Do you guys know of any makers of such bait? Thinking it might work good as a change up.

Skunks and opossums will really like it

Scott Welch makes some and I believe Wolfen bait/lure maker Jim Tate makes one also

All the Nelson formula baits are fish based, called fish oil or bait solution, but it's simply thoroughly rotted fish. Several well known commercial baits claim Nelson formulas.

I spent a lot of money trying different baits and most worked. But as I started making catches I’d save my bobcats and cut all the meat off then cut in chunks. Caught more off fresh bobcat chunks down a dirthole than anything else. First catch off it...a bobcat, lol.

Very few of those where I trap. Caught 1 skunk and no grinners last year.

Carp oil seems to work great in my area

Coyotes love fish.
Been using carp chunks and fish oil for years on our line. It's a great change up from other meat based baits.
Carol blacks fish bait is good. I've caught a lot of coon on Katz brothers black label coon bait which is fish or shellfish based, too. Tim Caven has a good coon bait that is fished based and works well on predators in general. So does Carmen's. See the theme?
Look for a good fished based coon or mink bait and then use that on your dryland predator line instead. Give it a try.
A shot of good sharp smelling shellfish or fish oil in a dirthole also works on coyote or fox for me. Salmon oil is nice change up too.
I salt my own carp chunks and that works well. Coon and coyote alike.
Jim

I have a Smoked Fish bait.

(not in my catalog)

It just can't be that simple.lol You have to experiment and add something to it.

Shellfish oil and shellfish baits have worked very well for me over the years. Caught all kinds of animals with it.

Best thing to add to any bait is location.

It can be very simple, there was a man over the hill from me that caught a lot of fox in blind sets with uncovered traps, coons too. But what's the fun in simple, eh?

I have used cut up gar with decent results

I thought that was the only way to have a "proven" scent? Even then it could be a "not so great scent" < no idea what that is supposed to mean considering there are folks who hammer critters on certain bait and others not so much. I like simplicity. it takes many critters for me.

Western Cats Inc has a fish based bait called jacklamack that I've used in the past with good results.

Salmon Sludge has worked for guys from here www.sevenoakstrappingsupplies.com

I know a guy in Montana that used smelt. He would rot it down until it was semi chunky. He always carried two containers. When he caught a skunk he would put a little skunk juice in one of them, that’s all he would add. He put up some unbelievable numbers of coyotes.

dollar store sells cans of jack mackerel pretty cheap. this works too

Marsyada bait solution smells fish based and that on some fresh ground beaver meat is a huge producer for me. I have tried just fish but it seems the coons beat the coyotes to the set and clog it up. Lol

Just buy some fish oil from amazon or a trapping store or something. If you are hating DPs then I fill it up with dogfood then either squirt fish oil on it or put sardines on it

Don't use that pressed stuff sold on amazon. If you want fish oil get some good catfish or trout or spoonbill.

Ttt

Blackies blend “thumbs up” is a fresh fish bait preserved.
That’s the one I was thinking of previously. Really good coyote bait change up from other meat based baits.
Jim

Got friend that does well on predators using nothing but small bluegills pinned down under his trap pan.

My Grandpa caught 100 plus red fox many seasons using chunked sheepshead. It was a blast catching a few barrels full.

Chunked carp was one of my go to change ups for coyote bait. Free for me, fun to catch in summer.
I had watched plenty of the far north folks feeding their dogs salmon or using salted or dried salmon at sets for a wide variety of animals it got my attention.
Late season set I use a lot is in flat picked bean fields I kick a pile of bean chaff into a pile, bed the trap on one side and on that same side stick a chunk of carp back under the chaff pile.
I think I added them to my coyote bucket when I started catching coyotes at my coon dirtholes baited with carp. A few catches at first sort of like a fluke. After several more catches it seemed to be something I needed to pay attention to.
Jim

Jamesons has a good trout fish bait and a chunked bait. I’ve even had good luck with koi fish cleaned and chopped in half with some trout oil around it.

I was talking to a very well respected individual in the trapping community 5 or 6 years ago. He told me, "most people don't know this, but coyote love fish. Keep it fresh." I believe he used carp. Trust me, this guy has caught MANY coyote. At the time, I had trapped 43-44 years and had no idea.

I've caught coyotes and fox both, in the water, using my fish based raccoon baits. I know of a few fox caught in DPs with it as well.

Since my initial post on this in 2019, I was remaking a set one day and had used sardines in some DP’s and had a can 3/4 full leftover. I decided that the heck and shoved it down the dirt hole. I’d already caught a coyote as a flat set, then a gray, and decided to make it a dirt hole. The next check I had another coyote with him chewing on what was left of the can.
What’s crazy is those sardines in the DP’s never produced anything.

How big of a chunk do you use? I use the same set, but use a regular bait

I chop mine up with an ax or cleaver and they end up in maybe 2” by 2” pieces, about size I can shove down a dirt hole.
Heads I leave whole and the heads work great for those bean chaffe sets where I don’t have to try to make a hole big enough to fit the head down in it.
Jim

I'm going to give it a try. Thanks

Trapping 101 Reminder- when using chunk bait, make your dirthole DEEP. Just saying...