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The following are the only fish species that may be used as bait (live or dead) for fishing in Maines inland waters. Any other fish species must be immediately killed or released alive into the water from which it was taken. Any fish killed becomes part of the daily bag limit: Common Shiner Golden Shiner Rainbow Smelt Blacknose Dace Finescale Dace Northern Redbelly Dace Pearl Dace Creek Chub Lake Chub Eastern Silvery Minnow Fathead Minnow Fallfish Longnose Sucker White Sucker Banded Killifish Mummichog American Eel
The way I understand the rule is baitfish refers to whole fish and pieces of fish is "cut bait".
Is cut bait defined somewhere in the law book?
unfortunately it depends on the warden. ive called Augusta and they told me you could use it dead, yet a warden told me no. wish they would get on the same page with these laws. not the 1st time ive heard conflicting info.