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Offline jamison1

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cut bait
« on: Jan 28, 2015, 05:38 PM »
can you use chubs for cut bait? seeming its not live bait and its being used as cut bait..   

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Re: cut bait
« Reply #1 on: Jan 29, 2015, 05:00 AM »
I'm a little confused to why you are questioning this.

Cut bait is indeed not live bait, so even if you are fishing a "no live bait" water you can do this. All Maine's chubs are "legal bait fish" so you can use them as cut bait.

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Offline 9huskies

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Re: cut bait
« Reply #2 on: Jan 29, 2015, 04:22 PM »
The list of legal bait fish only applies to whole fish. Any species can legally be used as cut bait.

Offline Seamonkey84

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Re: cut bait
« Reply #3 on: Jan 29, 2015, 04:33 PM »
From the fish and wildlife site:

The following species are considered legal baitfish. Any species of fish not listed below, except smelt, may not be used as bait (live or dead) for fishing in inland waters...

So I would say even as cut bait, it would have to be a fish from the approved list.

Offline Ohiocatfish

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Re: cut bait
« Reply #4 on: Jan 29, 2015, 04:37 PM »
Now I'm confused...can we get a wardens take on the rule?

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Re: cut bait
« Reply #5 on: Jan 29, 2015, 05:12 PM »
It must be on the list.  I know a lot of people use a sliver of meat from perch, wf, etc, but not legal. 
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Re: cut bait
« Reply #6 on: Jan 29, 2015, 06:43 PM »
When the rule was changed to "dead or alive" it resulted in only the bait listed on the approved list being legal.  If its a fish it better be on that list if you get checked.

Offline Seamonkey84

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Re: cut bait
« Reply #7 on: Jan 29, 2015, 11:13 PM »
To answer the OP; yes you can use chub as cut bait, or live bait, provided that it was not imported from out of state.

 



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