Ha ha ha - no not a potato - although small boiled potatoes are excellent bait and will pick out some of the largest of fish. The bait is a mixture of vegimite and breadcrumb rolled into small balls... which actually sounds crazier than potato :)
Okay, I think you have mentioned the vegimite before. The weirdest I had heard of until then was for Kokanee salmon where they use corn niblets or marshmallows.
Marshmallows are a good bait and can be fished on the surface or "popped up" off the bottom. The mini pink ones would be better for the salmon as they can look like large fish eggs. When i ran out of bait once, i cut off the corner of my white hand towel - dipped it in tuna oil and fished on that for several more fish.
Ha ha ha - no not a potato - although small boiled potatoes are excellent bait and will pick out some of the largest of fish. The bait is a mixture of vegimite and breadcrumb rolled into small balls... which actually sounds crazier than potato :)
Okay, I think you have mentioned the vegimite before. The weirdest I had heard of until then was for Kokanee salmon where they use corn niblets or marshmallows.
Marshmallows are a good bait and can be fished on the surface or "popped up" off the bottom. The mini pink ones would be better for the salmon as they can look like large fish eggs. When i ran out of bait once, i cut off the corner of my white hand towel - dipped it in tuna oil and fished on that for several more fish.
Wow! That's crazy. It doesn't get any better unless the fish are suicidal and jump into the boat. LOL