keeping bait fresh, How?

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keeping bait fresh, How?

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does anyone know any tip or tricks for preserving fresh caught bait (mainly gar and queenys). i have read about salting them before freezing them but was wondering if there was any other ways of doing it that people know about.

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Vacuum pack might be worth a try?
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Yep, I was going to say vacuum packing it. Works for eating fillets
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If you salt them it really toughens them up. Layer in a bucket with salt for a week. Still great bait and doesn't come off the hook. Then pack and freeze onve tough. Do it with packet pillies too.
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layer salt, bait ,salt, bait and so on in a old ice cream container in the fridge with lid on two days then freeze.
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Freeze them in blocks of salt water kel
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Ben Jam wrote:Metho
What do you do with the metho ben jam.?

Till wrote:Freeze them in blocks of salt water kel
sounds like a good idea

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Kp NT wrote:
Ben Jam wrote:Metho
What do you do with the metho ben jam.?

Till wrote:Freeze them in blocks of salt water kel
sounds like a good idea

Cheers guys. Ill give them all a crack and see how it goes
keep them in metho. Works for nippers too
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When I used to salt my pillies, I used to keep the fluid it created to add to my burley.
Frozen salted pllies don't freeze rock hard, and can be used straight from the freezer.
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