Recipe for salting or brining bait?

General Fishing Discussion
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Would appreciate anyone’s recipe / procedure for salting or brining bait.
I have salted bait with success, but am not sure on brining.
Always looking for new methods.

Thanks

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Bump

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I’ll take about half of the next days bait and create a brine with warm water (half bucket) and “Bionic Brine” (about a cup). Add bait and top bucket off with ice for the night. Next morning, I pull bait out of brine, bag, and top coat with “bionic”. Baits seem to last most of the day if bites are not to be found.

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Thanks!
Will this brined bait last if frozen for any length of time?
I am looking for a better method for preserving bait for the off season when bait is hard to find. I salted mullet last fall and fished these most of the winter. At the very end the baits did not appear to hold up as well nor catch fish as well.

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Fresh bait is always better. Brine, dry, then vacuum pack. Vacuum packing done right tends to stave off freezer burn and bait retains better color and texture.

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Thanks!

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I agree. Fresh bait is better.
I always like to have a backup in case I can’t locate any fresh bait to catch, particularly in the off seasons.

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to experiment w/, I’d try adding salt & stirring until the salt quits dissoving, or
some adds salt till a potato, or egg floats.

Then you soak the meat for 2 days.

Then hang it in the sunshine.

Let me know how it goes & how long it lasts in the heat.

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