Murf, This study is under controlled conditions. I don't know if that makes a difference. What I do know is that after a day of chumming by some boats, there will be a bunch of dead trout on the bottom of the river. If the corn is not doing it then what is. These corn chuckers don't normally release any trout. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ref; > http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Fish_Boat/qcornbt.htm > A: Commission fisheries biologist Tom Bender at our Benner > Spring Fish Research Station conducted a study in 1992 > that examined the impact of corn on trout. For the study, > two groups of hatchery rainbow trout were held in separate > tanks and tested for 54 days. In one tank, 20 rainbow > trout (average size 8.3 inches) were fed a diet of whole > kernel corn. In the second tank, 20 rainbow trout of the > same size were fed a standard trout pellet diet. During > the 54 day study period, no mortalities occurred from > trout of either study group. However, study results did > show that the trout fed with a corn diet did not digest > the corn particularly well. The growth observed by the > corn-fed trout during the study period was only about half > of that observed from the trout that were fed the standard > trout pellet diet. The conclusion from this study was that > there appears to be little reason for concern about the > short term health hazards for rainbow trout when whole > kernel corn is used for bait. Although there are better > diets for trout than whole kernel corn, this study > confirms that mortality does not occur when trout ingest > whole kernel corn. You also asked about the practice of > anglers using handfuls of corn to attract fish - a > practice sometimes called chumming. For waters managed > under statewide regulations, chumming with corn or other > bait to attract fish would be considered a legal practice, > providing that anglers don't get carried away and > liberally coat the bottom of the stream with corn. If this > were the case, then it could be considered littering. > >
