A wide variety of baits are used for fishing, such as shrimp, squid, tubeworms, rockworms, sardines, cuttlefish and mussels. However, the main problems of these baits can be listed as their heavy odor, lack of long-term storage opportunity and rapid deterioration. For example, shrimp is an indispensable bait for saltwater fishing on the boat or on the shore. However, from the moment you receive it, it leaves a lingering odor in your car, at home and in the refrigerator. Your family, who has already taken a stand for you to spare time for fish, will be infuriated and reproached when this scent is added to it. Another problem of shrimp is to clean their shells and try to defrost them if we have kept them in the freezer. Pipeworms also have problems such as short-term use and not being able to keep them at home. Chicken meat is a very good feed considering the price and storage conditions. It attracts fish very well, although not as much as shrimp.
Can you fish with chicken meat? What fish are caught with chicken meat? How to prepare chicken meat for fishing? Let's try to answer the questions.
Which Fish Can Be Caught With Chicken Meat?
Since chicken meat is very similar to shrimp in color and structure, many of the fish that come to shrimp can also be caught with chicken meat. Most of the bottom fish such as sea bream, bream, coral, butts, rockfish, grouper, traconia and silverfish come for chicken meat. It is possible to make good hunts from the shore with the chicken meat that you salt and prepare. Since the chicken meat hardened with salt fits well on the needle, it does not fall while throwing the fishing line or passing between rocks and algae and does not cause a waste of time. Eel, catfish, catfish and some of the local freshwater fish are also fish that come for chicken meat. It does a lot of work, especially in eel and black fish hunting.
How to Prepare Chicken Meat for Fishing?
Where and how should we prepare the bait for fishing? In fishing, we can use every part of the chicken except the skin. Fish do not like it because the skin is very hard. Fish generally like fatty meat, so forage fish are chosen from oily fish such as sardines. For this, my advice is to use the thighs of the chicken. Chicken breast meat also works, but because it is lean, chicken thighs give more successful results in catching fish. It would be better to buy boneless breasts or thighs, as it will be difficult to remove the meat from the whole chicken.
You should prepare the chicken meat you buy according to the hunt you will make. If you are going to hunt from the shore, we cut the meat into half-inch-wide fillets and then cut it into cubes the size of the backgammon dice.
Let's come to an important point. Since the chicken meat is soft, it will fall off the fishing line at the first hit of the fish. To avoid this, you should salt the chicken. Salt the chopped chicken thoroughly using a tablespoon of salt per 250 g of meat. Make sure each piece of chicken comes into contact with the salt. Then place several layers of paper towels in the storage container. Place the chickens you salted in the storage container where we put paper towels. Salted chicken meat will leave some water, you need to lay a paper towel or napkin to absorb the water.
You can use the prepared chicken meat for a long time by keeping it in the freezer or freezer. Even if salted chicken meat is left outside for a short time, it will not deteriorate and will not smell. For example, you went fishing, but because the sea was bad, you had to go back before you could even shoot. You can put the chicken back in the freezer and store it until your next hunt.
