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0:00 4 weeks ago we released this video right here. And tens of thousands of you responded to it wondering, "Wait, how can I do that same thing?" Today I'm going to show you. >> [music] >> So, what video am I talking about? We released 4 weeks ago a video called the best summertime baits for panfish, how to fish with Spam. That's right. So, you're sitting there and you're like, "What's so amazing about that?" Well, what's amazing about it is the effectiveness of it. And if you guys check out the video, it's linked in the description below. I'll also have a card for it at the end of this video. You'll see why it's so so effective and so amazing. Today I'm going to show you how to prepare the Spam so you can take it out and have these same exact results. So, the first thing you want to do is get yourself a can of Spam. Now, you can get this particular one which I got from
0:46 Walmart. As you can see, it's not super expensive. Or you can get a variation of them. There's the little individual Spam classic pack. If you're not one of the whole size of a can, you go with the little pack there. You can go to the dollar store or Dollar Tree and they all have their version of it. Does it work as well as the Spam? It will. And I'm going to show you a trick here at the end and one of the critical steps that you have to do to be able to make it work effectively for fishing. So, you're not going to want to miss that yet. Stay here, let me explain the process to you and then at the end you'll be glad that you stayed. Okay, so the first thing you want to do is you're going to get your can of Spam. I primarily use this for pan fishing. Break this open here. Simply just going to dump it out.
1:34 Just like that. Set that can off to the side. You're not going to need that. Now, we got the Spam out. We got it on our cutting board. Make sure you have a decent knife, okay? But the thing is is before we do that, we're going to want to start our oven and get it preheating. While our oven is preheating, we're going to go ahead and get this cubed up. Like I said, I primarily do panfishing. So, I'm going to start it and I'd say about 1/4 in slices slices here. Now, I'm simply going to take those and start laying those out cuz I'm now going to cube them up into the desired pieces I want.
2:21 Now, the great part about this is that you can actually make these to any sizes, whether you're going after panfish, you're going after crappie, you're going after bass, catfish. By the time we get done with this process, you'll be able to catch any type of freshwater fish with this. Now, just make sure that the regulations in your area allow you to fish with a bait like this. I'm just going to start cutting these into the smaller strips here. Like I said, I want these for panfish. You don't want to cut them too small because they will, by the time they cook and then we do that critical step at the end, they will shrink in size. So, you know what size hook you you prefer to fish with. And if you want to err on the side of caution, just cut them a little bit bigger. Now, I know what most of you're thinking right now. Wait, Spam for fishing? Spam's not good for fishing. Don't you
3:07 normally just eat Spam and eggs, Spam and a sandwich? Actually, why don't I do both? Why not prep this for you? The next day you have some leftover, eat a little nice little breakfast sandwich like this or some Spam and eggs. And then that way you're full and now you can go fishing. All right. Now that we got that diced up, I'm going to slide that off to the side. We're going to bring in our cookie tray our cookie sheet or our baking tray. However you want to do this is up to you. I like to line mine with some parchment paper. Little trick there, crumble it up. It allows you to work with it better. Unfold it. Get it down in our tray there.
3:53 And this next part is very important. You do not want to pile your Spam [clears throat] up on top of itself. You want to actually spread it out evenly. We're going to get it on the tray here. We're going to start spreading it out. And all your sizes pieces do not have to be exactly the same, y'all. There could be variation there. You're going to have variation unless you just have some unless you're great at cutting it that way or you have some machine to do it for you. All right. So, now we got it on our baking tray. We're going to wait for the oven to get to 400° F and then we're going to put it in there for 10 minutes.
4:39 All right. So, it's been 10 minutes. We're going to now go to pull our Spam out of the oven. Now, we're about to do one of the two key parts of this process, okay? We got it open and breathing. We're now going to take garlic salt. That's right. And we're going to generously shake it over top of these pieces of Spam. And here's why you need to do it during this process, y'all. That Spam is open. It's breathing. The juices are in there. This salt is going to soak in to those Spam pieces. And as it starts to cool down, it's going to be pulling all that garlic salt back into it. And that's what I'm That's what's going
5:26 to allow the garlic salt to stay in the Spam longer. So, when you put it on the hook and you throw it out in the water, it's going to last longer. If you simply got the Spam, took it straight out of the can and tried to put it on the hook, it would fall apart. It's too mushy. So, baking it actually opens it up, allows us to put the garlic salt onto it now that it's open and breathing, it's going to suck all that back in there. And then we're going to do the final step, which is going to harden this all together, so that when we go fishing with it, it's going to stay on the hook, and it's still going to allow all that juice and flavor to be out there attracting the fish. All right, now that we have got it all moved around and it's soaking in that garlic salt, we're going to let this sit here for an hour. That's right, 1 hour. It's going to cool all the way down. We're going to end up transferring
6:12 it to a container, and then I'm going to show you what we're going to do from there. All right, y'all. So, it's been an hour. So, we're going to take our Spam that we've covered in the garlic salt, and we're going to move it into a container, and now we're going to place that in the fridge. This is the most important step. That's right, you heard me correctly. This is most important step. What it's going to do is allow that garlic salt that's already been soaking into that Spam to now become a hardened part of that Spam. And this will allow the Spam to stay on your hook longer, and it will allow that scent to be distributed and the oil to be distributed out for a longer amount of time. Now, once you start fishing with this, you'll see that it doesn't take very long for the fish to react to it, especially once they find it. But this is key because not that Spam will just fall right off your hook, or you'll cast it out there and it won't have a scent to it. And at that point, you're just
6:58 throwing another item in the water and hoping that the fish stick, which is not what we're trying to do. We're trying to give you an effective bait that works quickly and works effectively every single time you use it. So, we're going to get this transferred into the container, put it in the fridge, and then I'm going to show you the final final step that you got to do before you go fishing. >> [clears throat] >> You can see all that salt on there.
7:44 All right, so our final step in this whole process is to get our Spam that has been sitting in the fridge overnight. Let's take a look at it before we get ready to go fishing. And as you can see that was the final process. Right there. Let's take a closer look. And as you guys can see it is now hardened up. And I'm squeezing on it. It's nice and solid. So that's going to stay on the hook well. But you can see the salt on there and the oil on my fingers. And that is going to be the key. All right y'all, I hope you enjoyed this video. If you want to see how this works on the water, check out the video right here. Also check the description down below. I
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