You are more than welcome. Corn for bait is repulsive to me, it does not hurt to use it but when it comes to chumming or throwing large amounts in the water then it does it's damage. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tyanna Steele wrote: > Tony, That's horrible! I used to fish with corn when I > was a kid. I had no idea it was so harmful. We have a > couple of "juvenile only" lakes around here where I've > seen some adults use this practice to help out their kids. > Probably explains why it's so hard to find fish in those > lakes except shortly after they're stocked... I think I'll > talk to the Rotary Club (they sponsor most of these lakes) > and see if we can get some informational signs posted > around them. Thank you for the information. Tyanna From: > Tony SpezioSent: 2/4/2003 10:16:08 AMTo: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [VFB] Fish oil What happens > if the trout do get bloated on corn and somedie in a short > time. What is worse is the trout that eat abunch of it. > Corn has no food value to the trout and theydon't digest > ot pass it. They swim around and get thinnerand thinner > till they die. I have found some dead trout thatlooked > like ellsI have also caught some trout that were so skinny > that theydid not look like trout.As hard as we have tried > to ban corn, we have not succeeded.We did manage to get it > banned for chumming in the C&Rareas. The guides would chum > with corn in the C&R areas anduse a little yellow fuzz > ball as the fly. Some still do itbut the fine is real > heavy if caught.Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 50:00 AM > Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:>>>> > It makes me sick to see a "guide" and his clients anchor>> > in>> front of my dock chumming with corn. The next day > there>> will>> be several dead trout laying on the bottom > of the river.>> Are the trout bloated on corn or just poor > release> tactics?>> Murf . > > > ___________________________ > ___________________________________ > Sign up for FREE iVillage newsletters. > From health and pregnancy to shopping and relationships, > iVillage > has the scoop on what matters most to you. >
