I bet if you are a regular...the shop owner would give you a few dead ones you can skin...it is not that hard. I know you want the real big diameter ones and you could ask for them to be put aside in the freezer...perhaps pay him in advance for them or spend some real coin in his shop.... and ask him to freeze the giant snakes for you as he comes across them.
He is right, they last a long time in and out of the bait freezer. I don't use the kosher salt storage method as I find the salt is too harsh on the plug hardware.
That said, I haven't fished them in a 3 or so years. They are a little cumbersome to deal with. But they do indeed work esp when you have the wind at your back.
Now we have to worry about "shop burning"
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