Posted By: Jonathan
Sodium Benzoate Preservative - 06/18/09 06:02 PM
I have made very little of my own "prepared bait" over the years, chunked or ground from meat or from fish stock. However, I am thinking about expanding my horizons in that regard.
Sodium benzoate is the preferred preservative for nearly all considerations, usually at a given rate per unit of stock in the bait preparation process. I have also come to understand that it is also used by many in small quantities for preserving certain stored animal glands. I assume that most use the powdered form, readily available from most trapping supply houses.
After doing a little research on this chemical today, I discovered that it comes in powder, granular, flake and liquid form at chemical supply sources for the food industry - all the same stuff, chemically.
I assume most use the powdered form for their bait/lure making purposes, even with home brewed "bait solution."
Does anyone use SB in the liquid form? The reason that I ask is that I found a source that sells a food grade of it by the gallon - cheap.
Your considerations and thoughts would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Jonathan
Sodium benzoate is the preferred preservative for nearly all considerations, usually at a given rate per unit of stock in the bait preparation process. I have also come to understand that it is also used by many in small quantities for preserving certain stored animal glands. I assume that most use the powdered form, readily available from most trapping supply houses.
After doing a little research on this chemical today, I discovered that it comes in powder, granular, flake and liquid form at chemical supply sources for the food industry - all the same stuff, chemically.
I assume most use the powdered form for their bait/lure making purposes, even with home brewed "bait solution."
Does anyone use SB in the liquid form? The reason that I ask is that I found a source that sells a food grade of it by the gallon - cheap.
Your considerations and thoughts would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Jonathan