Slap your shad

[WVBowhunter]

I got a theory to try out down on the James with my cut bait,,,so here it is before Racn and Cataholic turn this into some weird threid about spanking and monkeys
Well everyone knows how fresh bloody cut bait works better than stale sunburned shad and to over come that we put em on top of ice real quick to keep the flavor in. But a lot of that flavor is in the form of blood and the oils in the skin. Well the skin oils aint going anywhere real fast but the blood will wash off very quickly after being turned into cut bait and it's first dunking....So now we need a way to force that blood into the flesh so what better way than to give that stinky fish a bunch of brusies before dropping it into the ice chest

[WVBowhunter]

Ha, now I've got some evidence to support my theory about slapping your shad. While watching river monsters on animal planet last night, the current world record holder of an alligator gar (365 lbs) used buffalo carp for bait that he "abused" with a ball bat.. said it got the meat all bloody and the blood is what attracted the gar he caught.

[BoTTomRig]

i watched that too!! great show. very entertaining.

[beastmaster704]

Let us know how it works out for you .

[WVBowhunter]

I already showed you to much beasty

[beastmaster704]

I know you showed me and now i have to unlearn all that stuff just kidding I appriciate all the advice.

[Stonewall]

I watched the show too and this thread was the first thing I thought of

[logjam]

Originally Posted by beastmaster704

I know you showed me and now i have to unlearn all that stuff just kidding I appriciate all the advice.

LOL. Makes sense to me.I'm going to try it.

[Dreadnaught]

Originally Posted by beastmaster704

I know you showed me and now i have to unlearn all that stuff just kidding I appriciate all the advice.

It's just hard to get "some" things out of your head, LOL!!!!