Emerald outlook?

[pimplepounder]

The last few years I have been using belly strips from white perch. When the perch are hitting good they work awesome and they last and last. This is a trick my Dad taught me that he used when they ran out of bait back in the 60's although he used strips of perch belly. I on;y take enough bait to catch a white perch and I am set.

That's all I use any more, even when I tip Swedish pimples through the ice. Eyes work good too.

My 2 cents.

[Mark]

The last few years I have been using belly strips from white perch. When the perch are hitting good they work awesome and they last and last. This is a trick my Dad taught me that he used when they ran out of bait back in the 60's although he used strips of perch belly. I on;y take enough bait to catch a white perch and I am set.

That's all I use any more, even when I tip Swedish pimples through the ice. Eyes work good too.

My 2 cents.

Thanks Mr. Pounder. I do the same thing too. Last Fall we had a good deal of info about this same topic, a lack of shiners and what to do. After a few ideas and thoughts and a lot of discussions someone wrote in that you are not allowed to catch fish and then cut them up to use as bait (by Ohio Law) and then throw the carcass back into the water(?). I have to ask, is any of this true? And if you do throw a fish carcass back in won't the Gulls end up eating it? What if you catch and use a Gobi and then end up tossing it back in? Has anyone here had the ODNR press this issue? I mean do they actually watch for us catching white perch and cutting the belly meat or eyes for bait and then throwing the rest of the fish back into the water? If they had to gather evidence of this would they go out and film us, and then get the Gulls that ate the fish and have their stomachs pumped? If it went to Court how the hell would you swear in a seagull?

[pimplepounder]

Hello Mark,

Well, if you take a couple home with you and cut the strips up and put them in baggies that solves this problem.

I do the same thing with perch eyes. Just put them in the freezer. The best part about it is that they are very tough and they stay on the hook for a long time. Also you do not have to trow the carcass into the water and you can use just about any fish even perch belly left overs after cleaning.

Cat fisherman use cut bait all the time. I am sure though, that a bait dealer will see things differently because it works so well. By the way, you can catch a goby and use it for bait if it is dead. I read this in ODNR literature..