Fake crickets in a can

[Beaubayou]

I was fishing from the recliner at work yesterday watching Roland Martin. He did an add for some fake or freeze dried crickets with some kind of sent on them, also had some worms and something else in a can. I got a laugh out of it think what are they going to come up with nextRofl and don't remember who sold them, but I was wondering if anyone has used them and if they worked. I want to say they had a 3 year sent shelf life and 2 week sent life after you opened them up.

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Google is a great tool.

[RonDon]

I can see them being good to throw in the boat and leave them in there. Ive been fishing for crappie or bass many times and come across a bed of bream and wished I had some crickets or worms!

[Team M&M]

They do work and this is what we do with crickets at the start of every summer. We order 5000 crickets from a bulk wholesaler or farm and then we freeze them. Once frozen we divide into ziplock bags about 200 per bag. This way we can take them out when we go fishing and use them. We thaw first but make sure to keep them cold in a cooler so they don't spoil during the day. I keep mine in a small insulated bag next to me in the boat with one of those frozen gel packs in the bag to keep the crickets cool while I fish. I've caught everything from big bluegill, chinqs, crappie, and even bass and catfish on them from time to time.

The timbuktu ones are expensive though and I'd just keep them as a backup in the tacklebox for a rainy day. Gulp makes some artificial crickets now and I've seen people swearing they really work, plus they are tougher than an actual cricket so you can catch multiple fish on each one.

Berkley Gulp! Alive! Crickets

[Beaubayou]

I think I would try the Berkley ones before the other, looks like they are more like a plastic jig. If I can find them at Academy or Wally World I think I will get a jar.

[NorthShoreTiger]

Frozen crickets? Really? I'm gonna have to re-think my "It ain't kicking anymore I'm puttin' on a new one." way of fishing.

[LouisianaFishNut]

They do work and this is what we do with crickets at the start of every summer. We order 5000 crickets from a bulk wholesaler or farm and then we freeze them. Once frozen we divide into ziplock bags about 200 per bag. This way we can take them out when we go fishing and use them. We thaw first but make sure to keep them cold in a cooler so they don't spoil during the day. I keep mine in a small insulated bag next to me in the boat with one of those frozen gel packs in the bag to keep the crickets cool while I fish. I've caught everything from big bluegill, chinqs, crappie, and even bass and catfish on them from time to time.

The timbuktu ones are expensive though and I'd just keep them as a backup in the tacklebox for a rainy day. Gulp makes some artificial crickets now and I've seen people swearing they really work, plus they are tougher than an actual cricket so you can catch multiple fish on each one.

Berkley Gulp! Alive! Crickets

Man, that's a good idea! We like to bream fish with the kids and it would make it much easier than always having to worry about stopping for bait, buying too many, letting the leftovers go..etc. I've got freezer space, may have to check into this myself. Thanks for the info.