SirCranksalot Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) I see some joking refs on here re marshmallows, earplugs etc but I understand that some people (maybe less now than years ago) do use such things as pieces of sponge and marshmallows and catch fish. I've noticed that C Tire, for e.g., sell dyed marshmallows in a jar as fish bait. Has anybody on here tried some of these goofy baits and caught fish? Is any of that stuffy any more 'goofy' than a piece of yarn? Edited October 22, 2012 by Knuguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepps Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Since I was a wee lad, marshmallows have been very popular fishing for salmon at the Credit River. My step dad used to run a hardware store (Peers Hardware) beside what is now Starbucks and sold bucket loads of mallows! I remember being down by the river one day 15 + years ago, watching a marshmallow floating along the surface after it came of a fishermans hook. A seagull was swooping down to get it when a big ole salmon came from the depths and launched into the air to grab it, almost colliding with the gul in mid air! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GbayGiant Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Many will say that Mellows do not work and that they are indeed for flossing fish. But they are very very wrong. The Salmon will jam that mellow right down their throat. Not sure how that would be considered not eating. Rainbow will eat them as well. Yarns is a good one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopheraaron Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Just a guess but wouldn't corn also work as a roe imitator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Anything round will work as a roe imitator.. Hell fish eat beads from Michaels, they'll definitely chow down on a marshmellow or corn. The thing with marshmellows is that they float and are the favourite bait of flossing, hence the bad rap... When I was a kid we'd use them all the time for lakers in the fall down at Port.D.. Sure you'd foul hook a few (Like any other fish in the fall) but more times then not that marshmellow would be halfway down it's throat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12footspringbok Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 It's the elite fishing crowd that give baits like the ones mentioned a bad name. They get pretty jealous fishing their $1000 outfits standing in their $500 waders when Joe Blo with his $39 spinning combo standing next to them nails a few fish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 It's the elite fishing crowd that give baits like the ones mentioned a bad name. They get pretty jealous fishing their $1000 outfits standing in their $500 waders when Joe Blo with his $39 spinning combo standing next to them nails a few fish... Don't ya just love when that happens...with any kind of fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Earlier this year, I did pretty well on one trip using X-zone Swammers in the 3 & 4" sizes. The lakers didn't seem to like them that day, but the steelhead sure did. In the past, I've caught steelhead on 8 & 10 inch pink worms (designed for Lake Okeechobee bass in Florida), 5" Rapala Husky jerks & jointed raps, Lipless cranks, green sponge balls dredged in Vasoline & cod liver oil and yarn. On New years eve (last day of 2011) both Frozen-Fire and I were fishing one of our local rivers. I caught one chub and jokingly, I immediately cast it back out and drifted the pool. On the 1st cast, I hooked a nice brown around 6lbs...Didn't land it though. We proceeded to catch and keep a few more chub in the hopes of hooking a few more browns or steelhead.LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) For a few years we used sponge and soaked it in roe juice. Once I discoverd how and when to fish plastics in the fall/winter that's all I use. Edited October 22, 2012 by Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krixxer Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Since I was a wee lad, marshmallows have been very popular fishing for salmon at the Credit River. My step dad used to run a hardware store (Peers Hardware) beside what is now Starbucks and sold bucket loads of mallows! I remember being down by the river one day 15 + years ago, watching a marshmallow floating along the surface after it came of a fishermans hook. A seagull was swooping down to get it when a big ole salmon came from the depths and launched into the air to grab it, almost colliding with the gul in mid air! I remember Peers; back then I used to clean fish for the charters in PC. The cleaning station was an old rotten shack but we still made it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucktownAngler Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 what is flossing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 what is flossing? Getting the fish to swim past your presentation and getting the line caught in it's mouth because you're using a super long leader with a bait that floats (marshmellow, earplug, whatever) Although I've seem some fly guys that are pro at it as well, running 8ft leads off their strike indicators fishing in 3ft of water, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Getting the fish to swim past your presentation and getting the line caught in it's mouth because you're using a super long leader with a bait that floats (marshmellow, earplug, whatever) Although I've seem some fly guys that are pro at it as well, running 8ft leads off their strike indicators fishing in 3ft of water, lol. Fish on! Comin down! "Didja get that one on spawn sacks?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirCranksalot Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 For a few years we used sponge and soaked it in roe juice. Once I discoverd how and when to fish plastics in the fall/winter that's all I use. A couple of questions: Where do you get 'roe juice' Is it just what drips out of roes that you've kept, or do you buy it? "plastics in the fall/winter"--do you mean for bows, or for bass, walleye and pike?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) A couple of questions: Where do you get 'roe juice' Is it just what drips out of roes that you've kept, or do you buy it? "plastics in the fall/winter"--do you mean for bows, or for bass, walleye and pike?. No Problem. a) roe juice is just left over from salmon roe we kept to make singles. We would then freeze it, fill up a pill bottle and dunk the sponge that we cut out with a hole puncher. b ) prefer to fish plastic now in the cold water for bows. Tubes, worms, craws, minnowheads, frys, etc.. all under a float. When I say we, I am taknig about my bro and I. Learnt the ropes together and still fish the same. Edited October 22, 2012 by Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12footspringbok Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Don't ya just love when that happens...with any kind of fishing Never ever happened to me... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 My steehead gear was the same as my bass gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Forgot to add - I tossed on a 5" bass worm on the coldest day I have ever fished in February a couple years ago. After nothing all morning this was the magic ticket bringing three of the biggest of the year to the bank... I should dig up the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Don't forget to grab a cheap shrimp ring the cheaper the better cause they are smaller. Also packed a can of salad shrimp in your steelie gear, keeps you fishing if you run out a bait, just for emergencies or snacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernpike56 Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Night crawlers work good for trout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillj Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Some say corn is a go-to in the conservation areas ... under a float in still open water ... it can definitely also be useful in the right conditions in a river ... specially slow deep pools ... I have watched many fish come up take a sniff and then inhale .... while 'flossing' is probably an unfortunate outcome in the faster runs, it is not normally the case is a slowly drifted bait a foot or two off bottom. Just my humble opinion (from many years of first hand - and visually confirmed - experience). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Black floating foam is used for carp fishing suspended off the bottom.... I guess it looks like a bug underwater... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Bass baits for steelhead is not unconventional in the slightest if you have ever downrigged the big water. If they eat 12" shads in the lake do you really think all they want is a microscopic sack of eggs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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