HARMON BROOK FARM'S ONLINE BAIT SHOP

GENERAL INFORMATION

FROZEN

We have a great selection of frozen baits in numerous sizes. Smelt, Shiners, Suckers, Eastern Silvery Minnows & River Dace.

Vacuum packaged, insulated box/ iced, FedEx 2 or 3 day express shipping.

All customers should consider using the 2Day FedEx shipping option from April 1 to Nov 15. Using 3Day shipping from April 1 to Nov 15 is at your risk. Even with 2Day shipping, some thawing may occur. We encourage customers to purchase their frozen bait during the winter months: Nov 15 to March 31.

SALTED

Salted baits are legal in most states and Canada. We offer Smelt, Shiners, Fathead Minnows, River Dace & Suckers in sizes from 1.5" to 12"(depending on species) & vac-packaged.

Salt flavored baits provide several advantages: ease of use, excellent storage, mobility, and encouraging the "bite"!

USPS or FedEx shipped.

P & P

P&P Bait are "processed & preserved".

Our method maintains the near natural color, texture, full-body shape of a live fish.

This bait has incredible durability on the hook & shelf-life of months in the original unopened package stored @ 60F or less. Freezer storage can be up to 2 years. This bait is freeze-thaw stable, able to go thru multiple cycles without turning mushy!

P&P baits were developed as a "trolling" bait but have since been appreciated by ice and stream anglers.

Best used for trolling or casting!

USPS or FedEx shipped.

FISHING BAITS

WE OFFER:

Harmon Brook Farm's Online Bait Shop offers: smelt, shiners, minnows, suckers, river dace as frozen, salted, preserved (P&P) baits direct to anglers.

OUR BAIT PRODUCTS ARE SOLD/SHIPPED TO 35 STATES AND 4 CANADIAN PROVINCES. DEPENDING ON SPECIFIC STATE REGULATIONS, SOME TYPES OF BAIT (FROZEN, SALTED, P&P) OR SPECIES ARE/MAY BE PROHIBITED.

ANS-AIS-HACCP:

Harmon Brook Farm & Maine Smelt Hatchery initiated

ANS-AIS-HACCP program in 2003 & submitted our plan to Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Fish Health Lab July 23, 2003

Years of effort to persuade MDIFW and the Fisheries Division to implement a state sponsored ANS-AIS-HACCP program in Maine, ended with "zero" results,

Our program is based on the work done by Jeffrey L. Gunderson
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program, University of Minnesota and

Ronald E. Kinnunen
Michigan Sea Grant College Program, Michigan State University.

Our ANS-AIS-HACCP program is fully operational for all species(live, dead, frozen) sold in Maine, 35 other states and Canada.

We encourage all participants in the Baitfish Industry to embrace this program and diligently pursue the concept of Safe Bait in Maine.

Links:

"Why AIS-HACCP?":

http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/ais/haccp

https://www.icais.org/pdf/2013abstracts/3Wednesday/Session%20A-8/130_Kinnunen.pdf

SafeBaitMe.com

NO FAKE BAIT HERE:

*Custom Order & Quotes encouraged. We specialize in providing serious anglers with baits of choice: species, size, custom packaging and delivery dates.

*Delivered to your door!

*Some states restrict delivery, substitutions/refund provided upon customer approval. Before shipping, we check the receiving state regulations. If an item is prohibited in your state but lawful at another location you are traveling to, to fish, we suggest an alternative shipping destination.

*For those who may be traveling to Canada for a fishing trip, contacting the Border Station you use to enter Canada is advised.

*In most cases salted/processed/frozen minnows/shiners/suckers are legal in Canada,

. Direct sales to anglers, custom orders encouraged, price quotes for bait packages. ONLINE BAIT SHOP: Smelt, Shiners, Suckers, Minnows, River Dace offered as whole frozen, salt-cured, P&P(process/preserved)