Passaic River Surprise (5/25)

[briansnat]

Do pike prefer meat hot dogs or all beef? Does it matter if it's kosher?

[Eskimo]

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Originally Posted by briansnat

Do pike prefer meat hot dogs or all beef? Does it matter if it's kosher?

It depends on the area of the Passaic you're fishing.
In the Fairfield area, standard Oscar Meyer Wieners are fine, but as you go upstream to Livingston-Short Hills-Millburn area, the hotdogs must be Kosher.

Downstream in the Paterson-Newark area economic concerns necessitates the use of generic store brand hotdogs.

I guess hotdogs are effective because they are made from finely-ground processed meats and fat which exudes particulate matter into the water, making it easy for the fish to find it.


Here is a list of ingredients in hotdogs:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...nts-explained/


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