you will have some luck with store bought baits, but there is no way to recreate live bait. if you're not catching anything with gizzards, liver, nightcrawlers, cut or live baitfish, deer heart, etc., then there are no fish. simple as that. i'm not saying that storeboughts are bad, there are things that I like about them, like that they are easy to get in a pinch, and easy to store.

If given the right opportunity, will a buck follow the trail of a store bought doe urine, or the real thing?