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John Henry · Joined: 31 Jul 2015 Posts: 4

I know that price does not equate to quality when it comes to live bait. Who sell the best quality croakers and what's the price?

I have seen some really poor quality bait the last few weeks, poor quality and high prices and a lot of it dies by 9 AM, it doesn't last long.

Thanks

Baffinboy · Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 6:34 am Post subject:

The beat croakers are usually not on the market. They are reserved for the guides and frequent patrons who get dipped from "the good tank." Don't mean to be a Debbie downer
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Oil Field Trash II · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 1560

billings and marker 37 have consistent bait. If I'm doing any kind of trip, or overnight, I buy at billings. if it's for the day I sometimes get them at marker 37, mainly because I like what they're doing with that place right now.

worst bait I ever got was from Clem's. They won't let you look at the bait prior (same with cos), which is very aggravating. if I'm going to drop $100 on croakers, the least they can do is show you what you're buying. the liability deal is a bullsht excuse. they can bring a few in a net or bucket...

The final straw for me at clem's was getting a bucket full of croakers, and the guy sets it on the floor with THREE FLOATERS in the bucket... a bunch of the other ones were stressed, no tails, red marks... total crap. the lady who owns the place asked me "do you want them or not". I opted for "no".

during the croaker season, I probably run several hundred dozen through my livewells on the boat. It takes more than filtered, pretty water to keep them alive

gdavis · Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 11:16 am Post subject:

x2 on billings. Their croaker has been great since July.