A "real" Bait-keeper Trick! That Works!

To keep shrimp, sand fleas, clam goo, pieces of the clam that you might otherwise discard, or even liver(for freshwater catfish) on the hook. Use elastic thread that you can buy at any Walmart in the sewing department. Just break off 4 to 5 inches of elastic thread and while winding it around which ever bait is on the hook make sure you stretch the thread. You don't even have to tie it but just let it go when you run out of thread. This works extremely well to keep any soft, fleshy baits on. You will be pleased how the bait stays on cast after cast. The thread is less than $2 and one spool will last for a long, long time.

Ever reel in a sand flea, only to see all his inards are missing ? No more!

Check this out. Clam goo and shrimp half, on a 2/0. Too much bait? No longer!



A few wraps with the string and.....and ready to cast. Looks like a jig, but it floats.

The extra time it takes to prepare for the cast is more than made up for by being able to fish with viable bait for long periods of time. Fresh shrimp lasts twenty minutes.

Oh....it also works great for strip baits, like mullet fillets. Stab the end with the hook, and wrap it. The meat stays. Also, you can use it to position a bait onto the hook in a manner where it will not slide down and choke the hook- unbenounced. Also, you can use it with any bait, with just one stab of the hook into the bait, because threading baits onto the hook is no longer required. It can hang off the hook, and be wrapped only where it does contact the hook, and it will stay put.

There's also a product called Ghost Thread that is used by other fisherman the USA and other countries, but it costs considerably more.