Treasure trove - still useable?

[Richard Booty]

Cleaning out my basement ahead of a house move and stumbled across this - I knew the luncheon meat was down there but had forgotten about the John Baker stuff...

Obvs the luncheon meat should be fine to use, and the sausage sizzle is unopened, as is the second bag of supermilk, however will the rest still be useable? The asm flavouring smelt vile from the moment it was opened so no way of telling whether it's still good....!

 

[Alan Palmer]

If it was me I wouldn’t use it for barbel on a low stock water as too much doubt on effectiveness - on a high stock water go and try it you’ll soon find out. However, I would still make some bait up and use for chub…they’ll eat anything! My cheesepaste is 4 yrs old now and in/out of the freezer often, it’s rank but they seem to like it

 

[Jim Brook]

It’s more than likely fine to use I’ve got a friend who didn’t fish for a number of years and he had some halibut pellets soaking in halibut oil for something like 11 years and he caught plenty of fish with them as hook bait even though the oil had apparently gone rancid the fish only get one chance with the hook bait I think the free feed is more important to be fresh? but if in doubt just bin it having confidence in your bait is imperative in my opinion.