Bait Jars

What do you all use for Bait jars especially a bait that has and Oil ingredient like fish oil etc , do you buy them if so were I prefer a 16 oz container?
I can't seem to find something that some how some way they don't get messy and leak.


Whats preferred Glass or plastic or does it make a difference ?

Bait jars dont hold liquid volume very well. It is best to have the bait prepared so there is no free floating oils or liquids within the material.

Short term either plastic or glass will do but long term I go with glass. Old gallon pickle jars is what I store my skunk and badger oils in for the long haul, but ship in plastic to avoid breakage. MTP has a verity of glass and plastic jars for all your needs, plastic is lighter then glass but glass holds liquids longer your call.

Thank You to both,

I’m not a lure/bait manufacturer but I have some experience with plastics. HDPE when made into bottles will panel, which means the sides suck in as a result of chemical reactions between the contents and the plastic. Opening the bottles may or may not allow the bottles to expand to the original configuration. HDPE jars don’t seem to have this problem. PET plastic is more resilient. I’ve seen gallon plastic salad dressing jars do this as well as gallon salmon oil storage plastic jugs. PETE is what is used for peanut butter jars and they don’t panel, from my experience, either.

I’m guessing the reason plastic bait jars don’t panel is because the jars are full-very close to the top.

Glass doesn’t do this. There appears to be no interaction between anything and glass.

https://www.uline.com/Grp_287/Jars
or
the other place I cant remember!

I remembered!

https://www.sks-bottle.com/340c/WhitePlasticJars.html

Exactly what I was looking for Thank You

Don't forget to wrap tape around the lids to prevent leaking especially when transporting

I've used glass and plastic. I prefer glass. I buy the 16 ounce olives at walmart and reuse the jars. They have a built in seal in the lid and seal up pretty good. I let the lid sit by itself for a couple months before I use them to allow any scent that may have permiated into the rubber seal to dissipate. The plastic bait jars I bought from uline became brittle in freezing weather and would easily break. I have always made sure to never fill a bait or lure container completely full, but it didn't matter with the plastic containers. I still have a few that I bought a few years ago and as long as I don't allow them to stay out in freezing weather they hold up.

Were they PET or HDPE or Polypropylene or LDPE Mike?
It makes a difference guys. Just takes a lil reading on the web. Since we don’t have winter here it’s not as big a problem.

I didn't know there was a difference, but will definitely read up on them the next time I purchase any. I'm guessing they were polypropylene.

You can get glass or plastic bait jars in alot of different sizes from Sterling Fur out of Sterling Ohio

I got 16 oz from ULINE a few wks ago

When my boys were babies the glass jars with metal lids and rubber seal inside were awesome bait jars. Scrubbed them and saved a bunch, used those for years. Check woth friends and neighbors, might be easier to get than you think.
I also like the plastic Welch's grape jelly jars. Not too big. Not too small. Same thing had a metal lid with rubber seal built in. Hauled a lot of bait in those over the years. Still do.
I either made or bought bait in large containers. Then I filled the smaller containers for carrying in my setting and checking bag on the line so I didn't have to tote the big container.
Jim

Bars and movie theaters sell food items in gallon glass jars make a deal with them to purchase jars when they are empty. I buy new lids because it’s not worth trying to get the smells out of the lid linings. Around a $1 a lid most gallon jars have a couple openings sizes to choose from best to get the jars then figure out what you need then for lid sizes.

I run mine through the dishwasher it cleans them well, I soak them in hot soapy water to remove the labels before putting them in the dishwasher so they are pre rinsed to remove dust and residue.

Canning jars , pints and quarts. Yard sales, your moms basement pantry. Found pints,last fall, for ten dollars a dozen with lids. at a discount store. And that is no BS

I have quarter pint (4 oz) canning jars I put lure in for out on the line. Beats packing a quart jar around. They cost about the same to buy new as bigger jars but are handier to pack. I gave the wife the new lids and rings that came with them and use her old used lids after they have been washed and left out to descentify.