leolizard
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How to make powerbait?
I was wondering if anyone knew what "trout catnip" they put in powerbait. If not, are there any doughbait recipes that you know of that are just as good? I made a concoction of garlic, vanilla, orange food coloring, turkey, and flour. I caught nothing.
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/25 20:37:42
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probably just be easier to buy powerbait.
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leolizard
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/25 20:44:05
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At 3 bucks a jar? That'll last me 3 days at max.
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leolizard
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/25 20:44:38
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And I wouldn't be nearly as fun.
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/25 22:16:30
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Dude you probably need to quit putting the whole jar on a size 2 trebble hook 
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/25 22:54:14
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Dude you probably need to quit putting the whole jar on a size 2 trebble hook
lmao 
I have become comfortably numb
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/25 23:16:19
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Stop snacking on it while you're fishing and it'll last longer. And your other brain cell might start working again.
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/25 23:40:16
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concoction of garlic, vanilla, orange food coloring, turkey, and flour. Stop chumming the water 
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leolizard
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 00:25:24
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If you just fish lakes, a jar of powerbait can last you weeks, but in a stream, 80 percent of the stuff get plucked off the hook by minnows. I don't put a whole ton of it on my hook, either. I put 2 pea-sized balls on the hook, or only one on a egg hook.
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 08:32:15
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I know some say they have krill in them I would go to a pet store and buy fish food pb smells nothing like vanilla or turkey
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 09:03:00
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There's certainly some kind of fish in the one I sniffed. Try fish oil.
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 09:15:58
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I put 2 pea-sized balls on the hook You should make an effort to keep your hooks out of your pants, then.
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 09:43:26
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cold
manning up on a 13 year old?
get real man
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 11:26:39
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I saw on Ebay 1 time a powder mix you could buy & mix with water to make your own. Try a search and see what you can find. Have you ever tried a jig and float rig for the lakes. I catch way more trout on that set up than on paste baits.
post edited by JEB - 2011/04/26 11:36:41
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 11:53:52
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cold
manning up on a 13 year old?
get real man
srsly? Because a totally did my famous internet mind-reading act and profile analysis, and even though he didn't mention his age, I completely knew how old he was.  Even at that, I don't think anything I said was terribly mean spirited. Besides, if anyone, yourself included, can't take a little ribbing and dish out as well, then this site probably isn't for them. Honestly, he seems to be doing quite well on his own without your unsolicited internet bodyguarding to back him up, so take a pill, k? 
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 11:59:11
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I dont mind a few jokes, but thanks tippecanoe. My friends say stuff like that all the time.
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 12:00:19
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There's certainly some kind of fish in the one I sniffed. Try fish oil.
What about tuna? I don't mind buying powerbait, but I think it would be fun to make my own.
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 12:19:24
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Better yet smash up some fresh or salted minnows in there and some crawlers or something too. But you'll probably get some catfish too though.
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 13:21:14
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Put fresh fish through a juicer then mix with corn starch.
Unflavored gelatin mixed with juice while cooling might also work-use less water at beginning.
If you don't have a juicer use blender
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 13:26:39
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I suggested fish oil for its shelf life.
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 13:44:12
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Haha what a great forum right here. Well my tip would be to definately throw in some dog food
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 13:44:35
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Most of this sounds like you'll get some stinkbait as the end result, rather than pastey powerbait. Try making little chunks of this stuff and tying it as an egg sac. Also be sure to okay the preparation of this stuff with any domestic co-residents...or at least give them fair warning. I'd imagine it gets fairly fragrant. If the owner of the aforementioned juicers and blenders is a girlfriend/mom/grandma/wife/female, might wanna get written permission. And keep those pea sized balls out of the blades.
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 14:52:12
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Borrow Martys worm juicer, just don't make Margeritas with it.
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 15:34:03
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with 6k posts in 3 years I pretty much assumed you saw every post made here, including the one with him saying he was 13. Not internet body guarding, just saying. I don't really care, honestly.
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 15:38:32
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 15:46:04
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Oh and Leolizard, if you want to catch those Peters Browns don't use powerbait. Use minnows, spinners, spoons, lures, or a good old trout magnet. Pretty much anything to draw a strike.
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 16:28:09
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Powerbait? What's Powerbait? ;-)
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 19:13:36
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'Bout 30 yrs. go I use to cut up sponge into little chunks, melt some petroleum jelly in a sauce pan, add a little flavor...anise or other baking oils then add the sm. pieces ov sponge, stir/soak take from heat then mold to shape. Worked good for steelhead. crappy Go out after dark & catch some crawlers, that's fun & Brownies luv 'em.
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 21:36:22
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Get some hatchery food, mix it with corn meal and water, add a binding agent like paraffin wax.
Or just find what the hatcher pellets are comprised off and use that.
That old brown power bait hatchery formula was cheating. They always swallowed it hook and all. I still have the first jar of powerbait I ever bought. Only use it ice fishing. never got anything on the other brands!
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RE: How to make powerbait?
2011/04/26 22:04:40
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Ya, DJ is right, the pellets composed of dog food, and you should definately throw in corn. I know thats what they use in the hatcheries in Kentucky. Corns outlawed down there
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