missalot
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is it leagle to cumm in tennessee
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Diehard Hunter
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As far as I know. 
missalot said:
I certainly hope so.
Trapper John
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The population is doomed if it's not allowed.
Seriously though, I "think" it's legal.
Seriously though, I "think" it's legal.
northeasthunter
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It depends where your talking about I recon
stik
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rebs1 said:
i believe you are mistaken.
Winchester
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Please don't tell me its illegal! :grin:
easy45
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Lol
monsterbuck07
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Boys, I just abouy cried laughing when I opened this thread and read the question.
All seriousness, illegal from what I heard...but that's hear say
All seriousness, illegal from what I heard...but that's hear say
I remember hearing old timers talk about punching holes in dog food cans with an ice pick and dropping them in the water.
Then coming back the next day and catching crappie around them.
Said the small fish would come to the smell and suck on the cans (LOL) and that would attract crappie.
Then coming back the next day and catching crappie around them.
Said the small fish would come to the smell and suck on the cans (LOL) and that would attract crappie.
I would pose the question in the TWRA Questions Forum. But here is my best (semi-educated) guess. Chumming is perfectly legal provided what you're using to chum with is legally caught.
Just like using game fish for catfish bait. If the fish is legally caught (on rod & reel), and of legal size, I can cut that fish up and use it for catfish bait. I do it all the time with bluegill.
But if I catch bluegill in a cast net, they must be thrown back in the lake. It would be illegal to use them for bait since they were caught illegally.
So if I catch a skipjack on a rod & reel it's perfectly legal for me to cut it up and use it for catfish bait. So if I can cut it into big pieces and put it on a hook, why shouldn't I be able to cut it into 100 tiny pieces and drop them back in the lake without a hook?
I used to catfish with a gentleman who would fill a plastic mesh sack with dry dog food. He would tie it to his anchor rope when he dropped anchor to fish, theory being the dry dog food would dissolve, drift downstream and attract catfish. We caught fish, but I'm not convinced we wouldn't have caught them anyway.
Just like using game fish for catfish bait. If the fish is legally caught (on rod & reel), and of legal size, I can cut that fish up and use it for catfish bait. I do it all the time with bluegill.
But if I catch bluegill in a cast net, they must be thrown back in the lake. It would be illegal to use them for bait since they were caught illegally.
So if I catch a skipjack on a rod & reel it's perfectly legal for me to cut it up and use it for catfish bait. So if I can cut it into big pieces and put it on a hook, why shouldn't I be able to cut it into 100 tiny pieces and drop them back in the lake without a hook?
I used to catfish with a gentleman who would fill a plastic mesh sack with dry dog food. He would tie it to his anchor rope when he dropped anchor to fish, theory being the dry dog food would dissolve, drift downstream and attract catfish. We caught fish, but I'm not convinced we wouldn't have caught them anyway.
Hangnail
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Chumming with non-gamefish is legal all the time as long as the possession limits, if any, are followed. I know this because I've fished with a retired TWRA employee that used a ginder to make his chum off the side of his boat. I'd like to think we're smart enough to know that littering while chumming isn't legal.
I don't know about anyone else, but it really pisses me off that half of Yankeeland comes to Tennessee to get their yearly supply of skipjack. We don't go up north to grope their fat women, so they should leave our baitfish alone. Once the silver carp get their way, there won't be any "extra" skipjack anyway.
I don't know about anyone else, but it really pisses me off that half of Yankeeland comes to Tennessee to get their yearly supply of skipjack. We don't go up north to grope their fat women, so they should leave our baitfish alone. Once the silver carp get their way, there won't be any "extra" skipjack anyway.
ClubHead
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A bucket full of Creek Crawfish dumped on a stump row on a lake in July=Mega Hole.
missalot
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sorry about my spelling but im glad everyone had a good laugh,only that kind of thing happens when you have an old red neck and a computer,but what i was really wanting to know was if you could chum like with corn for carp
