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Post by onebentarrow on Jun 9, 2024 23:48:58 GMT -5
I have always been under the impression that chumming fish was illegal in Indiana. I know a gentleman that states there is nothing in the regs stateing that is true. I would like to fish with him but do not want to take a chance and fish with him and get in trouble.
Would you please let me know if chumming is legal or illegal.
I will show him your responce either way.
Knowing him I am fairly positive he will honor your findings if I am correct. If I am wrong I guess I get to eat some crow.
Onebentarrow
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Post by bohbrink on Jun 18, 2024 11:44:24 GMT -5
"Bait" means the following:
(A) Natural fish food including bait fish, crayfish, frogs permitted as bait, grubs, insects, larvae, worms, salmon eggs,
cheese, corn, and other food substances not containing any ingredient to stupefy, injure, or kill fish.
(B) Any substance designed to attract fish by taste or scent including dough bait, putty or paste-type bait, and any fly
or lure or bait containing or used with such substances.
(C) Soft plastic bait (unscented) including synthetic eggs, synthetic worms, synthetic grubs, and soft plastic lures
Notwithstanding IC 14-22-16, 312 IAC 9-7-15, and 312 IAC 9-7-16, live gizzard shad, threadfin shad, and alewife
may only be collected, used, possessed, sold, bartered, and disposed of in accordance with section 8 of this rule
312 IAC 9-6-8 Carp and gizzard shad as bait
Authority: IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 8. (a) An individual must not use live carp as bait.
(b) An individual must not use live gizzard shad or threadfin shad as bait except as follows:
(1) An individual may collect live gizzard shad or threadfin shad for use as bait only from the following:
(A) Brookville Reservoir.
(B) Cecil M. Harden Reservoir.
(C) Monroe Reservoir.
(D) Patoka Reservoir.
(E) Lake Freeman.
(F) Lake Shafer.
(G) Hardy Lake.
(H) The Ohio River main stem, excluding all embayments.
(2) An individual:
(A) may use the live gizzard shad and threadfin shad as bait only within the body of water where it is collected; and
(B) must not transport live gizzard shad and threadfin shad from the body of water where collected.
(c) An individual must:
(1) kill any live gizzard shad or threadfin shad collected for bait and not used; and
(2) immediately kill gizzard shad and threadfin shad collected at waters not listed in subsection (b)(1).
(d) An individual must not possess live gizzard shad or threadfin shad at waters other than those listed in subsection (b)(1).
(e) An individual may collect live alewife from Lake Michigan for use as bait only on Lake Michigan.
(f) An individual must:
(1) not transport live alewife from Lake Michigan;
(2) kill any live alewife collected for bait and not used; and
(3) immediately kill alewife collected from waters other than Lake Michigan.
(g) An individual must not possess live alewife other than on Lake Michigan
So, to answer your question, YES you can chum the water for your particular fish you are attempting to attract.
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