Bait

As a new article of manufacture, a bait which is practically impervious to dissolution in water unless physically masticated, said bait comprising a bread, said bread made in its simplest form from a natural flour containing gluten and carbohydrates, a liquid, such as water, and a leavening agent, containing a reticulate, resilient arrangement of a multiplicity of plastic monofilaments, said plastic monofilaments being part of a resilient, long staple, multifilament, non woven web, said web acting synergistically with the gluten of the bread by mutual adhesion to form the resilient structure of the bait, said structure being caused by leavening agents producing gas bubbles in the gluten, said gas bubbles being trapped by the intimate combination of the gluten and monofilaments.