Peanut Butter Fishing at Big Bass Lake

No, this isn’t a commercial for Jif Peanut Butter, nor is our first post on fishing about going after jelly fish. How about a good tip for fishermen? Our kids found out that if you take a jar of peanut butter, like Jif, and poke holes in the lid, and then sink that jar in shallow water, the fish population in that area will increase tenfold.

We did just that just off our beach about fifty yeards from where we swim. You see, the fish are attracted to the oil from that peanut butter and once they arrive fishhooks descended from our rowboat above and caught a bunch of them. Worms and cheese were our bait but it was that peanut butter that did the trick. That night we had a fish fry and the kids gobbled them down because it always tastes better when you earn that meal yourself.

One time while fishing, without that peanut butter lure, one of the kids got a hook stuck in their hand which required a quick trip to Baldwin, Michigan, about 23 miles away, to the nearest medical facility. A tetnus shot followed extracting that hook out of the boys hand.

It seemed that fishing was at least one day’s project for some of the kids that went on camping trips to our property. They always had better luck closer in to shore then when they tried fishing in the deeper waters of Big Bass Lake. Perch were the favorite eating fish for the kids. I’ll bet some of you had been wondering when we would get around to a fishing post, eh?