It’s been almost 90 years since Pautzke Bait Company emerged as the leader of trout fishing baits in North America. In an amazing journey that no one could have predicted, we’ve come a long way since Dad Pautzke began cooking salmon eggs on his small kitchen stove in the early 1930s. From that humble beginning, our world famous Balls O’ Fire salmon eggs have served countless trout anglers across the globe and defined trout fishing for hundreds of thousands. We’ve sold more than 95 million jars of Balls O’ Fire salmon eggs, carved a niche into the dough bait market with Fire Bait, now stand as the premier egg cure and brine company in the world and continue to keep pace with our top-notch quality and craftsmanship that has maintained our position as the oldest bait company in North America.