Stayin’ Alive: Best Ways To Keep Your Bait And Catch Fresh

While fishing is a fun activity to indulge in, it requires you to be on top of your game with reference to fishing techniques, quality equipment, and hooking baits.

From using artificial plastic and wooden baits to saving small fish like sardines, anchovies, and worms for live bait, there’re many bait options available in the market.

From taking your fishing gear and equipment out into the sea to hooking the bait and catching fish, you need to make sure everything goes well.

Let’s take a look at some of the ways to keep the natural, live bait fresh and preserve the catch after the fishing excursion.

Best Ways to Preserve Fish and Keep Your Bait Fresh

Aerators

These tools are essential for providing oxygen to the bait. By mixing air and water in the aerator device, the bait can be kept fresh for long periods of time.

Aerators are great to use in the summertime when hot temperatures can cause the live bait to spoil easily.

You can add a few ice cubes to chill the water, but make sure it doesn’t cause the baitfish to go into shock.

You can add your catch into an aerator as well but you need to make sure that it’s big enough to hold the fish.

Bedding

Place live worms and other bait on a bed of fresh soil and water to ensure their safety and strength.

Keep them away from direct sunlight and help them thrive in a cool and dry environment. Make sure you’re keeping the worms in a box container with a lid.

Ice Coolers

Purchase ice coolers and fill the insulated boxes with ice cubes to keep the baitfish and catch fresh.

The coldness of the ice will make the fish go dormant almost immediately. But it’s difficult to do that with a larger catch as don’t fit inside standard ice coolers.

Dressing Your Catch

If you’re planning on enjoying your catch for dinner, you can dress the fish by gutting it and cutting off the gills. Get rid of the stomach cavity and stuff the gutted fish with ice.

Pack the necessary tools, knives, and insulated ice containers to store the fish.

Since carnivorous catch isn’t fit for eating due to high levels of mercury, stay away from this method of preserving fish.

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