FISHING BAIT - 10 OIL-BASED FORMULAS

FORMULA 1:

Mix together 5 parts oil of rhodium and 2 parts oil of cumen. Add 1 part tincture of musk. Stir. Pour into 1/2 oz. bottles and label. Put 1 or 2 drops of fish bait to attract fish.

FORMULA 2:

Mix together 2 oz. oil of rhodium, 1/2 oz. tincture of musk, 1 oz. oil of cumen, 1/2 oz. juice of loveageroot. Make a paste of bread crumbs mixed with shreds of cotton or wool. Pour the oil mixture on top of it and mix well. Keep in tightly sealed bottles. Break off a small piece of the cotton/wool mixture and use for bait.

FORMULA 3:

Mix together 1 lb. ground aniseed or fennel seed and 1/4 lb. ground allspice. Sprinkle 1/8 oz. oil of cloves over the above and mix. Store in tightly sealed jars for a few days while the odors blend. Put a drop on fish bait.

FORMULA 4:

Combine 1 oz. gum benzoin and 12 oz. olive oil in a double boiler. Heat for 2 hours. Remove and let stand for a week. Then strain. Add 30 drops oil of rhodium and 3 drops oil of patchouli. Use a medicine dropper. Add 1 1/2 oz. bacon grease or lard oil. Store this mixture in small bottles. Put 1 or 2 drops on meat bait.

FORMULA 5:

Combine 1/2 oz. oil of rhodium, 1/8 oz. oil of spearmint, 1/2 oz. oil of anise and 1 oz. glycerin. Use 2 drops on any bait.

FORMULA 6:

Combine pure cod liver oil with some red oil-soluble food coloring. Mix. Dip any bait into the mixture.

FORMULA 7:

Put a loosely-covered jar of dead worms in a garage, barn or outbuilding. Wait 10 days or until they have turned to liquid. Pour off 1/2 oz. of the liquid and mix 20 drops of oil of rhodium with it. Put a drop or 2 on fish bait.

FORMULA 8:

Take odd pieces of cut-up fish, clams, lead minnows, crawfish and eels and put into a loosely-covered glass jar. Leave until it turns to oil. Mix 1 part oil of anise with 5 parts of the fish oil. Use on fish bait. Especially attracts bottom feeding fish.

FORMULA 9:

Combine 2 oz. cod liver oil with 20 drops oil of anise. Mix well. Use on bait. Especially attracts trout.

FORMULA 10:

Combine 1/2 oz. oil of rhodium and 1/2 pint olive oil. Put a drop or two on fish bait.