What was your worst bait experience ??

[JohnR]

OK. This topic can be both far too good and too nasty not to have its own thread :P....

Hey, since this is all a little off beat already...
what was the worst bait expirience youve ever had????? HEH HEH....I have one!!! Anyone ever forget about that bait cooler filled to the limit with unused squid, sitting in the sun for four days??? PEEEEEEEEEEWWWWW!!!!!! Just to give you a hint...I was reminded of it when I was on the FRONT steps and "smelt" this GOD AWFUL smell! (the cooler was on the BACK steps!!!!) I was so bad...not knowing what to do (tossing them in the woods would only attract undesireable wildlife and there was no way in satans quarters that it would go anywhere near our trash can) well lets put it this way......after I got gas for the car that night...I was gone like a bat outta heck!


Not proud...but not puking........hope none of you will rat me out....and hope I gave someone a good laugh!!! You wouldn't tell on me would you!!???????

Date: 11-04-2000 on 01:56

Jenn

I had to follow with one of my own bad experiences (not the only)...

last updated at 11-06-2000 08:09 (1 times)
Worst bait experience ??
Last spring I was fishing a fair amount of live herring. I had a livewell inside the Bronco to keep those little fellows alive long enough to fish 'em. After one very long night/morning fishing herring at the Canal and a nice little spot in Wareham (where I got my first two keepahs of the season 13#s & 22#s) I was like the walking dead when I got home. I pulled the what I thought was empty livewell out of the truck and onto my back yard. That was late morning on Sunday . By Thursday, the bride is asking me what that smell was. I dunno... I KNOW it isn't my livewell 'cause I emptied that.

Now, the queasy should look at a different topic at this point. Those that know what I'm about to write may be suffering from mild dry-heaves at this point .

By Thursday night, the three previously unknown herring had spawned a 36x18 pool of maggots 3 inches deep. They were in the aerator, filter, hose, and pump 'assy. I was nearly puking my guts out for the very long time it took to clear that out... Nasty, but you asked Jenn... Now I admit that several day old squid is pretty nasty as is old eels and old herring but that particular time was by far the worst!!! >(

Hey Wendy? Whassupp??

John R

And Slip...

OK while we're on the subject, My friend put some herring in the freezer and I guess did not double ziploc bag them so the ice cream tastes funny his girlfriend says. So he throws those herring out in the woods. A couple days later the dog escapes and proceeds to the rotting fish and rolls around in them (just something dogs do I guess). Can you imagine the stink walking back in the house. He gave me a hard time because it was my fish, but he threw it in the woods . Glad I wasn't there.

John I am sure you'll double check the live well next time. I would have chucked the whole thing , maybe.