Troutski
Emailed ODFW on this. Here is the reply...minus some names.
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RE: Corn as bait Monday, June 8, 2009 7:41 PM
Good Morning Mr. ----: It is perfectly legal to use corn as bait, in fact, if you're fishing for Kokanee, this is
their favorite. Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance.
Thank you for your inquiry,
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Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife
Fish Division
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Subject: FW: Corn as bait
Please respond. sf
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Assistant Operations Manager
ODFW, Fish Division
White corn is legal to use as bait, not yellow corn.
The white corn will digest in a fish, yellow will not and can fill the fish to the point of not being able to feed;
I was up at gp and fished from 7 am until 2 pm and only ended up with 3 bows and 1 nook. we were still fishing up the santiam arm when we got the bows, but were trolling for at least 5 or 6 hrs, from thistle creek to the dam, then up the other side to the island, and all around the island. we marked a lot of fish, but didn't get any kokes. we tried apex lures, koke a nuts, wedding rings, all with stingers and tipped with white shoepeg soaked in kokanee fuel. we tried everything from lead line to chain weights to get it down, but nothing. Im afraid if we use big enough lead to get it down well never see them bite. might have to break down and get some cheap downriggers. we used an electric trolling motor in the morning before the wind picked up, so Im sure we were slow enough, dont know what Im doing wrong. any input would be helpful and much appreciated. thanks and happy fishing to all, Brian
White corn is legal to use as bait, not yellow corn. The white corn will digest in a fish, yellow will not and can fill the fish to the point of not being able to feed; which leads to terminal napping.
Try scenting your corn, shrimp, sea salt; and coloring it in different colors like Red, Pink, Green...I use common food coloring to color it, they seem to like it just fine.
Chuck
becareful with the corn....I've heard that Shoe peg is the only corn they can digest, everything else is illegal........anyone know if this is ture?:think:
That is not true in Oregon. In some states corn is illegal. Fish cannot digest corn and a fish that eats a large quantity will die. That is why it is illegal to use it in some states. Shoepeg corn is used because it is sweet and has long kernels that enable you to easily put it on hooks. Pautzke's Fire Corn is not shoepeg and still works just fine. I personally prefer to scent my own corn and use strictly shoepeg in the fridge overnight with various ProCure scents.
Anybody know if the roads are clear? Going tomorrow don't want to take any chances. Report will follow