One of the better fish baits anywhere is free for the picking - if you can catch them, that is. The bait is grasshoppers, and you can find them in just about any grassy field during the weeks of late ...
I’ve been thinking a lot about grasshoppers lately because I’m going to use them as bait for our shrike trap in November (I’m a researcher at Gulf Coast Bird Observatory). Don’t worry, no grasshoppers ...