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toughens and brightens your bait, but also adds proven bite stimulants and a full range of fish attractants to your bait. Scientific tests have proven even one molecule of this stimulant will have a positive effect on the olfactory receptors of most types of fish.

One 20 oz. jar of Brine N’ Bite will cure up to 12 dozen average sized herring or anchovies. If you are brining frozen baits, always put them into the brine frozen. Allowing baits to thaw first, may cause spoilage.

The best way to go is to mix the entire batch. Pour all the brine powder into your mixing container.( A plastic, gallon milk jug works well.) Measure out 2 quarts of water( do not use tap water, use only river water, distilled water, well water, bottled water), then slowly add only enough of the water to make a thick paste. This will get all the brine wet.

Stir, and then gradually add the remainder

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of the water, until all lumps are dissolved. Add a few drops of

Pro-Cure Bait Brite to your brine solution to make the scales super shiny and fresh looking! If desired, now would be the time to add Pro-Cure Bad Azz Powdered Dye to your brine solution. Depending on the size, most baits will cure up in 4 to 12 hours. Baits will continue to toughen if left in the brine. If they become too hard, or all“ puckered” up, baits can be brought back by soaking them in a very watered down brine / freshwater solution.

Once cured, your baits can be removed from solution and placed in a plastic container or zip top bag in your bait cooler, or they can be bagged and frozen for use at a later date. The brine will help protect the baits from freezer burn, discoloration, etc. Used brine solution can be stored in the refrigerator for several months, and re-used! This information comes courtesy of Pro- Cure. For more, go to www. procure. com

and Gold Star have been turning out deadly salmon gear

for decades. This season when you venture out for ocean kings you can tilt the odds in your favor by rigging up with flasher, dodgers and lures from Silver Horde and Gold Star. Let’ s take a closer look at what they have to offer … Flashers Silver Horde and Gold Star flashers are made from top quality“ Spring Tempered” brass material. This specialized material gives the flasher the ability to pulse as it rotates in the water without compromising shape. The metal flashers can be tuned by adding to or removing the bend at the tail end of the lure. Many anglers have found they can increase their catch by enhancing the rotation of the lure in this way in order to achieve the perfect action at a specific trolling speed. The F4 Piscator and Double D flashers come equipped with solid stainless welded rings and genuine Sampo stainless bass bearing swivels. Dodgers The Gold Star No. 0 dodger measures 2.5 by 8 inches, the perfect size for ocean run kings. Gold Star dodgers boast high quality brass construction and top notch hardware. Colors and finishes are diverse with metallic, painted, UV, glow and hammered blades available. Kingfisher Lite Spoons Kingfisher Lite or KFL spoons do an exceptional job of imitating a wounded baitfish. The folks at Silver Horde have been turning out topnotch fishing gear for over 50 years, so they know how to design an effective spoon. The special shape built into the KFL gives it a really seductive swimming motion.

For me shape and action are the two most important cues when it comes to generating strikes, but color plays a factor too. I give the KFL two thumbs up in terms of silhouette and action. The fact that the KFL lineup by Cal Kellogg

includes a long list of both utilitarian and creative finishes is only icing on the cake.

For more information about the tackle mentioned in this piece, check out the Silver Horde / Gold Star website at www. silverhorde. com.

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