Live Bait…Delivery?
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http://www.blogsmonroe.com/fishing/?p=130
You are on your way, going on that big fishing trip you had planned for months. You finish the 4 to 10 hour drive, you unpack and settle in for the night. Get your rods all rigged up, knots retied and you are all set for that morning bite. You leave the cabin, cottage or resort early in the morning while its still dark outside and head to the bait shop. You’ve done all the planning a person could, but did you plan on having the shop being out of bait?! Or not carrying the bait you want?
Well in the modern world, you can prepare for that little scenario as well. Whodathunk, you can get bait delivered to your home via UPS or FedEx! There are several online services where you can order a wide range of baits, and have them delivered on time before that trip, and guranteed to be fresh and wiggling when it gets there.
One of the first companies to get online and provide this service is Vados . They have all the bait you would need for that walleye, panfish, steelhead, trout or salmon trip. You might have to check your regulations about some of the trout streams, they prohibit live bait in a lot of cases. I know lots of guys on the ice tour who order their bait for the season from Vados, follow the instructions provided and always have bait at hand.
Locally, over in Brooklyn, Knutson’s have started an online service as well. Since starting two years ago, Tom and Jim Knutson offer a wide range of baits to the Michigan angler. Want to get some herring to put into a rig for trolling for salmon, right from Canada, they have it in stock. This nice oily fish also pulls double duty during the winter as a good ice fishing bait for rigging tip ups for Northern Pike. The scent it gives off is an ice fishing key, and I never saw a pike yet that would pass up a meal.
There are other services available, google “bait delivery”, then surf through your options. There are quite a few.
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