bigugli Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Afraid to ask, I don't think even P3TA considers a deceased laden rat an animal, no I think they do. I wonder if snapping them slightly in half with a loaded spring leaving them to die slowly would be considered cruelty? I've never heard P3TA even complain about that. Poor Mickey. I imagine they would be great in the weeds for Bass, Pike and Musky. If only I could catch one, my cat sure can't. That was a different time and an age gone by. Remember my 3 categories of animal??? a} work animals, b} vermin, c} food. Vermin need exterminating, but if you can put them to work to catch fish as food, you've covered all 3 classes. Fish were food to be harvested back then, not play things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 When we were kids mom and dad used to take us fishing for Trout in Flin Flon, Manitoba when we lived there, and our bait was a can of kernel corn. A couple kernels on a hook and it was fish on. Also, one time at Paul's parent's cottage, there were big snakes down by the dock. I picked one up by the tail and it kept wriggling around and around and then the tip of the tail broke off in my hand. It continued to move (the broken off part) so I put it on a hook for Bass!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted February 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 That was a different time and an age gone by. Remember my 3 categories of animal??? a} work animals, b} vermin, c} food. Vermin need exterminating, but if you can put them to work to catch fish as food, you've covered all 3 classes. Fish were food to be harvested back then, not play things. Yes the 3 classes of animal. So as vermin mice should be legal to use as bait. Not squirrels, ducks, kittens, puppies or Hedgehogs. Snake tails still moving for Bass, please lady say it isn't so. So far that's the winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Pike on a single kernel of corn... Carp on a worm harness Carp on a crankbait Pike lasooed on mainline... Not hooked... Actually 20-30 feet from the hook... Lol... Landed... Salmon on raw bacon (I now know it was flossing tho...) Pike on pepperette... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITEME Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Cigarette buts and clovers for bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Yes the 3 classes of animal. So as vermin mice should be legal to use as bait. Not squirrels, ducks, kittens, puppies or Hedgehogs. Snake tails still moving for Bass, please lady say it isn't so. So far that's the winner. It is so. Saw opportunity knocking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregoire Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 I've gotten walleye on both a jitterbug and a top raider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vance Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Years ago my 5 year old son gave me a Fred Flintstone lure for Xmas,I HAD to use it when we went out and on the first cast I caught a bass... vance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnsled Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Ice fishing on Simcoe when I was a kid and the schools of herring would move in. There was no time to put another minnow on, so my dad's friend said - his hut, his rules I guess. We would just grab a piece of the styrofoam from the walls and put that on the hook. We caught a ton of them that day using that trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnguy Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Great thread. Once saw a walleye caught on a Werther's candy wrapper on a jig head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUSTER Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Tin Foil from a pk of smokes wrapped on a single hook with a sinker....Waiting at boat launch for a friend on a River the water was moving at a good pace, casted out left it in the current. BAM..reeled in a nice little hammer handle. First and last time I ever tried that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofabed Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 I have used Cheese Luncheon meat Bare hooks I have only caught pan fish with any of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Apparently i'm not a very adventurous fisherman... Caught a smallie outta Angus once on a roe bag... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 I once hooked a pike by the tail and it caught a bunch of panfish for me! Kidding. We used red yarn and no hooks to catch a few small bullheads (barbotte) when I was younger. Apparently the old guys on that small lake preferred that method. The bullheads would stay clamped on until you dipped their tail into a buck of water. Dumb fish I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallie Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Caught a 4 lb pike with a jighead tipped with a piece of roast beef and a couple corn kernels. Ahh to be a kid again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted February 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 I once hooked a pike by the tail and it caught a bunch of panfish for me! Kidding. We used red yarn and no hooks to catch a few small bullheads (barbotte) when I was younger. Apparently the old guys on that small lake preferred that method. The bullheads would stay clamped on until you dipped their tail into a buck of water. Dumb fish I guess. Yes hookless yarn for Gar too. A really dumb fish would swallow something pointed and sharp made of metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agoertzen Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 my cousin and I were at our grandparents cottage wayyyy back in the early 80's. one day we ran out of worms. so we decided to try grasshoppers until our parents got back from town. got one each put em on dropped straight down at the end of the dock and we got a double header. couple nice largemouth 4+lbs.was an awesome day ill never forget it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddler Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 As a teenager we would walk out on the booms that held the logs in place across the Spanish river. One day we were fishing a large field if sunken logs that didn't make it to the mill. We would catch pike on every cast. I bet my buddy that I could catch a pike on the cigar he was smoking. I won. muddler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acountdeleted Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 I've heard (old wives tales probably) that you can catch gar with women's panty hose. I have a buddy too who loves to tell me how eh accidentally hooked a laker through the dorsal. Not strange bait but I had never heard of that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimsbylander Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 I once caught a bass out of a boat with a TILLER!!! LOL When I was a kid we used to fish the tiny blue line creeks for specks. When we ran out of worms, we'd sit at the little pools that were covered with the white foam and wriggle your finger in it. The little specks would grabat your finger and we'd try to catch them. haha I can't remember ever being successful but I can remember when a 10" speck would nail our fingers and scare the living daylights out of us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshS Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Not a weird bait story, but.. I was wading in a reeded area for bass one night on a small private lake and saw a nice largie inhale a dragon fly off the surface. I cast over to the spot and nailed the largie. Reeled it in and the dragon fly was in full form alive in the bass' mouth. Released the bass and the dragon fly managed to still fly, although a bit tattered. Top water bass style for browns on lake O when they shy away from other baits was pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 live cariboo for greenland sharks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattaw Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Not quite weird, but a friend that was in the boat with me once caught a 6 pound pike on nothing but a bare red hook. Couldn't believe my eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bacon Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 I've heard (old wives tales probably) that you can catch gar with women's panty hose. I have a buddy too who loves to tell me how eh accidentally hooked a laker through the dorsal. Not strange bait but I had never heard of that before. Yes, you can catch gar, and many other species, with panty hose. However, it is not the most comfortable thing to be wearing in mid July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Yes, you can catch gar, and many other species, with panty hose. However, it is not the most comfortable thing to be wearing in mid July. Jeremy, I'm glad we only fish together in the winter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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