Cut baits?

[Springbuck]

Simply put, you catch a legal bait fish, cut it in chunks, and put it on your hook, by itself or with whatever else you are using. Just do it.

For preserving minnows, I second freezing them quickly, or they turn to mush. However, you can also use an actual meat "cure" like they use for making sausages and jerky. Morton Tender-Quick is available at any supermarket, and contains salt, sugar, sodium nitrate, and sodium nitrite. It changes the texture of meats and fish, and probably the flavor slightly. But, when I do PPP's like T'Dude, or chub minnows, they are much tougher and still catch fish. Gives them a rubbery texture.
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