Figured I'd put this up for some of you guys that have a hard time catching bait in the winter. Whether you have injuries or don't have the time to search for shad these are a great option. You can finally get live bait mailed to you. We have been catching a lot of big blue cats on these and since they are so hardy I'm anxious to use them for the flatties Here are some pics of the shipment and bait

Cool ... How much is it and where do u get it ?

Any idea how long you can keep em alive without an aerator. Wouldn't mind ordering some if I could keep em alive in a big wash tub in the garage.

same question .

if u change the water daily 7-10 days easy with no airator - I've kept a dozen alive in a 5 gallon bucket for 7 days changing water daily......... airators aren't very expensive but water still needs to be changed or filtered. ......I took 6 out of bucket and put in a Walmart sack to make the mountain hike at Lake Worth and four hrs later 2 were still alive!!

You can buy them at Olsens -when they have them - for $8.50 dozen or mail order like Clifton Did but not sure the cost.....

I'm thinking of setting up a tank in garage with Aqaurium filter and aerator and keeping some.......

http://www.blacksalty.com/ ...... You gotta call.....no prices on website......

You the Man, Chris !! Jus what daddy was needing in a crunch !! Thanks

Who's Chris??

Chris is the person that started the thread........

I call him Clifton.......Hey Clifton aka Chris aka 2Fish4Everything...... are u setting up a filtered tank for them?

Maybe a dumb queststion. After a bit of research, I found black salties are genetically engineered gold fish. I know goldfish are fairly popular as flatty bait. How would regular goldfish do as cutbait? Cheaper than black salties, but I don't if they will work as well.

At Baitshop large Goldfish run $7.50 -$8.50 a dozen so how are they cheapet?

What about at petco?

Just to clear it up I am Clifton my dad is Chris. I advertise our business with his number because if you know me then you know how often I answer my phone, or how much I enjoy talking on it I truely don't like talking on the phone, I'm weird like that


I'll have to see how much the salties are. I really like the extra large ones, they have a lot of blood.

Caribou- They are very easy to keep alive, when I go fishing I'll throw a bunch in a gallon zip lock bag with water and I'll transfer them to a bucket when I hike to my spot. Never had any die and I've left them in it for a half day and more no airator

The big ones are like $2-$3 EACH.......cheap ones are.lil feeder fish too small for.bait....

Ok. Hadn't ever priced goldfish. I just assumed they would be cheaper since they weren't being marketed to fishermen(which usually makes stuff more expensive. I may have to get me some of these suckers.

The XL ones are 8-10 inches but alot thicker and wider than a gizzard shad of the same length

And if the.fishing.is slow they grill up real nice........mmmmmmm Salty

Ya but do you deliver? Ill take two dozen delivered to Mustsng Park........

I ordered some of the black salty's about 2 months ago. They are a good back up bait when you can't get shad. They are nice and bloody and have a tough skin kind of like a carp or buff. I ordered some of the XL ones you get like 40 or 50 but cost like 80 bucks shipped. I have had them in a 55 gallon drum with a aerator that plugs into a 110 outlet on my back porch for two months now. I just change the water out once a week and give them a little goldfish food every day and they are still okay. I only use them when I can't catch shad but they do work. I have had them on ice for 6 or 8 hours and you can put them back in your baittank and they'll be ok, they are a hardy little fish and even survive in saltwater.

You cant gey a dozen gol fish at cabelas in ft worth for 5 bucks and some pretty big ones to i swear the guy gave me one that was a half pound

Anyone got any crackers?

For a second, I thought this was a BDDD post.

Whats BDDD mean

Big daddy double digits. It's kind of a running joke around here.