Would ground fish with sodium benzonite and salt mixed in be good for like a year? Trying to make coon and mink bait and grinding it and preserving would work wayyy better for me since I can’t freeze it. I was planning on grinding it same day I catch it and preserve it right after grinding it

If u get it mixed right it should work for u. Personally if I was using SB on fish for coons I'd maybe leave out the salt. Maybe be more edible without the salt and give u more options how u use it.

I like to cast net shed. Grind them whole and fresh. Put it in quart jars and freeze it. Just lay out a fresh jar as needed over night. Stick used some jars in a fridge when I get home. SB never worked to good for me with fish and salt makes a sloppy mess. Those one gallon ice cream buckets are great for the first few days of setting out a line.

What all do yo7 catch on the shad Danny? Any predators on land?

So I should freeze them?

Try all 3 trapper E. See what you like.

KYtrapper, coyotes will get caught some but its barely ok for them. Pretty decent cat bait. Coons are all over it.

Do you grind the shad guts and all?

I picked up probably 50 lbs of shad from a buddy. Have in freezer studying on how to best use it. Grinding and just using is simple enough. I thought just a tad of smoke oil might change it.

Yes JBowen110

I use salt in a few of my baits for raccoons. They eat that bait as fast as they eat the non-salt baits I make. In fact, I make 2 deer mineral/dry attractant products that both contain high salt, and the raccoons eat them faster than the deer do. I also have a catfish bait that has high salt content, and if the raccoons can get to it, it will be gone fast.