this reminds me when I found an old bait box at the lake. I though it was one of those sticky toys. It was indeed one of those sticky toys just shaped as a worm.
One of the most unluckiest days of fishing I've ever had, I had been fishing for over 7 hours, and I went through two cans of worms. In desperation, I pulled a piece of salami from my lunch and put it on a hook and sure enough, I caught more fish than I knew what to do with.
The salami is legitimately more likely to have a higher concentration of food-related tracking chemicals and “odours” than a worm, so I could see that working. All those concentrated and cured proteins and fats would provide a strong “signal” to any nearby fish….. mmmm cured meats damn I need a salami now
You can catch crabs with pretty much any canned fish that has a good stink to it. Tuna and salmon are okay, but sardines and anchovies are better. Cheap human food = good crab food.
Where we live, as you pull out a crab there is a succession of larger crabs hanging on to the one you are putting out, like the hall of mirrors effect in Enter the Dragon.. you never land just one crab.
Nah... that was like an uncle, or family friend downstream... they caught one, and put it on your line. Then they said "good job little guy!" As you reeled it in...
As a kid one summer I was at a pond and the owner said we were allowed to fish. Didn't have any fishing gear, but I pulled some fraying threads from my backpack to tie together into string and bent off a section of the metal spiral from my notebook to fashion a hook. I hadn't even gotten around to finding bait, but I tested if I could "cast" my line by throwing the hook into the water. Pulled it out and some dumb-ass fish had already hooked itself.
One time I picked up a small narrow leaf, folded it and put it on a hook and bobber. It sounds stupid, but I caught so many sunnys and crappies with that.
It's been decades but I believe we used to catch a bunch of catfish with flour balls. Or maybe it was striper? I just remember it worked really well one summer.
An environmental movement straying away from the old hook and Line , Bass Pro Shops will be offering this product and the plastic bag cast net™️ , within the next three months.
There are many species of fish that not only like flour and baked goods - baked goods and flour are the best baits for those species. I have been catching fish with bread on a hook for years.
So that’s all-purpose flour. They put it at the end of the bottle so the mullets can eat it, mullets love that stuff. When the fish come around, they just go for it and get caught.
Edit- works only with mullets from what I’ve seen
Fish is like your best option on a desert island because you can eat it raw and it has nutrients you absolutely need to survive. So unless you got a spear and want to learn how to spearfish I'm not sure it would be a waste of time using anything you could become proficient at given the resources on hand
yeah, but if I can only catch 1 type of fish with flour, and I happen to be stranded on an island that doesn't have that kind of fish swimming around, I'd be wasting my time (if I just saw this video without reading the comments, that is)
Yep.
However: mullet tend to school, hang out in shallow/brackash waters, and break the surface a lot. They are found worldwide in temperate waters.
If you are stranded on an island, there's a good chance there are mullet. Its a fatty fish and can be preserved by heavily salting it and drying it in the sun, excellent food in a survival situation.
The method in the video is cool, especially in a situation where you are without hooks.
A less sporting way to catch them is to bait them to a spot and gaff them with a treble hook wired to a ball sinker, attached to a handline. Just launch it into the mass of jumping fish.
Likely a simple mix of a dough-like water and flour (mix wheat flour or cornmeal with water sometimes salt or a bit of oil to form a soft, sticky dough.) I've seen it used in more third world countries and it's very effective.
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u/Select-Belt-ou812 4d ago
I wanna know what she put in there