10-18-2019, 06:33 PM
Now I can attest that John's baby carp do well at catching Cats in the Bear river.
I have never heard of using Borax. Isn't that the same stuff my mom used to wash clothes in a metal tub on a wood and metal wash board...............[
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I have frozen my white bass from UL, whole, in batches of 4 or 6 in zip lock bags cuz it is sometimes several weeks between trips down to UL and as good a Catfish bait a WB is, it can only be used LEGALLY in Utah Lake. (that's a real shame, too)
When I get a carp from the river, I usually cut the side slabs off the back bone, then cut the slabs in sections about 3 x 3 inches so they fit better in my river bait tub. I try to keep and use the carp guts the same day at the river. Those guts make great Cat attracting bait, but the smaller cats can nibble them off easily, and they never seem to keep very well for future trips. The carp slabs can be frozen, or if planned to use in the next week, just refrigerated.
I always leave the carp skin on, but try to get the scales off. The skin is tough to get a hook thru sometimes, but it also makes it difficult for the Cats to just pull it off the hook.
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I have never heard of using Borax. Isn't that the same stuff my mom used to wash clothes in a metal tub on a wood and metal wash board...............[
] [laugh]I have frozen my white bass from UL, whole, in batches of 4 or 6 in zip lock bags cuz it is sometimes several weeks between trips down to UL and as good a Catfish bait a WB is, it can only be used LEGALLY in Utah Lake. (that's a real shame, too)
When I get a carp from the river, I usually cut the side slabs off the back bone, then cut the slabs in sections about 3 x 3 inches so they fit better in my river bait tub. I try to keep and use the carp guts the same day at the river. Those guts make great Cat attracting bait, but the smaller cats can nibble them off easily, and they never seem to keep very well for future trips. The carp slabs can be frozen, or if planned to use in the next week, just refrigerated.
I always leave the carp skin on, but try to get the scales off. The skin is tough to get a hook thru sometimes, but it also makes it difficult for the Cats to just pull it off the hook.
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"OCD = Obsessive Catfish Disorder "
Or so it says on my license plate holder
Or so it says on my license plate holder