[whitley]

I'm looking for large quanities of white popcorn salt to use in my senkos. Where can I get the very fine salt.

Thanks

[alsworms]

Sam's Club, Costco.,........these types of places should have bulk quantities of popcorn salt. I looked in my yellow pages under "popcorn" and sure enough.......there is a popcorn supply company not far from my place. You might try that first. I pay 24.95 for a case of the stuff.

[harley-cowboy]

I get 50# of salt at my local AGWAY store. It is not popcorn salt but it only costs $7.95 for 50# and I flour it with a coffee grinder that costs $13.00 from Wally World. It is FANTATIC and takes only 15 seconds to make it into flour.
IMO... Flour salt is better as it mixes better and you're not constantly stirring to get the salt off the bottom of the pyrex.
Just my 2 cents....

[Senkosam]

Foured salt is the way to go and much cheaper than popcorn salt, unless you live close to a major discounter.

[whitley]

Doesnt floured salt make the baits more opaque. I want a bait that you can see through but still sinks the same as yamamotos.

[millsryno]

Whitley, I agree with you. I floured my salt for a very long time. The baits come out softer, more durable and are much easier to pour, but they are opaque. I really like the light to be able to shine through my baits and am messing around with different types of salt. Why use popcorn salt over table salt?

[nova]

Don't use table salt. It is iodized.

[Senkosam]

Why use popcorn salt over table salt?

The larger the crystals, the faster the fall. Popcorn salt is a fine crystal, whereas floured salt is a powder. Popcorn salt will allow some light to pass through, popcorn salt- some light, and sugar flakes with a little salt added for weight, more light.

Sugar flakes melted and in clear plastic look milky white, so it won't allow the same translucent appearance of using crystal salt and colored plastic. I think the process of adding crystal salt involves an automated mixture as plastic pours in into the mold - a process very difficult for handpours to duplicate and to be able to have the exact amount of salt for every lure.

[millsryno]

Nova,

You can buy table salt either iodized or non-iodized. Wal-mart and my local Albertson's sell it this way. Any other advantage of popcorn salt?

[Joe S.]

I've used Iodized salt plenty of times and never had a problem with the cooking aspect or fish biting it, they still held on to it just as long as any other salts I have tried.