Fishing Bait for Fish food?

[l3raD]

ok lets simplify "bait"
packet crap like
whiting
blue bait
white bait
squid
ect.

I would say i would not use packet baits of these kinda but could it possibly be nutritional for the fish to eat packet bait,
seeing packet fish bait is around 5$ for half a kilo when u buy 32 tiny blocks of blood worms for 7$

Just very interested
sorry to offend you if i did lupin

 

[l3raD]

I think i should have been much MUCH clearer to people wat type of bait i ment,
i just didnt think using "packet" fish bait would be healthy for ur fish and for some to mention it on a forum would be very interesting to discus with my mfk's

 

[Lupin]

What fish do you have? Each fish has different nutritional requirement. Not all fish should be fed with one kind of food mix that does not meet their nutritional requirements. Here's a chart of nutritional value for most foods but it will be different if mixed with other foods.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=241740

 

[JakeH]

So could I use live nightcrawlers from the bait shop? They have some bright green ones that I know have to be farm raised... Is that safe? They have natural color too, but I dont know how those are harvested.

 

[hybridtheoryd16]

Well there are 2 types of green worms. Ones that occur naturally, mostly on river banks with really dark black soil that is usually moss covered. And then there is the ones that get dyed green.

The natural green worms would be fine but they smell real bad. And the nitro worms as they call them around here do not sound like a good option. Because of the dye.

Or you could buy your self a shovel for 10 bucks and get all the worms you want for free.

 

[JakeH]

I could, but I was hoping the ones from the bait shop would be farm raised & less likely to carry diseases & parasites.

 

[badreverend]

So could I use live nightcrawlers from the bait shop? They have some bright green ones that I know have to be farm raised... Is that safe? They have natural color too, but I dont know how those are harvested.

I use the green ones- they turn green, as far as I can tell from eating the green paper that theyre packed in

Well there are 2 types of green worms. Ones that occur naturally, mostly on river banks with really dark black soil that is usually moss covered. And then there is the ones that get dyed green.

The natural green worms would be fine but they smell real bad. And the nitro worms as they call them around here do not sound like a good option. Because of the dye.

Or you could buy your self a shovel for 10 bucks and get all the worms you want for free.

Why would someone dye a worm? The "nitro" or green worms have been fed to my fish for years without a problem- I also extensively use the last option- to the point of having a very well used worm farm- but I dont get nightcrawlers in there and most of my fish can work over a foot long worm pretty easily

I could, but I was hoping the ones from the bait shop would be farm raised & less likely to carry diseases & parasites.

I dont know of any terrestrial parasites than can affect fish- they may be able to affect us but probably not the fish

 

[JakeH]

Thats good to know. I might try it...

 

[TwistedPenguin]

I don't like using 'bait" from a bait shop. But unless you classify "bait" as human grade fish/shrimp from the grocery store then I'd have to say no. I'd venture to say most our fish are omnivores, they're already getting too much protein from commercial fish food anyway.

 

[badreverend]

I don't like using 'bait" from a bait shop. But unless you classify "bait" as human grade fish/shrimp from the grocery store then I'd have to say no. I'd venture to say most our fish are omnivores, they're already getting too much protein from commercial fish food anyway.

Most of my fish are predators and I get their food from the grocery store- but the worms are from other sources