There have been a few studies here in Maine with fish consuming soft plastic baits. Two studies I know of used hatchery reared trout maintained in laboratory pools. Same result-a few trout ate some chopped pieces of plasic baits and weren't able to digest and ultimately died. I wonder if hatchery fish are more prone to eating plastic baits? There is a push now to ban the use of soft plastic baits in Maine and require the use of "biodegradable" baits.
I hate plastic worms....
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I think you and I just read up same studies on fish consuming the plastics. I thought it was a fluke when I caught that trout with the plastic inside but after caught few trout in different times, it's started to becoming common occurrence. So I decided to do some research on them and turns out that it's a serious problem for trout and largemouth bass.
I would have thought for sure that plastics would have been banned by now everywhere. Theres really no use when we have biodegradable
what kind of bad bass fisherman lets the bass eat their plastic worms? i live by them and never have a bass eat one! maybe people should learn to rig and set the hook better!
This because nothing beats a 12'' Black Plastic Worm for some angry smallmouth
There's not enough studies to convincing fishermen to using biodegradables instead of the soft plastics but I guess that not many people that would eat largemouth bass. But it's enough for me to switch soft plastics to biodegradables.
Unfortunate but true. It hadn't even crossed my mind that this was a problem until I read this thread. Now I'm just speaking for myself but I believe the common fishermen thinks the same way; when I go to the store to pick up some lures, the only question I ask myself is: what's gonna get me a fish on the other side of the line?
It probably is a more common problem than we think, but what can ya do? The average joe has a pair of plastic worms rigged on their rod. It's gonna take a lot to change the way things are (not saying we shouldn't try). + the plastics market seemed to have boomed lately.. have you been to the store lately? I can't make my mind up in the worm aisle
Is there a way to tell if the plastic is biodegradable or not? Maybe I've been missing the labels or something.
I believe Berkly Gulp! and Biobait are biodegradable. However the popular senko worms are not biodegradable.Unfortunate but true. It hadn't even crossed my mind that this was a problem until I read this thread. Now I'm just speaking for myself but I believe the common fishermen thinks the same way; when I go to the store to pick up some lures, the only question I ask myself is: what's gonna get me a fish on the other side of the line?
It probably is a more common problem than we think, but what can ya do? The average joe has a pair of plastic worms rigged on their rod. It's gonna take a lot to change the way things are (not saying we shouldn't try). + the plastics market seemed to have boomed lately.. have you been to the store lately? I can't make my mind up in the worm aisle
Is there a way to tell if the plastic is biodegradable or not? Maybe I've been missing the labels or something.
