Reply With QuoteThey used to make pork rind fogs, leaches, and other shapes meant as a trailer for fishing. Jig and pig was pretty popular in the late 80's early 90's. Interested in seeing what your results will be
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Anyone Use Bacon Rind For Bait?
Recently in a butcher shop looking at Roasts, I saw some beautiful "Market Thick Cut Bacon", so I brought a pack home. Fried some the next morning and that's when I noticed it had the "Rind" on top, when we ate it the rind was hard and crunchy as all get out. The idea came to me: The next time, before I cooked it, I cut the uncooked rind off the tops of each slice, and then the fried bacon was excellent. I saved the uncooked rinds, cut them into about 2" long pieces, put 'em in a zip lock bag in the fridge, and plan to fish with them like worms. They should stay on the hook quite well, tough but flexible little jokers.
Anyone tried this bait for catching crappie?
Oh, I am sure catfish would love it!
They are well smoked, and smell wonderful...
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They used to make pork rind fogs, leaches, and other shapes meant as a trailer for fishing. Jig and pig was pretty popular in the late 80's early 90's. Interested in seeing what your results will be
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a bud told me ripped across the bottom on a big jig in the salt water it was the best flounder bait he had ever used
do know countless crawdads fell into tug a wars with me in them holes down in the bayou back when using bacon for bait : cheers2
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Have you seen the price of bacon?no way are the fish getting that!
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x2Originally Posted by MCG1
Have you seen the price of bacon?
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I have always heard bacon makes right fine crawfish baita bud told me ripped across the bottom on a big jig in the salt water it was the best flounder bait he had ever used
do know countless crawdads fell into tug a wars with me in them holes down in the bayou back when using bacon for bait : cheers2
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at our place bacon trim/rind in the area of too much fat and might get a trim ,goes right into the venison hamburger grind
the fish will have to find them some for themselves
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That’s one great solution, Ketch! Yum!, and some extra fat with the venison has got to be a plus.at our place bacon trim/rind in the area of too much fat and might get a trim ,goes right into the venison hamburger grind
the fish will have to find them some for themselves
Bob
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I have used boxes of bacon ends and pieces to add to the grind. I have not seen any boxes of it in the last year or two
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Not the bacon, just the rind...Have you seen the price of bacon?
Uncooked, the rind is quite flexible, but very strong, and should stay on a hook.
When you think of how easy a worm pulls off a hook, the rind pieces should be able to yield more than one crappie to the piece, maybe several.
When trimmed, it actually looks like a worm.
No plans to eat the rind, just planning to fish with 'em instead of just throwin' 'em away.
