The issue is your bait sitting in the bot boat in the 90+ degree heat and often times in the sun.

The variance between cool bait in a cooler and the water temp will not be enough to cause any problems.

As long as you can keep your bait on the hook 15-20 minutes you will be just fine, any longer than that and you still have a hook in the water with bait on it, you need to pack up and move and rebait anyway, so it's not an issue.

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LDB, the RedneckTexan and I concure 100%. If anything, you hope it will do a little "melting" after it hits the water.

Fifteen to twenty and leave if nothing is happening. They aren't active, or they aren't there!

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[This message has been edited by MikeC (edited 05-14-2002).]

I keep hearing people talking about thickening their DK up..but mine is hard as a rock...I have had it about 1 month..and used it twice. I put mine on the hook and throw it out and it falls off before it hits the water. Did I get a bum batch.

Shawn, get you a real strong stick and try stirring hound out of that punch bait. If this doesn't soften it, get just a tiny bit of vegetable oil and add to it and repeat the process.

If this don't help....Well, now you know why I am always saying, I don't like to use fresh punch bait. I'm telling you guys, if you will dump that punch bait in a five gallon bucket and toss a towel over it (somewhere that the cats and dogs can't get to it.) Stir it every couple of days for about a week. Then put it back in the gallon buckets and go store it in the barn for about a year. Then you got something worth going fishing with!

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if any one would like to call danny his phone number is on your bucket or (5805647941) he would be glad to talk to you..can milk works the best to thin your bait,,,,or just call and ask DANNY..SOME OF THE BAIT WILL SLING OFF BUT THATS OK,,CHUM YOUR HOLE..THAT WHY I TELL PEOPLE TO THROW IN THE SAME SPOT . GET THE SMELL OUT IN A CENTRAL LOCCATION.IT NEEDS TO BE FIRM BUT SOFT ENOUGH FOR A CATFISH TO SOFT MOUTH IT .GOOD LUCK LARRY

I tried the regular formula (which did well), but when I ran out of that, I sent my wife to go get more. She grabbed the garlic formula though. It doesn't seem to stay on the hook near as long. Every time I reel in to check my bait, the hooks are completely clean. With the regular formula there was at least some slimy stuff still on the hook. Should I try thickening it up, did I just get a 'runny' batch or what???

hey kevin are you sure that the little fish arent pulling it off your hook . perch and other small fish will pick it clean..I NEVER PULL IT IN UNLESS IM GOING TO REBAIT.. WHEN PEOPLE ARE FISHING WITH ME AND TELL ME THERE HUNG UP I TELL THEM TO LEAVE IT ALONE,BECAUSE IF THE BLUE CATS ARE THERE THEY WILL UNHANG YOU (LOTS OF FUN)IF NOT ITS TIME TO MOVE..KEEP,A TIGHT LINE LARRY

Shawn

Sounds like your bait is just cool and fresh. I would not thin it at all, because the weather will likely do it for you.

What causes punch baits to thin is a combination of heat and water, Bait sitting in the 100 degree Texas sun makes it thin, and everytime you rebait, you drop a little water in the bucket, although it is probably not a lot.

A combination of these things thins the bait, which when it gets too thin, becomes a problem.

Give it some time and let the Texas Summer get rolling and you too will be thickening your bait with the rest of us.

RNT

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WENT FISHING LAST NIGHT AND THE CHANNEL CATS WERE IN A FEEDING FRENZE..THE CHANNEL CAT ARE LAYING THEIR EGGS AND THE MALES ARE WATCHING OVER THE EGGS..THE CHANNEL ARE ALOT OF FUN AT THIS STAGE..THE BITE WAS GOOD FOR TWO HOURS BEFORE DARK UNTIL 8.30 AT NIGHT.THEN I HAD TO GO HOME FOR THE 4 ;30 GET UP CALL TO DALLAS ..DANNY KING PUNCH BAIT WITH BLOOD WORKS GREAT ..PS WHEN IMISSED ONE THEY FOLLOWED IT TO THE BOAT (SMALL ONES)SHASEING IT..WATER TEMP IS 76.9 KEEP A TIGHT LINE ..SPILR1---LARRY

Does anyone know where to get any Danny King
punch bait in the Midland, Odessa, or Abilene area? I know it can be ordered online, but I'm a little short on time.
Thanks for your help, George

You have convinced me. Can you point me at any bait shops in the Lake Lavon or Ray Hubbard areas that carry Danny Kings Punch Bait.

Catfisheater, at the risk of getting shot by JP for doing this....contact mikesnow@swbell.net. He is supposed to be one of DK's distributors in North Texas. He can rattle the names of several places to get it in the area you want. And, rattle on, and on, and on he will likely do!

Wingnut, I'm sorry I can't help you. But, since Danny began his bait business in Vernon before be became an Okie, I would have thought for sure he would have established a good West Texas distribution network?? But, I don't know??

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catfisheater, they've got all three flavors of danny king's at Fisherman's Supply on I30 near Ray Hubbard. The original is my favorite.

Went to Joe Pool saturday around 6 pm. Put in some DKPB and my wife fished with minnows. The wind was out of the north and I only caught one. She caught 15 Whites and two crappie under the light.

This was the same spot I originally fished DKPB but the weather conditions were much different. Im going back this Friday.

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Mike, I wait only about 30 seconds before I decide there's nothing there, or that if there is, it's not really interested. I have found that catfish will hit really quickly if you find them, and if you have to wait 20 minutes, you are pretty much hoping one comes by.