Fishing for Garter Food!?

[Lumpy]

Here's a little fishing secret if you want to save your worms for your snakes. this works great and I've caught more than my share of fish this way..

Go to the grocery store and pick up some Anise oil (tastes like black licorice) in the cooking isle and a fresh loaf of bread. Make up a mess of dough balls from the bread about twice the size of a BB. Dab some Anise on each one. Stick them in an old sour cream container or the like and pop them in the fridge. They will last a long time. Stick one on the end of a hook and the fish love them. I always found it to be a quick and easy way to make bait.

Lump

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I actually do that... I buy four container of worms when I buy bait.. 3 are for the garters

I make my doughball with white bread, gobs and gobs of peanut butter, a bit of vanilla etract, and I usually dump some fish flakes into the mix. Run this ball of sticky stuff under a bit of water and knead it endlessly.. and bam. The stuff works GREAT.

I am very well expierienced when it comes to fishing... from what my parents tell me I was fishing before my first birthday (in dads lap of course) I have been doing it my whole life and it will be great to be able to apply it to my garter snake's!

There is this log at my favorite spot... all these big water snakes congregate at... well one time I threw them a sunny and sure enough I have like 3 hungry adult nerodia sitting there on that log waiting for me to throw more!! haha...

[Lumpy]

Just kind of a twist on feeding the ducks!

Lump

[jitami]

That would be fun to see Shannon.

Quick question... for those of you who hunt/fish for your garter food, do you freeze & thaw before feeding to help limit parasites? Or just feed fresh?

[Stefan-A]

Freeze and thaw.

[crzy_kevo]

bass arent bad for them they dont contain thiaminase so it should be fine
i useually freeze the thaw

[jitami]

Thank you both

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Freeze and thaw. a month in the deep freezer is optimal.

[jitami]

Thanks Shannon!