Show fish bait industry becomes wg big business A little boy who got nickels and an idea digging worms for his fathers fishing holiday probably Is founder of new big bust busl ew the bait industry thousands of fis fishermen hermin with no time and others with no inclination to catch their own bait have created a demand for a busin business ess involving thousands bf afi bait catchers whole wholesalers retailers and extensive witching hatching properties like other more prosaic businesses the bait industry is modernized to satisfy with super service extensive varied stocks and high speed streamlined delivery minnows shiners silver or gold worms perch hugs bugs lass bugs crawfish and frogs are packed by the dozen into attractive cartons and delivered almost to the anglers hook or sold over the counter the precincts are unbounded bait stores are found in city shopping districts and clong along the nations highways hard by nearly 01 well populated fishing spots on the great lakes minnows are frequently sold boat side from barges anchored oft off shore no accurate estimates have been made of the bait Indu size some dealers place total annual buness briness iness at or more hatch ing properties and leased swampland Is estimated at several hundred thousand dollars additional eben HI aldorn of rensselaer N Y Is representative of the nations fresh water balt bait sellers located in the upper hudson valley his clients are arc mainly albany troy and schenectady fishermen bound for adirondacks and catskill lakes and str streams heidorn selects minnows from large showcase tanks but only lively ones logy minnows ore are thrown out crawfish are chosen from big hatching vats for individual requirements and perch bugs are pinched at the tails if they squirm they are used the bugs are stored in refrigerators his plant consists besides cellar minnow and crawfish tanks boxes tor for earthworms and four breeding ponds two are for minnows and two for perch bugs running well water is used in the tanks in preference to city water from the store aldorn estimated last years sales at minnows worms crawfish or dobson and 7 perch bugs he believed the worm estimate low however for said one man alono alone bought |