Abstract: A method for preserving fishing bait, including worms, crickets, shrimp, crawfish, grasshoppers, frogs, minnows and other live bait organisms, which includes the steps of cleaning the bait organisms where such cleaning is necessary, pre-cooling the organisms where such pre-cooling is necessary, and subjecting the organisms to a freezing, condensing, evacuating and heating environment to remove water, and then separating and packaging the bait organisms. The freezing step is accomplished at a temperature below the eutectic of the selected of the bait organisms, and placing of the processed bait organisms in water restores the life-like appearance and odor of the organisms.