Ice Fishing => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fishingoat on February 22, 2015, 11:11:03 PM
Title: Older live bait
Post by: Fishingoat on February 22, 2015, 11:11:03 PM
Anyone ever notice if old maggots sometimes spook fish? I sometimes notice if I keep maggots around for a while, it seems like sometimes I get more sniffers and less biters. They are still alive, but have been in and out of my fridge and pockets a few times. Not sure if there is anything to this or not. I might just make stuff up as an excuse for a bad day.
Title: Re: Older live bait
Post by: wannafish on February 23, 2015, 01:11:09 PM
i steelhead fish a lot through the ice and start the day with jig and maggots and i seem to have to same luck as long as there alive
Title: Re: Older live bait
Post by: slabslayer on February 23, 2015, 04:03:21 PM
Alive is the key. If they turn brown and get either really soft or hard, they're no good and fish will go the other way.
Title: Re: Older live bait
Post by: holehopper on February 23, 2015, 07:30:03 PM
what slab said,fresh is always best,just like our own food.
Title: Re: Older live bait
Post by: snowcone on February 23, 2015, 07:49:13 PM
oh I don't know I have used old bait and done pretty good. :P but the stuff wasn't black or mushy, just frozen.
Title: Re: Older live bait
Post by: Fishingoat on February 24, 2015, 02:10:06 PM
Not really dead or black. Just aged a bit. Just wondered. Thanks guys. Looks like I'm flying solo with the weirdo bait. Just kidding. Thanks for the input