Bait Log

Notes about bait:

It’s a pain, in general. It’s messy, and surprisingly expensive. At the same time, it’s important.

I just bought the bait for our second attempt at setting the traps. This time it’s salted herring. The issue is that you can’t buy just 10 pounds. It’s a 10 gallon minimum, and most bait dealers are reluctant to sell that small quantity,

as most commercial guys are buying it in 55 gallon drums. We use a little more than a pound per trap. A 10 gallon bucket of bait weighs about 45 pounds. What am I going to do with the remaining 30 pounds??  Eat it????

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A Log of Bait: Type and Quantity used.

• September 7: Some bags stuffed with pogies, some with fresh croakers from the grocery store (bait shops closed on account of labor day)
• September 3: Bait bags stuffed with 2 pogies per trap
• September 1: Bait bags stuffed with 2 pogies per trap
• August 28: Bait bags stuffed with 2 pogies per trap (forget this gouging through the eye business!)
• August 25: Bait bags stuffed with 2 (fresh this time) pogies per trap (only hauled 2 traps though…)
• August 20: Bait bags stuffed with 2-3 (seriously rotting) pogies per trap.
• August 18: 2 pogies strung up per trap.
• July 25: Bags emptied totally, refilled with 4-5 salted herring, or in 5 cases 3 pogies strung through eye.
• July 22: Bags emptied totally, refilled with 4-5 salted herring.
• July 20: Bags emptied totally, refilled with 4-5 salted herring.
• July 15: Bags emptied totally, refilled with 4-5 salted herring.
• July 13: Bags emptied totally, refilled with 4-5 salted herring.
• July 10: Topped it off with 2-3 salted herring.
• July 9: Baited with freshly bought salted herring, 5-6 fish per trap.
• June 29: Traps not re-baited because we wont be able to tend them again until late next week.
• June 27: Salted herring, bought June 20th, mackerel caught June 20th. Bags emptied, then refilled.
• June 25: Salted herring, bought June 20th.
• June 20: “Freshened-up” bags with an additional 2 or 3 salted herring per trap.
• June 18: 1+ lb salted herring per trap
• June 13: 1lb farm raised Norweigian salmon racks per trap