Sure he wasn't getting them at a pet food store? Or a bait shop? Just possibilities I'm wondering if you considered, because that's where you'll find crickets for sale, both dead and alive.
Where I live, "live bait" is kind of a misnomer; it'll simply be real bait (minnows, worms, bugs, etc) but dead and perhaps processed/flavoured some how (as opposed to, say, smelly lures and that orange paste stuff.) Reason: The province hates introduced species, except for the domesticated ones. They don't want exotic baits escaping to the wild. So they'll package "live" bait all kinds of ways.
Dunno if anyone would want to eat this stuff, but humans are known to be eaters of anything and everything.
Sure he wasn't getting them at a pet food store? Or a bait shop? Just possibilities I'm wondering if you considered, because that's where you'll find crickets for sale, both dead and alive.
Where I live, "live bait" is kind of a misnomer; it'll simply be real bait (minnows, worms, bugs, etc) but dead and perhaps processed/flavoured some how (as opposed to, say, smelly lures and that orange paste stuff.) Reason: The province hates introduced species, except for the domesticated ones. They don't want exotic baits escaping to the wild. So they'll package "live" bait all kinds of ways.
Dunno if anyone would want to eat this stuff, but humans are known to be eaters of anything and everything.