Is Using A Jig And A Grub Considered "Bait Fishing"?

[FishingFool]

or a lure?

[dilbert]

If it is scented or flavored its bait. Give it a sniff and a taste (the salty ones are delicious).

From Page 24 of the 2007/2008 regs:

BAIT
Anything that attracts fish or shellfish by
scent and/or flavor. This includes any device
made of feathers, hair, fiber, wood, metal,
glass, cork, leather, rubber, or plastic, which
uses scent and/or flavoring to attract fish or
wildlife.

[Anglinarcher]

If it is scented or flavored its bait. Give it a sniff and a taste (the salty ones are delicious).

From Page 24 of the 2007/2008 regs:

BAIT
Anything that attracts fish or shellfish by
scent and/or flavor. This includes any device
made of feathers, hair, fiber, wood, metal,
glass, cork, leather, rubber, or plastic, which
uses scent and/or flavoring to attract fish or
wildlife.

Yea, this has become quite a problem. Do you know how many plastic baits don't come with salt of some other sent now days?

None that I know of.

[Anglinarcher]

If it is scented or flavored its bait. Give it a sniff and a taste (the salty ones are delicious).

From Page 24 of the 2007/2008 regs:

BAIT
Anything that attracts fish or shellfish by
scent and/or flavor. This includes any device
made of feathers, hair, fiber, wood, metal,
glass, cork, leather, rubber, or plastic, which
uses scent and/or flavoring to attract fish or
wildlife.

Yea, this has become quite a problem. Do you know how many plastic baits don't come with salt of some other sent now days?

None that I know of.

Clarification, I have talked to some people in the F & W, and the unofficial position is that in selective gear rules areas, flavored or scented plastics constitute bait. But, for other areas, the trout rule that says you must count all fish caught on bait in your daily limit, rather retained or not, is not enforced for scented or flavored plastics, but for bait itself.]

Here is the catch, no one is willing to "go on the record", so it seems pretty much a gray area to me.

Can I ask why you asked?

[FishingFool]

If it is scented or flavored its bait. Give it a sniff and a taste (the salty ones are delicious).

From Page 24 of the 2007/2008 regs:

BAIT
Anything that attracts fish or shellfish by
scent and/or flavor. This includes any device
made of feathers, hair, fiber, wood, metal,
glass, cork, leather, rubber, or plastic, which
uses scent and/or flavoring to attract fish or
wildlife.

Yea, this has become quite a problem. Do you know how many plastic baits don't come with salt of some other sent now days?

None that I know of.

Clarification, I have talked to some people in the F & W, and the unofficial position is that in selective gear rules areas, flavored or scented plastics constitute bait. But, for other areas, the trout rule that says you must count all fish caught on bait in your daily limit, rather retained or not, is not enforced for scented or flavored plastics, but for bait itself.]

Here is the catch, no one is willing to "go on the record", so it seems pretty much a gray area to me.

Can I ask why you asked?

I thought about using this combo to catch and release more trout. That's all.

[dilbert]

I thought about using this combo to catch and release more trout. That's all.

I'd go with some spinners or rapalas.

[zen leecher aka Bill W]

I wouldn't worry about it until you found a game warden willing to chew on your rubber worms.

[MikeFishes]

Yea, this has become quite a problem. Do you know how many plastic baits don't come with salt of some other sent now days?

None that I know of.

Clarification, I have talked to some people in the F & W, and the unofficial position is that in selective gear rules areas, flavored or scented plastics constitute bait. But, for other areas, the trout rule that says you must count all fish caught on bait in your daily limit, rather retained or not, is not enforced for scented or flavored plastics, but for bait itself.]

Here is the catch, no one is willing to "go on the record", so it seems pretty much a gray area to me.

Can I ask why you asked?

I thought about using this combo to catch and release more trout. That's all.

I've thought about this question as well because I can stop at the Slough on the way to/from work and see if I can nab any smallmouth. Since it's a selective rules river, a barbless t-rigged worm might be pretty fun.

[Anglinarcher]

I use to have a plasctic mold that I use to make my own "special" colors with. I may still have a few unflavored, and unscented, plastics around.

I wonder.......

[iPodrodder]

Clarification, I have talked to some people in the F & W, and the unofficial position is that in selective gear rules areas, flavored or scented plastics constitute bait. But, for other areas, the trout rule that says you must count all fish caught on bait in your daily limit, rather retained or not, is not enforced for scented or flavored plastics, but for bait itself.]

Here is the catch, no one is willing to "go on the record", so it seems pretty much a gray area to me.

Can I ask why you asked?

I thought about using this combo to catch and release more trout. That's all.

I've thought about this question as well because I can stop at the Slough on the way to/from work and see if I can nab any smallmouth. Since it's a selective rules river, a barbless t-rigged worm might be pretty fun.

Just remember that the slough is closed until the first of the year. No citations on Christmas if I can help it!

[Anglinarcher]

I thought about using this combo to catch and release more trout. That's all.

I've thought about this question as well because I can stop at the Slough on the way to/from work and see if I can nab any smallmouth. Since it's a selective rules river, a barbless t-rigged worm might be pretty fun.

Just remember that the slough is closed until the first of the year. No citations on Christmas if I can help it!

If I went out on Christmas Day, a nice warm jail cell would be so much better than home when I got back. (LOL)

No need to worry.

[HillbillyGeek]

There are still a few soft plastics that are not scented. When I use them, I add scent. There are thick oily scents that cling, and there are marinades that actually penetrate the plastic. It would be difficult for a game warden to determine whether or not scent had been added, and frankly, I think they have more important things to do than go around sniffing plastic worms.