A nice summary of the various live bait fish available to NJ fishermen.
NJ Live Baitfish
NJ Live Baitfish
Thanks, The bait list with photos is really nice.
I don't have photos for my list of natural saltwater baits that I've used over the years. I'm going to include the baits you have listed, because I've fished with them also.
LIVE & FROZEN BAITS
Bunker (Peanut & Chunk)
Bluefish (Chunk)
Butterfish (Small to Medium size)
Clams (Fresh & Frozen)
Crabs (Lady, Fiddler, Ghost, Green and Sand Fleas)
Eels (Small to Big)
Grass Shrimp (Fresh & Frozen
Herring (What is available)
Killies (As big as you can get)
Mullet (Finger to Chunks)
Mussels (Fresh & Frozen)
Rainfish ( Caught Daily - These do not hold up after being frozen)
Sand Eels (Frozen)
Spearing (Frozen)
Spot (Fresh & Frozen)
Squid (fresh & Frozen)
Worms (Blood & Sand)
Chum Logs
Any of the above listed baits
Canned Cat food
Dry Cat food
Cooked white rice
Can of yellow corn
Millet Seeds
I usually make chum at the end of the year and freeze it.
You'll need a grinder, large buckets, an electric drill with mixing paddle and a few smaller plastic containers to form and freezey our chum logs.
Use a plastic container that will fit inside your chum pot
1. Grind up all of the bait
2. Cook the rice and cool
3. Put grounded up bait in a large bucket
4. Add the rice
5. Add the canned cat food
6. Add the dry cat food
7. Add can of yellow corn
8. Add millet seeds
9. Mix well
10. Put into smaller containers and freeze.
Chunk Chum Bait
Use the same ingredients as above. Except cut the bait into the size chucks you want. The smaller ingredients should be kept small so it leaves a slick. If you are going to freeze the chunk chum, store in pails or buckets that will fit inside your freezer(s).
I hope this was helpful to you saltwater anglers.
I don't have photos for my list of natural saltwater baits that I've used over the years. I'm going to include the baits you have listed, because I've fished with them also.
LIVE & FROZEN BAITS
Bunker (Peanut & Chunk)
Bluefish (Chunk)
Butterfish (Small to Medium size)
Clams (Fresh & Frozen)
Crabs (Lady, Fiddler, Ghost, Green and Sand Fleas)
Eels (Small to Big)
Grass Shrimp (Fresh & Frozen
Herring (What is available)
Killies (As big as you can get)
Mullet (Finger to Chunks)
Mussels (Fresh & Frozen)
Rainfish ( Caught Daily - These do not hold up after being frozen)
Sand Eels (Frozen)
Spearing (Frozen)
Spot (Fresh & Frozen)
Squid (fresh & Frozen)
Worms (Blood & Sand)
Chum Logs
Any of the above listed baits
Canned Cat food
Dry Cat food
Cooked white rice
Can of yellow corn
Millet Seeds
I usually make chum at the end of the year and freeze it.
You'll need a grinder, large buckets, an electric drill with mixing paddle and a few smaller plastic containers to form and freezey our chum logs.
Use a plastic container that will fit inside your chum pot
1. Grind up all of the bait
2. Cook the rice and cool
3. Put grounded up bait in a large bucket
4. Add the rice
5. Add the canned cat food
6. Add the dry cat food
7. Add can of yellow corn
8. Add millet seeds
9. Mix well
10. Put into smaller containers and freeze.
Chunk Chum Bait
Use the same ingredients as above. Except cut the bait into the size chucks you want. The smaller ingredients should be kept small so it leaves a slick. If you are going to freeze the chunk chum, store in pails or buckets that will fit inside your freezer(s).
I hope this was helpful to you saltwater anglers.