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« on: September 12, 2009, 11:48:37 AM »
I was told that if you have a pier on the currituck sound that you can throw cracked corn in the water and that the fish and blue crabs will eat this. Is this true? Will the fish and crabs eat the cracked corn?

I was not going to use this as bait, but only to feed the crabs and fish.

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« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2009, 12:09:23 PM »
WELCOME . i have never heard of this . but give it a try and let us know ehat happens .  Wink
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« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2009, 01:13:47 PM »
Quote from: George on September 12, 2009, 11:48:37 AM
I was told that if you have a pier on the currituck sound that you can throw cracked corn in the water and that the fish and blue crabs will eat this. Is this true? Will the fish and crabs eat the cracked corn?

I was not going to use this as bait, but only to feed the crabs and fish.

Thanks,

George



I'd do it during Duck Season.... And take the plug out of you shotgun... You'll have a BLAST... Grin
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« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2009, 02:00:34 PM »
Quote from: genecrabman on September 12, 2009, 01:13:47 PM


I'd do it during Duck Season.... And take the plug out of you shotgun... You'll have a BLAST... Grin
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« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2009, 04:49:49 PM »


  Many..Many...Many years ago..in a far away place...oh.. thats another story. When I very first started fishing the bay with my uncle Roll Eyes we or "he" would use cracked or whole kernel corn for winter flounder.  Toilet plunger tied to a stick..( serious here )plunge up and down for a while, throw a hand full of corn in the water near the plunger and drop in your baited line..blood worms or canned corn were baits of choice, and hopefully catch a winter flounder. In my teens, fishing with other "Adults", I learned this was a bad practice as the fish could not digest the corn and many ate it and swam off to die..I should have known my uncle was wrong cause he got all his "corn" from a jug. Have also learned that many forms of natures critters cannot digest cracked or dried whole kernel field corn........
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« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2009, 06:38:15 PM »
While fishing in Florida last year a guy said he used hog feed to attract the bass.  And I know that wadded up white bread works too.  So, I guess they'll check out most anything!!
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« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2009, 10:31:21 PM »
Quote from: crabbygramps on September 12, 2009, 04:49:49 PM

  Many..Many...Many years ago..in a far away place...oh.. thats another story. When I very first started fishing the bay with my uncle Roll Eyes we or "he" would use cracked or whole kernel corn for winter flounder.  Toilet plunger tied to a stick..( serious here )plunge up and down for a while, throw a hand full of corn in the water near the plunger and drop in your baited line..blood worms or canned corn were baits of choice, and hopefully catch a winter flounder. In my teens, fishing with other "Adults", I learned this was a bad practice as the fish could not digest the corn and many ate it and swam off to die..I should have known my uncle was wrong cause he got all his "corn" from a jug. Have also learned that many forms of natures critters cannot digest cracked or dried whole kernel field corn........
Your uncle is a smart man because corn is much easier digested in the liquid form.
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« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2009, 12:22:02 AM »
Jimmy  crack corn,  and I don't care
Jimmy  crack corn,  and I don't care
Jimmy  crack corn,  and I don't care
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« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2009, 03:25:55 PM »
What is cracked corn anyway?  As opposed to uncracked corn that is..... Grin
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« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2009, 03:29:24 PM »
Quote from: CrabShack on September 13, 2009, 03:25:55 PM
What is cracked corn anyway?  As opposed to uncracked corn that is..... Grin



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« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2009, 03:35:52 PM »
Quote from: CrabShack on September 13, 2009, 03:25:55 PM
What is cracked corn anyway?  As opposed to uncracked corn that is..... Grin

you're right ----- exactly -------- it's just like you said  Grin Grin Grin Grin

I'm told uncracked corn passes thru the stomach undigested because the shell protects it.
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« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2009, 04:47:39 PM »
Thanks Gene..... Grin
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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2009, 04:51:06 PM »
Quote from: mdjohn on September 13, 2009, 03:35:52 PM

I'm told uncracked corn passes thru the stomach undigested because the shell protects it.



My doctor told me since my bowel resection to stay away from corn for that reason....Sad
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« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2009, 08:31:15 PM »
Quote from: genecrabman on September 12, 2009, 01:13:47 PM


I'd do it during Duck Season.... And take the plug out of you shotgun... You'll have a BLAST... Grin

Gene,


shhhhhhhh .. don't give away mny secret,......  Only fish I know that might eat corn ar two.. carp....

and stock trout from a hatchery.. but not my hatchery.... Wink  never heard of using it for crabs.. but hey who knows......  Gene.. you are a bad man..... laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh
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« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2009, 04:26:28 PM »
Purina sow chow. It sinks and stays put. We use it to keep catfish around the boat and its digestable. Wink I'm sure crabs would eat it. Grin
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« Reply #15 on: October 16, 2009, 05:31:07 PM »
Give it a shot, (not literally..or literally, your choice  Grin) but try it, see what happens.  Crabs eat just about anything..maybe they'll care if jimmy cracks corn, nobody else did.
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« Reply #16 on: October 20, 2009, 10:13:51 PM »
corn don't grow at all on rocky top..dirts to rocky by far..
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« Reply #17 on: October 20, 2009, 10:31:44 PM »
Corn is the bait of choice for the carp fishing crowd at Lake Marburg, between York & Gettysburg.

Cracked corn is used for chum, a single kernel on a circle hook is used for hook-up.
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« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2009, 09:56:29 PM »
We use corn to bait carp in the fall & spring & catch them with a haul seine to stock pay to fish lakes & ponds in NC, SC,& GA...

back in the late 70's. I had some old soy bean cake that was getting moldy & dumped about 2 tons along the river shore to catch catfish...3 days later, made a haul on a full moon & caught 18,000 pounds of rock...
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