Saw bellies?

[final flight]

Anyone know if they are available at the bait shops yet ??

[Nautitroller]

Rollie, you gonna park that beautiful trolling boat and fish live bait,?? say it ain't so!!

If anyone has em try KH 607-256-1879 at south end of Cayuga.

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Edited April 20, 2016 by Nautitroller

[Bigfoot]

There are times when nothing out fishes a properly trolled sawbelly.

[ERABBIT]

Rollie , ask Darkwater to check Brewers in Ovid for you

[final flight]

I want to try filet them for bait heads , not sure if it will be worth the effort ?? Any thoughts or ideas ?....

[ERABBIT]

sucker belly meat , I have large meat head that would take the whole sawbelly I got from John King

[Iron Duke]

You can always use the belly meat out of a lake trout you keep too... Works well on a baithead..

Mike

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[final flight]

Isn't it mostly about the " smell trail" or oil trail that the herring baits leave, I realize the proper roll is important but the bait heads will roll a hotdog if it's thin ????

[Skidplate]

Brewers get's them in she may not get any till the derby I get my own when they come in I can get you a ton when they do

[ERABBIT]

Isn't it mostly about the " smell trail" or oil trail that the herring baits leave, I realize the proper roll is important but the bait heads will roll a hotdog if it's thin ????

Keep the oil from those old strips you got off me and use that

[final flight]

Darkwater1. I won't need a ton but will "barter" for a bucket of them, keep me in mind and let me know .,....Ed, the old bait that you gave me will be used for cats in the Susky!!!!!

[Skidplate]

They would have to be frozen can't transport live bait I put them in a brine and tack them home and freeze and vac seal in to 6 packs I'll let you no wont be lone now

[Sk8man]

I know this may sound "picky" but the bait regulations require that you either use commercially packaged dead bait and also possess the packaging from it with you or if using live bait or frozen you have a signed receipt from a certified bait dealer that is good for 10 days from the transaction date.. This is according to DEC because of the virus concerns.

Edited April 20, 2016 by Sk8man

[Skidplate]

I'm under the impression that if there not live it's ok maybe not I'll have to look again

[Sk8man]

Nope even dead bait falls under it.

[Skidplate]

Your right it is picky.lol

[Sk8man]

  Good one Billy

[Skidplate]

I wonder what a guy would have to do to be able to harvest bait and sell it legally.

[Sk8man]

I'm not sure about the actual procedure but I know you have to have a certification certificate or license which requires routine testing of your bait source for viruses and I believe it is several hundred dollars but not sure for how long it is good for either or whether you have to pay for or arrange for the testing services etc.  Whenever the NYS bureaucracy gets involved it is always "messy" and "expensive".

[lakebound88]

You can use the bait where you catch it, just can't transport it... So, it's almost like salt life. Gotta start your day catching bait then go fishing!

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[Sk8man]

That is true Nick. The one thing I have wondered though is if you were to be stopped by a conservation  officer while out there and someone said they caught the bait out there rather than say getting it from an uncertified source how would they be able to make a determination? On the other side of it I'm sure they have a lot more things to do than check someones bait out unless maybe fishing from shore during a routine license check (e.g. still fishing) and then the question becomes how did you catch them from here on shore? I guess the more important thing is that we all try to keep the viruses and invasives from further spreading although it often seems as though the proverbial horse is already out of the barn.

Edited April 20, 2016 by Sk8man

[lakebound88]

I've never thought thought of using a meat rig on seneca. Hmmm. Gonna have to go shopping:blink:>_>

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[Sk8man]

We've run them behind cowbells and Hemlock spinners for years at the north end but not with the plastic heads. I ran a couple of the Lake O setups during the derby last year and they work Didn't do anything on the one with twinkies though.

Edited April 20, 2016 by Sk8man

[Skidplate]

Every thing in see is saying dead is ok but you have to preserve it in a slat brine and you can't freez it.idk I guess I'm going to have to call them

[final flight]

Darkwater1. Cancel my bucket full I'll just buy them from a dealer :(