Canned Tuna

[spearchucker]

Anyone ever used canned Tuna for bait? I bet the stuff packed in oil would really give off some scent in the water. It would probably be hard to get it to stay on a hook.

[Trigger]

You could wrap it in a little sack like they do with eggs.

[perchnut]

I wsa fishing with some once, and caught 2 slices of bread, some mayo and lettuce....so i made a sammich.. ..Never heard of anyone using tuna...its not raw, so im not sure how it would work,,,,but do tell if you give it a try.....

[dvsbruce]

No, but I used to work with a guy that used canned baby shrimp on a jig for perch. The guy swore by it!

[toadhunter2]

never used tuna but we have dumped cans of cheep sardines down our holes then put the tipup in with smelt the oil keeps the hole open and the sardines drift a underwater oily sent trail for the fish to follow but i do recommend using latex glove to mess with your fish and hose of your tipups when you get home because they get oily and smelly

[vivlamored]

i've heard of guys putting tuna down the hole while smelting they said that keeps the fish around

[fish_finder]

I have used canned mackerel in chum before, it and tuna cooked but it still stinks so dont see why it wouldnt work

[Greenglo_Bob]

  I drop tuna in the holes while smelting with hali jigs tipped with waxies. Seems to keep them around unless a strong current below.

[Lobes]

Stranger things have worked for me. I'll give it a shot (if we ever get good ice again!).

NBG

[Whitefish Slayer]

I've added cans of tuna to my rice and barley mix for chum pretty well everytime i chum... Damn good chum, nice small flakes fish pick it up well..

also throw some down your fishing... great scent and it scatters well and it's fairly slow going down the hole... attracts fish well i think

[jabers69]

We've tried it and didn't work to bad .

[MrMarty51]

Ice Fishing for trout on a small reservoir and not having any luck on the usual cheese,corn,marshmallow,etc.and was sitting there eating on a can of smoked oysters so thought well what the heck aint catchin any thing anyhow so stuck one on the hook dropped it into the hole and limited out in about an hour. 

[mr.dodger]

got a body by sainaw that uses small pieces of chicken skin raw cut into little v's for perch. swears by it.