C.D. Your bait is looking good!
Bobcat meat is pretty dry and can really soak up the oil.
If possible store the bait in a cool spot out of the sun, cover it too keep the fly's off the bucket.
It is always a Good idea to check on baits when the summer heat arrives. If there is a problem it will show up with the warm weather?
Internet says Trout oil freezes at -47 f. so you should be fine without the Glycerine.
Glycerine freeze's at -36 f. they say? Good Luck!!!

Thanks!!!!

You can store it in a cool, or shaded spot. I store mine on a shelf in a shed. It gets to 95 in the summer, and below freezing in the winter. Made a couple different batches in 5 gal buckets 6 or 7 years ago, and they just keep getting better. I'll probably never use all I have. Same with quality urine. I add some glycerin to it, and keep it in a 5 gal bucket with the lid on, and store it in the same shed.

I trap in freezing weather, so bait, lure, and urine get spiked with glycerin.

What about Mold?

methyl paraben is good for preventing mold

Thank you

Would salmon oil work ?

Wildturkey, this is a Better option for you imho.
Sun rendered oil has a much stronger smell.

Thanks. I had some salmon oil I had found at a trapping shop on vacation in Idaho last summer. thought it might come in handy sometime. Looks like trout is the one most are using.

It doesn't have to be trout oil. Trout oil is superior to pressed oil. Bob sells a good product. Letting those big gobs of fat in the abdomen of spoonbill or flatheads, self render or even rendered on a low heat on the stove are good too.

Love that black spoony oil

Who sells Spoonbill Oil sun rendered ????
Pint size or bigger! Thanks.

The paddlefish research station in Miami OK is closed. I believe that is where Carlis got what he sold. Lots of laws governing spoonbill. Might not be legal to sell paddle fish parts from fish you caught with a sport license.

last guy I knew selling paddlefish oil was Matt Jones but he's a commercial fisherman so he has more access. We can harvest paddlefish here in Ky

We can only sport fish for them here. 2 month season and 6 tags a year. There really are a lot of regs on selling paddlefish parts due to the caviar. One good male will have a quart plus of oil after the fat is rendered.

here in Ky we can sportfish and catch 2 per day, commercial fisherman can get a license to commercially catch roe bearing fish like paddlefish, though they must fill out a daily report of what they catch..I don't know what their limit is
I wish I lived a part of Ky where there was a good population

what part of the paddlefish (spoonbill cat) do you use to sun render oil from the belly?

Don’t forget salt as an antifreeze in bait or combination of glycerin and salt and all depending on how cold your climate is. As far as smell a black lab can find a 3 year old antler shed under 3’ of snow so a coyote can sure smell a tainted frozen bait in a dirt hole. 2 drops of good lure up top will be smelled with ease. Some argue against long range lure up high near set but that makes no sense to me. It will reach out farther and pull an animal in to where it will easily smell a frozen solid bait in n a dirt hole. Of course the best set and bait in the world does no good in poor locations.