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Offline gonephishin19

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The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« on: Jan 23, 2008, 11:39 AM »
Just read a topic about a guy that had no bait and people were mentioning to use a hot dog...What is the wierdest thing you have used and did you catch anything on it?  Never tried it through the ice but in the summer ive caught gills on gum. ;D

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Offline Coleman

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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #1 on: Jan 23, 2008, 11:43 AM »
venison jerky a few years ago caught a walleye .
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #2 on: Jan 23, 2008, 11:45 AM »
Thats a good catch...I dont know if i could spare venison jerkey though ;D How big was the eye?
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #3 on: Jan 23, 2008, 11:47 AM »
I've caught Bluegill on FRESH toilet paper before.
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #4 on: Jan 23, 2008, 11:51 AM »
Quote from: Cramshackle on Jan 23, 2008, 11:47 AM
I've caught Bluegill on FRESH toilet paper before.

Oh GOD..Thats gross
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #5 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:02 PM »
Ummm, fresh or fresh used? :o
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #6 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:15 PM »
Quote from: fish4walleye on Jan 23, 2008, 12:02 PM
Ummm, fresh or fresh used? :o
Sorry Fresh as in Clean Unused TP
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #7 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:16 PM »
Quote from: Cramshackle on Jan 23, 2008, 12:15 PM
Sorry Fresh as in Clean Unused TP

Whoo ok I was a little worried...I was also wondering who the he!! you got to bait your hook ;D
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #8 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:20 PM »
Just to prove a point to my father a few years back I grabbed a lit cigarette out of a friends mouth and put it on a jig.  Sprayed it with bait mate and got to work.  Not more than 5 minutes later I had a nice 2-3 pound walleye on the other end of my rod.  Screw the walleye, lets go after the northern!

Unless it's for dinner!
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #9 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:38 PM »
I tipped a jig with a clove of garlic and caught a walleye. Then I tore the label from the inside of my hat, tipped my jig with it, and caught a walleye.
I was fishing in northern Quebec and probably could have caught them on a bare hook.
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #10 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:40 PM »
Gosh I have a hard time catching walleye in general.... Ill have to start smoking so i can use the butts for bate ;D
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #11 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:48 PM »
Foam earplug for steelhead.  Soaked in anise oil. 
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #12 on: Jan 23, 2008, 12:49 PM »
Quote from: Whatpole on Jan 23, 2008, 12:21 PM
Wanted to use the ex-wife a few times. :roflmao: :roflmao:

Thats funny...Probably catch a sucker ;D ;D
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #13 on: Jan 23, 2008, 01:12 PM »
i would have to go with tying my ex-girlfriends silver earings to a small hook.had no bait or lures just a rod set up for bullhead with a hook and sinker.took off the sinker and made a knot in the earing with my line with the hook in the middle of it and got a couple rockbass from under a dock.i think that beats getting carp with salt potatos.
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #14 on: Jan 23, 2008, 01:18 PM »
Quote from: powdiddy on Jan 23, 2008, 01:12 PM
i would have to go with tying my ex-girlfriends silver earings
Is that the reason shes an ex-girlfriend?
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #15 on: Jan 23, 2008, 01:21 PM »
one of the many  ;D
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #16 on: Jan 23, 2008, 01:47 PM »
I ran out of spikes one day jigging for perch. Took the skin off of some KFC that was packed for lunch. Caught a bunch on it, it stayed on the hook pretty well and the grease seemed to keep the hole from freezing over as quick. 
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #17 on: Jan 23, 2008, 01:50 PM »
Quote from: TR19 on Jan 23, 2008, 01:47 PM
I ran out of spikes one day jigging for perch. Took the skin off of some KFC that was packed for lunch. Caught a bunch on it, it stayed on the hook pretty well and the grease seemed to keep the hole from freezing over as quick. 

Sounds Delicious ;D
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #18 on: Jan 23, 2008, 03:10 PM »
Once up to Adirondack Lake a few years back we were killing the pike,one guy didn't have a flag,he had to go and get more beer so we went to his closest tip-up and we were going to put a full can of Bud on his hook,the reel was stripped,infact all his reels were stripped,he set the flags on the wrong side of the spring,he had 5 fish,when he came back he pulled in a can of Bud--guess fish don't like bud.we told him of his mistake,he said first time I ever used a tip-up-- :tipup:
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #19 on: Jan 23, 2008, 03:12 PM »
ive used a piece of marshmellow before and caught some small gills :)
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #20 on: Jan 23, 2008, 03:14 PM »
I've used a cheese puff a few years back when fishing in crandal park, and actually caught a nice trout..
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #21 on: Jan 23, 2008, 03:44 PM »
Good Storys guys...keep em coming ;D
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #22 on: Jan 23, 2008, 09:55 PM »
we used small pieces of raw venison steak to catch bluegills on silver lake 1 day last month,worked as good or better than waxworms.
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #23 on: Jan 23, 2008, 10:01 PM »
Prime Rib for catfish......it was in the summer tho, and it worked well
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #24 on: Jan 23, 2008, 10:44 PM »
Quote from: pshootr on Jan 23, 2008, 09:55 PM
we used small pieces of raw venison steak to catch bluegills on silver lake 1 day last month,worked as good or better than waxworms.

oh dont waste venison ;D
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #25 on: Jan 23, 2008, 10:51 PM »
Tried some anchovies last week, nothing hit on it.  I'm sure it's an EPA violation with the sodium content and all ;D
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #26 on: Jan 23, 2008, 11:59 PM »
Orange Bubble gum for bullheads! Chewed 1st!
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #27 on: Jan 24, 2008, 12:00 AM »
i heard of chicken livers for bullhead and I personally use corn to catch perch

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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #28 on: Jan 24, 2008, 06:53 AM »
Quote from: Whatpole on Jan 23, 2008, 12:21 PM
Wanted to use the ex-wife a few times. :roflmao: :roflmao:
   yeah, i couldn't fit her down the hole. i need a bigger auger!!! :woot:
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Re: The wierdest thing you've used for bait
« Reply #29 on: Jan 24, 2008, 07:26 AM »
Pink flagging tape for panfish.
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