cheap and good quality green label herring

Trustworthy hardware in Soldotna has green, blue, red, and I believe purple label for just over 6 bucks it's the cheapest I can find on the peninsula sportsman's is 9 bucks and it seems like the bait is not in near as good shape I bought 4 packs from trusty last night to soak in the brine all 4 packs were good firm bait

plus one...I agree.  if you don't brine the bait, make sure you punch a small hole to eliminate the vacuum before thawing then out. 

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What do you brine the bait with? And what's the purpose? Extra stink or does it help it hold together better?

I use brines off the salmon university website it makes the bait tougher and you can re freeze it there is a ton of commercial brines the only one I don't recommend is the fire brine not sure why but it doesn't get they bait the way I like it and as far as scent goes it's pretty much anything you wanna do with it i usually just dope it up with herring oil but have used garlic and sugar all kinds of stuff

Thanks for the tip. Time to resupply for winter trolling. I know last year I had trouble finding good bait sometimes.