Leland Briggs' secret recipes
What they bite, what they ignore, what they can't resist.
Baits so good they should be illegal.
Pre-order price until release on December 15, 2026.
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A note from Leland
I've fished the Tennessee River for sixty years. Most of what I catch, I catch on bait I mix myself in an old coffee can: chicken livers, cheese, a little garlic, and one ingredient you'd never guess.
Store-bought bait is made to catch fishermen, not fish. Everything in this book is made from things in your kitchen, your fridge, or your bait shop's cheapest shelf. And every recipe has caught fish for me, not just once but for years.
Keep your line wet, friend.
Leland Briggs
Chapter 3
Seven baits that work so well, folks at the boat ramp swear they ought to be outlawed. They're not. They're just that good.
#7 stays a secret until release day. Pre-order folks read it first.
Inside the book
Every bait gets its own card: what goes in, how to mix it, how to keep it on the hook, and when the fish want it. Here are a few, with the good parts blacked out until release.
On your phone: one recipe to a screen, big clear type. No squinting in the sun.
On a tablet or computer: full pages with photos, ready to print and take to the bank.
I keep mine in a zip bag in the tackle box. Works fine wet.
Mash it all in the can, lid on loose, and leave it in the sun for three hot days. Then roll it into balls that hold on a treble hook through a hard cast.
Don't do this in your wife's kitchen. Ask me how I know.
Cover with water, lid on, and let it sour for five days in the shade. Chum a handful an hour before you cast, and the carp will be waiting.
Big carp follow their nose. This gives them something to follow.
Warm the cheese just soft, work in the flour, roll pea-sized balls. Fish them a foot off the bottom on a small hook.
Out-fishes the jar stuff three to one on stocked trout.
Knead until it's like putty, then pinch a piece the size of your little fingernail over a number 10 hook. Fish it under a tiny bobber in the shade.
Teach a grandkid this one. They'll never forget it.
Find your fish
Pick a fish and see what the book has for it.
14 recipes · 8 rigs
The table of contents
Pre-order bonuses
Printable cards for your tackle box. Every rig on one small card.
What to throw, month by month, for each species. Pin it in the shed.
Every new recipe Leland adds, sent to you at no charge.
Pre-order price ends on release day, December 15, 2026.
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"A fish don't care what your bait cost. He cares what it smells like."
Leland
You pay $19.99 today, and on release day (December 15, 2026) the full PDF and all three bonuses arrive by email. You keep the pre-order price; after release the book is $29.99.
No, it's a PDF e-book. It reads on any phone, tablet or computer, and every recipe card prints clean on a home printer so you can take it to the bank or the boat.
No. It's set in large, clear type with one recipe to a page, so you can read it on your phone without squinting.
Gumroad emails you a receipt right after you order. On release day the book appears behind the "Open my book" button in that same email, and in your Gumroad library. Nothing to install.
No. Every recipe is legal to use. They're "banned" the way folks at the boat ramp say it: they work so well it hardly seems fair. Always check your state's rules on live bait and chum before you fish.
Yes. Every recipe uses kitchen ingredients and plain steps. If you can stir a pot, you can make these.
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