New Bait Pump Thread

I have never used a bait pump so I don't know all the details, however; from reading the closed thread on bait pumps I ordered one yesterday. While I am waiting for it to arrive I figured I'd try some alternate ideas expressed in the bait pump thread. Bought a small needle (doesn't have a needle) type pump. Only cost .39 cents at Tractor Supply. Thought maybe the opening where the paste comes out, might be a bit too small. Made a stop at Walmart and went to the pharmacy. They had something similar which the women just gave me a couple free of charge. She said if they don't work, just throw them away. Free (must have been my charming personality) :biggrin Still thinking the end where the nuggets comes out to be too small, I decided to try "Smelly Jelly" which I have had in the garage refrigerator a couple years. Waited over night for the jelly to soften up and then put it in the tube. I think thinner than the nuggets, it worked like a charm. I bought the smelly jelly mail order and never used it because it was messy and I didn't want it all over the boat. Putting it in the small pump type needle keeps it mess free, so I will be trying it. I am storing the full needle type pump in a zip lock bag in the refrigerator. Because the Smelly Jelly solidifies in the fridge I will take it out the night before I go fishing, Pop

Pop ... I gave the "oral syringe" a trial, just to see if it would indeed work as I thought it would. It did work well. The "oral syringe" tip works better than a regular IV (needle) type syringe, because the oral syringe only has the tip and not the surrounding threaded portion needed to hold the needle in place. The oral syringe I tested was a 10ml size, and the extrusion of nibbles is rather small, but will fill the hollow body of a 1.5-2" tube bait with no problems.

I thought that putting on the "cap", that comes with these syringes, would allow me to leave the nibbles within ... but, after a couple of months they were dried to the point where they couldn't even be dislodged from the syringe. The syringe sat that long because I wasn't actually using the nibbles ... just "testing" the idea.

It was not my intent to dissuade anyone from purchasing the Bait Pump ... but, merely as a "poor man's alternative".

Crappiepappy, Oral Syringe is what I used, just couldn't think of the proper description. I used 6mm which I think describes the tube size as all the tips appear to be the same. The Smelly Jelly seems more fluid than the nibbles and I don't think will harden over time. I'll take the syringe out of the fridge and see how it is after a month or two. Thanks for the input. Pop

Just checked. The oral syringe I purchased was 6mm but from Walmart they gave me 10mm which is what I used also. Pop

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Originally Posted by pop

Just checked. The oral syringe I purchased was 6mm but from Walmart they gave me 10mm which is what I used also. Pop

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Yeah, my first attempt was with a 5ml oral syringe, but it was real hard to push the nibbles through ... so I went to the 10ml size and it worked much better. And being a "syringe", it was usable with one hand ... something the Bait Pump owners were complaining about (not being able to operate one-handed).

(I was "working" back in those days, and had access to any size oral syringe I wanted to try, as I was a Registered Pharmacy Technician at a local hospital & was very familiar with them. :))