[Jeffery8mm]

I got the lye and the lard and a few other "secret" ingredients and made some soap bait yesterday!! Let me tell ya, lye will burn ya

and lard STINKS

. So its gotta catch cats. I added some scent and some red food coolering. It is curing now and I will cut it up Saturday.

I really hope to use it on some lines in the Chunky SOON!!! I will let you guys know the results. {unless it turns out to be an outstanding bait} Then I will just say it dont work!!!

Jeff

 

[DOUGLASVEST]

Definetly let us know how they like it!

 

[MS Sportsman]

If it burns you, do you really want to be eating a fish with it in its gullet?

 

[TREECLIMBER]

I really want to know the outcome of your fishing trip. Please let us know if thats the new hot cat bait. Good luck!

 

[southernfire97]

yea let us know for sure. Thanks for being the test dummy!!

 

[taproot]

I know a girl here in Oxford that makes great soap. She's always at the farmer's market, next to my booth. I'm gonna try to get her to teach me how to make it.

 

[Jeffery8mm]

If it burns you, do you really want to be eating a fish with it in its gullet?

When you add the lye crystals to the distilled water, the water temp goes from room temp to 180 degrees in a HURRY. Thats the part that burns. You then have to slowly cool your lye solution. The lye is neutralized in the soponification process.

Jeff

 

[Jeffery8mm]

yea let us know for sure. Thanks for being the test dummy!!

After stinking up the kitchen, my wife had a few other choice words, dummy was not among them!!!

Jeff

 

[beardsandbones]

Sounds like you need Granny form the Beverly Hillbilly's to come help you. I bet she could give you a good potion that would catch cats.

 

[Gar hole]

Show us a pic of the finished product, please

 

[bow hunter]

Here's some i made out of Ivory soap, red food coloring and anise extract. I'm not sure if the photo is gonna work but here goes.

 

[Bowcatz]

Lye soap has to cure in a cool, shady place for about a month (sometimes longer) or it'll burn ya pretty bad if handled when wet. It will probably corrode the hooks something fierce, too, if you don't give the lye soap some time to cure.

 

[Jeffery8mm]

I had some lines out in the chunky this weekend. Cats did not like the soap, this time. They did not like shrimp either. Bowcatz, sounds like you are using TOO much lye maybe. Mine is 5 days old and there is no "burn".
Hope to get a better handle on trotlining. I think I am "hooked"!!!!
Jeff

 

[XLcatz]

its hard to beat natural baits like skips and shad

 

[brogary]

ive always heard soap works, but never tried it

 

[Fish_Head]

Thanks for posting, and let us know how it does. I have always hear Ivory works, and have some I carry around but never have tried.