer lasting for storage. Curing works equally well on who… read more

• Names of Bait for Fly Fishing

  Fly fishing is often viewed by many people as a mystical world where trout are conjured up from cold mountain streams with a long wand. However, this is a misconception as fly fishing is a sport that most people can learn to enjoy. With bas… read more

• How to Identify Fishing Bait

  The type of bait you choose to fish with can make the difference between going home with a bucket full of fish and going home empty-handed. While a variety of types of fishing bait can be used to catch fish, you'll want to find out which sp… read more

• How to Use a Grasshopper for Fishing Bait

  Catfish, trout and bass find grasshoppers, and their cousins the locust and crickets, to be tasty meals. Grasshoppers are an easy live bait to work with due to their large size and being relatively easy to catch. Using live natural bait may… read more

• How to Use Bacon As Fish Bait

  Bacon fat is full of oils that attract several varieties of fish. From bluegill and crappie to catfish, fish love the scent and taste of bacon. Whether you are bottom fishing or fishing close to the bank, bacon is an effective alternative t… read more

• How to Use Mussels As Fishing Bait

  In waters where they're found, mussels can be a great bait. The fish in the water will be familiar with the scent and more than likely enjoy the taste of mussels. They're also easy to pluck from the water since they're stationary--it only t… read more

• How to Brine Fish Bait

  Brining serves two purposes for anglers. First, it adds a unique flavor to the fish, often giving off a more pungent aroma that will attract a potential catch. But brining bait also helps to preserve it for later use without the fish decayi… read more

• How to Use Mice for Fish Bait

  Fishermen are always looking for the next big thing when it comes to fish bait and lures, which explains the use of mice. Different species of fish such as river pike attack mice that try hopping across the water. They'll actually come righ… read more

• How to Keep Maggots for Fishing Bait

  Live maggots are sold at bait and tackle shops and often used as bait for ice fishing. Maggots are also an effective bait in warm water and will attract rainbow trout, yellow perch and almost any fish that can be hooked with a regular night… read more

• How to Use Hot Dogs for Fish Bait

  Hot dogs are an economical choice for fish bait, and you won't have to hunt them down as you would nightcrawlers or other types of live bait. While you may be able to catch fish with plain hot dogs, soaking them in oil to increase the scent… read more

• How to Fish With a Bait Rig

  Few things are as effective or as commonly used in saltwater fishing as bait rigs. These rigs are best used in the springtime when most fish are feeding rapidly in an effort to gain back mass lost during the winter months. The best baits ar… read more

• How to Preserve Fish Bait

  It's a fish eat fish world out there, so what better way to catch a fish than with some tasty minnows or other fish for bait? Having well-preserved bait fish on hand will ensure it won't fall apart on your fishing line. Also, well-preserve… read more

• How to Collect Fishing Bait

  To catch fish an angler requires some sort of bait. While artificial lures such as spoons and spinnerbaits work under the right conditions, many anglers lean towards live bait, believing they have a chance at a wider range of species when u… read more

• Dancin' Eel Fishing Bait Information

  Famed B.A.S.S. angler Bill Dance invented the Dancin' Eel for largemouth bass, but his hybrid lure catches striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, redfish and other game fish just as well. read more

• How to Find Fishing Bait

  Fishing bait is available almost anywhere there are fish and anglers trying to catch them. You can buy bait in a tackle shop -- most sell whatever the fish are biting on a seasonal basis -- or you can find your own for free. read more

• Fishing Bait Tips

  An angler has many options when it comes to selecting fishing bait, but if there were such a thing as a universal bait, it would have to be the night crawler. These large earthworms appeal to a huge array of freshwater species, with trout,… read more

• How to Hook a Cricket Fishing Bait

  Crickets are a popular bait used in fishing, particularly panfish. If they are a part of the local ecosystem, fish will recognize them as prey. You can catch crickets on your own or buy a handful from a bait shop for just a couple bucks, ma… read more

• Old Fishing Techniques

  The art of catching fish has provided nutritious meals to humankind for centuries. The earliest civilizations relied primarily on traps, sharp sticks, and also hooked lines for success. It is interesting to note that a number of modern fish… read more

• What Is Good Fishing Bait?

  Many different baits can tempt a fish into biting. Several species of fish will react positively to certain baits, and anglers will gravitate to those baits that work well for them. Knowing how to use a large selection of baits allows an an… read more

• What Bait Should Be Used for Brim Fishing?

  The brim is a member of the sunfish family. It also is called by the name of bluegill, bream and sun perch. Brim will offer at many different types of baits. Brim do not typically exceed a pound and a half in weight. The bait that brim can… read more

• Fishing Bait for All Kinds of Fishing

  Take a close look at the bait options open to you, and you notice that they basically fall into two camps: live bait and artificial bait. Even as there are some hybrids between the two, the choice of the right fishing bait for all kinds of… read more

• Using Tobacco as Fish Bait

  Using tobacco as fish bait may be an easy alternative to mixing up your own homemade batch. But its potential dangers and strong odor may keep you from a successful catch. You also run the risk of damaging the fish before you have a chance… read more

• How to Catch Eels From a River

  Few fish in freshwater can put up the fight that a good sized eel can. These slithery creatures are a handful on the line as well as off. Anglers that target other species in the local river miss out on plenty of action when they decide not… read more

• How to Fish for Muskie

  Fishing for muskellunge, or muskie as they're called by fishermen, is a fun and challenging way to spend a morning or sunset. One of the fastest freshwater fish, muskie are typically found in man-made lakes. Simply casting out your line can… read more