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http://www.lsonews.com/fishing-news/601-sawdust-shrimp-age-old-technique-used-to-keep-bait-fresh
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[Capt Mike Singleterry]

Old school, in the '50s & '60s we would use a cigar box or a brown paper bag with wet sawdust. We didn't have any type of aireator to keep them alive until we got to the water. Our bait boxes were wooden and made of cedar with brass hardware and leather straps for hinges.

Looked alot like this


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[ironmanstan]

yep...what he said.
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[ward438]

I've never heard of anything like this. I'm going to have to try it.
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Not much motion in the ocean...but hey, I'm the captain!

[Crazyhorse]

Thanks for posting that, I will give it a try if and when I ever get to go back down to the coast.
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[Stoner150]

Like Capt'n Mike said, their were no type of portable aerators back in the late 50's. My grandparents lived at Magnolia Beach and my grandmother was the avid fisherwoman, as my grandfather worked. She had several of the wooden bait boxes pictured and you did not mix the shrimp box and the live mullet/live perch box. Each had their specific purpose. It was my job to keep the boxes in good repair, with my grandfather's help of course.

She had a large wooden box taht my grandfather built , twice as big as a cigar box and I would ride my bicycle to the bait stand and get 25 shrimp for $.75. If you brought the sawdust back the next day, the old man at the bait stand would give you a couple of xtra shrimp at no charge!
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Jeff

[rabbit]

Back in the late 40s i used to dig worms and stand on the side of the road with a sign and sell them bye the dozen.
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[Prof. Salt]

OK guys, I talked to a friend who is a marine biologist, and he says the saw dust gets damp and as long as their gills are moist, the shrimp are okay, plus they don't move much in the sawdust and do not use up their oxygen. If you keep them out of the sun and cool their metabolism slows and they last longer.

This is a cool idea I had never been shown. Thanks for the thread to let us know.

[MakoJJ]

Cool trick. I have never tried it though it would probably be fun.

[bollie]

Do you use dry or damp saw dust and if it must be damp do one use fresh or salt water to dampen it.

[cephus]

Saw dust does work. My father would use shoe boxes full of saw dust that had been in the deep freeze over night. Back then there was no problem getting saw dust. Just go to the nearest lumber yard and they would give you all you wanted. Don't know about now a day, but if you find some I hope it isn't treated wood saw dust. That stuff is pretty toxic.
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[carolina kinger]

I did not no this, and will try it out.
Thanks for the info

[Capt Mike Singleterry]

[bollie]

Thanks Capt Mike I was thinking to use a chain saw to make some dust out off some mesquite I got in the back yard, think I must give this method a shot.

[Stinger-A]

25 shrimp for .75 cents? Wow. What's the price up to this day in age?