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| 1103.1 | CORN SHOULD BE OK | YUPPY::MEADOWS | Chaz 'Joe Bugner' Meadows | Mon Apr 17 1989 14:10 | 10 |
| As far as I know corn (sweetcorn in UK) providing it is boiled and
soft will not harm trout at all. I have used canned corn myself
without any problems and seen small lake fisheries in England use
leftover corn from an evening meal to feed the smallfish which are
being brought up ready for stocking.
Hope this helps
Chas
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| 1103.2 | "Grandfathers Tale" | LEDS::BEAULIEU | | Tue Apr 18 1989 13:45 | 10 |
| It is good, for once, to hear a reply like that because I'm sick
of hearing these stories of how corn kills fish. I have used corn
for some time and believe that they obviously must pass the corn if
they can not digest it. I have cleaned many fish and see no reason why
corn would not pass though there intestional tract.
I think it has been just an old "Grandfathers Tale" passed on though
the years.
my "two cents"
Shawn
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| 1103.3 | No problem... | FREEBE::KERSCH | | Tue Apr 18 1989 15:11 | 4 |
| I've had no problem using corn and have had no problem with this
being the cause of death. Almost all the time thier death is because
of being taken out of water.:>
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| 1103.4 | Corn is good..... | FOOZLE::SCHOLZ | Ron....and thanks for all the fish | Mon Apr 24 1989 13:10 | 5 |
| Corn is no problem.....in Tenn. the hatchiers feed the young'ens
corn and that is why it is illegal to fish with corn in the rivers
of Tenn.
FWIW, Ranger Ron
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| 1103.5 | A corny subject | SALEM::HART | Trout Fishing In America | Mon Apr 24 1989 14:28 | 13 |
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Ron,
My understanding was that it is illegal to use corn as chum
because the trout eat so much that they can't digest it. I've
caught trout with bellies full of corn and none of it looked
to digested.
Do the use corn or corn meal in Tenn. hatcheries?
Kevin
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| 1103.6 | Cook the Corn..... | FOOZLE::SCHOLZ | Ron....and thanks for all the fish | Mon Apr 24 1989 15:40 | 31 |
| Its crushed corn, as I remember it......hey now, that was almost
9 years ago...:^) My mind isn't what it never was anyways....
The rule (law) was no corn....kernals (cooked of course) could be
used as bait...period. The reason given (when I asked) was they
used corn as a feed for yearlyings and the fish would just up and
take it....un-sporting they said and I agreed.
But I don't fish for trout anymore (not that I ever really did)
and I have never seen one with corn in its gut....but then I have
NEVER opened up a trouts gut and haven't eaten a trout for over
20 years. So, if corn does cause a problem I don't know about it
and I can't see that it would cause any problem anyway....we (people)
eat corn and not all of it gets digested, but it all comes out in
the end one way or the other....:^)
What the heck, salmon eggs work just as well and little marshmellows
do to.......Now if something were going to mess up a fish's insides
I would think that marshmellows would sure be the thing...;^)
Back to corn....as I understand the issue, raw or partly cooked
corn can swell in the stomach and cause a rupture. This would not
be good for any living thing....so used cooked corn and it shouldn't
swell...at least I don't think so.....any food experts out there????
But how would a fish get that much corn in it if your only using
a couple three pieces on a line.....who would dump a whole handfull
of the stuff in,,,unless someone was trying to chum them up.....and
that is not legal in fresh water (or have those rules changed too).
Tight lines Ranger Ron (who only uses artificials anyway)
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| 1103.7 | Kontented fish?? | DLOACT::BEAZLEY | | Mon Apr 24 1989 17:42 | 5 |
| Korn mash!!
Eben I know dat...
Coonass
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| 1103.8 | Problem with corn ??? | VICKI::DODIER | | Tue Apr 25 1989 09:57 | 15 |
| In my very early teens I used to go trout fishing every opening
day in Mass.. A bunch of us would camp in the same spot every year.
It was not uncommon to see people throw a handful or two of corn
out into the area they were fishing in. It may have been illegal,
but I never heard anyone complain. I'm not saying it was right,
but the thought process was probably similar to "if they chum in
salt water, it's OK for fresh water". I have never seen a trout that
died as a result of eatting corn. Unless they sink when they die
this way, I'd have to say this is a myth.
Trout also took a salmon egg as readily (if not more so) as
they would take corn so I wouldn't say that corn was any less sporting
than using salmon eggs (a little cheaper maybe). I tried the little
marshmellows but never had much luck with them.
RAYJ
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