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Van is right. Fresh is best. Frozen is for chum. esp with bunker and herring.
You need FRESH dead or live. This is why chunkers are so bummed these days...its hard to get real fresh bunker anymore. Like a few hours old packed on crushed ice that drains the water away from the bait. The bait can not be touching each other. The difference is amazing. Fresh bait can out catch frozen 10:1.
I use the vacume pack for bait and it works well but there is a difference. It is far better then just dropping it in a ziploc and tossing next to the meatballs but it is still not as good as fresh.
Maybe if we had a chryogenic freezer that used liquid nitrogen as a working fluid it would get close but nothing beats fresh IMO. (In fact I will not buy frozen bunker. They have to be fresh caught, eyes clear and no slime or glaze on the bait. Last year I did not see ANY like that. I will pay 1.50 -2 bucks a piece for large bunker that are in this condition.
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