Grits

1. Take about a pound of "instant grits."

2. Put in 4 packs of kool-aid.

3. Dampen with water, just a small amount of water while stirring it up.

4. When the grits get a 'spongy' feel to them, it is ready. BE SURE NOT TO GET TOO WET, JUST A SPONGY FEEL.

5. Put a "sugar pop"....yes the cereal kind, on a number 4 hook, pack the grits on the pop in a ball about the size of a egg.

6. The bait will break down leaving the pop on hook laying in center of bait.

Millet

NOTE: If you use a "non syrup" (extract,koolaide) flavoring....you will have to add more Karo so that sufficient thick syrup is in the recipe for binding purposes.

Mix dry ingredients together....mix liquid ingredients together and heat (don't boil)....thoroughly mix liquid into dry ingredients. Let set for a couple of hours and do a "break" test.

Break Test.....make egg size ball (moisten hands in water before packing to keep from sticking to your hands)...pack as hard as you can....drop bait into bucket. You don't want it to break too quick...usually no quicker than a minute....but no longer than 3 minutes. If it breaks too quick...add a little flour...remix, let set awhile...test. If breaks too slow or not at all...add some more millet...mix...retest.

Keep bait at room/outside temp...do not refrigerate. Will last a couple of weeks. May need some freshening up....use flavoring or lake water to freshen (moisten) if needed....NOT TOO MUCH.

This stuff packs like a rock and casts a mile, yet breaks down exposing your hookbait (pop) in a couple of minutes.

Mix the bean meal, millet, and Minute Rice. Put the creamed corn in a bowl; add your flavoring and mix thoroughly. Add the flavored creamed corn to the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Keep in a covered bucket with tight-fitting lid.

Wet your hands. Take some of your packbait (about the size of a large egg) and squeeze it into a cylindrical shape, about 3 inches long. Lay your finger along the cylinder and make an indentation the length of the cylinder. Lay the hook and beads in the indentation, and close up the indentation, burying the pickup in the bait. Give the bait a few fairly hard squeezes. After you cast, don't move your bait, and don't tighten your line too much - you don't want to pull the pickup from the bait.

Rice

Note: (you might even want to throw a couple handfuls of sweet corn in...no water, just corn)

Pour ketchup, kool-aid and karo (and corn if used) into a pan and heat...stir constantly until it gets steamy hot, you'll see steam start to rise (not boiling).....remove from stove.

Immediately add 5 cups of Minute Rice and mix well getting all rice covered with liquid.

Let sit for at least 12 hours fluffing it up after an hour and then again an hour later. This isn't "necessary" but sure seems to make a nicer textured bait.

When you're ready to fish add 2 cups of instant (not Quick grits) must be INSTANT grits, stir it in good and and you're all set....be sure and check your break time. Once I have the grits mixed in I usually put the bait into 2 one gallon ziplocks to keep from drying out.

If you need more "stick" add a little grits at time. This bait will feel like "rubber" and might seem dry to touch. For first break test pack as hard as you can. This bait is only good for one day...then the grits dry out...for some reason you can't get them "sticky" again.