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Mouse on a hook
My wife was fishing this weekend and hooked a nice channel cat. After about 2 or 3 minutes of battle, the line went slack. She reeled in and firmly attached to the hook, beside the chub she was using for bait,was a deermouse.Apparantly the cat had swallowed the mouse during the nite and also swallowed the chub on her line. Instead of the hook grabbing the cats inards, it hooked the mouse and, during the fight,both were pulled from the catfish's stomach. Saw that once before ,15 years ago, with a smallmouth and a baby grey squirrel. At least she knows where a hungrey channel cat lives now....WF
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/25 17:48:41
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 Nice
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/25 19:37:50
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Cool! Would loved to have seen her face when she realized what she had on the hook!
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RE: Mouse on a hook
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/25 20:24:30
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Thats is great! Haha! Watched a squirrel get gobled by a sky up in NY once.
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/25 22:32:40
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I used mice for bait a few times in the past, mostly for muskys. I bought a few at the pet store "snake food", tied a worm hook on, then used superglue along the belly of the mouse to put the hook on. I lobed it out against the dam wall and waited it out. The mouse would swim along the wall until a musky or bass took it out. Worked almost every time. Kinda cruel but was always a sure bet for a big bite.
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/26 17:55:13
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When I was a kid of 8 or 9 back in the late fifties...
my parents, brother, & I went to Port Loring, Canada.
Stayed in a cabin on an island for a week My Uncle Harold
wired live Baby Ducklings to his line and caught some huge Muskies & Pike early AM & PM.
Mike
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/27 10:23:15
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I think its a great idea. I've used pinkie mice for ice fishing.
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/27 11:05:58
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ORIGINAL: topdog99
agreed, it is cruel.... and stupid..
use a lure...
It's not like the musky isn't going to eat something alive anyhow. What's cruel about it?
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/27 11:11:58
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ORIGINAL: topdog99
agreed, it is cruel.... and stupid..
use a lure...
Is it then cruel to use minnows? How about millworms/wax worms?
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/27 11:13:43
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Is it cruel to put a mouse trap in your garage?
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/27 12:24:18
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Stray cats make great shark bait!
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/27 12:56:50
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its illegal to use warm blooded animals as bait... worms minnows arent exactly on the same level as mice... do i give a sh..... not really i just personally aint that hard up to use them
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/27 13:58:58
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ORIGINAL: eyesandgillz
Stray cats make great shark bait!
only if you chum with roadkill squirrels before hand....
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/27 16:54:43
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maybe im wrong, i didnt see anything in the pa book about using mice as bait...kinda unethical and cruel at the least... to each their own... off topic i know but if anyone knows pm me :)
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/27 17:51:06
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i guess we should stop hunting then or tying flies or eating meat. all animals are killed for our enjoyment in 1 way or another.
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/27 17:58:30
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ORIGINAL: topdog99
ORIGINAL: RhnstnCowboy
Is it cruel to put a mouse trap in your garage?
yes/no personal choice...
the trap is a fast killer so not cruel..
and protecting your household is worth any cost...
I don't know the 2 choices. 1. Head in trap dead, didn't even get the cheese. 2. Tied to a hook, one he11 of a ride in the air, and swimming in the pool till I get eaten.... 
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/27 18:24:50
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Men and fish are alike. They both get into trouble when they open their mouths. Jimmy D Moore
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/27 21:46:52
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i dunno can we just pick up a cat hang it on a clothes line shove a bottle rocket up its****for giggles... or fight dogs whats the diffence between a cat,dog,mice,rat..ect im not 100% sure if mice are legal for fishing, although it seems cruel to stick a hook thru the back of one
post edited by wade alexander - 2011/07/28 02:23:08
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/27 23:40:31
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I used to live on a private drive with a 2 acre lake in front. People would drop uninvited dogs cats and ducks off. Well we gained the meanest muskovy duck I ever met. He would steal my labs dog food and I swear he was afraid of him. My wife had a hard time getting to the car. He could put a hurting on ya, either bitting or smacking you with his wings. The kids were scared of him. My wife who is a vegitarian and woulld spend our last dime nursing our pets told me to get rid of it. Well I told her that I would drop it off at the lake-state park. She said no it would traumatize all the children. She had a good point. Well I got to thinking and knew just what to do. We were feeding bears legally back then and getting sone awsome pictures sometimes seeing 7-8 bears per evening. Close by but not that you could see from where we were feeding the bears was a small 10'x15' pond, that the bears liked to wallow in and they still do today. He just loved to fight and I thought he could go out doing what he loved. I never saw him again. I still have a little twinge of remorse shudder through me,it helps to remember the bruses he inflicted on us.
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/27 23:48:22
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haha ya i got attacked by a goose one time at wilhelm, was my fault tho was standing next to a nest i didnt see
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/28 07:04:40
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The "would have been" new world record Taimen was disallowed by the IGFA a few years ago cause the angler used a ground squirrel for bait. No mammal meat is allowed for world records. Just saying.. Not sure on PA laws, but no go for records.
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/28 07:33:54
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Feeder mice are bred for bait. Snake bait but bait none the less. I've owned snakes before, you get over the "cruelty" pretty quick. Cats and dogs are bred and domesticated as pets. Big difference imo . But its all relative. Anyone find anything from pa fish and game about legality of this?
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/28 12:38:58
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Its a dog eat dog world. I am definately going to take some mice to lock 9 now
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/28 14:51:38
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My wife says its a cat eat mouse world  ..WF
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/28 18:20:54
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honestly im about 99% sure its cruelty to animals to use mice as bait. it doesnt matter if they are sold as feeder mice because this is an exception for pet snakes. its not in the pa fish book i believe because they do not make up the rules regarding this issue. however i might start using tigers because they catch musky for you ;)
post edited by wade alexander - 2011/07/28 18:44:11
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/28 19:58:29
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I heard that's what they modeled ugly stick tigers after. They sell goldfish as pets but many states use them as legal bait think u'd get double fined w an extra cruelty to animals charge if u got caught w someone's pet goldfish in your bait bucket? Pets are people too u know... 
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/28 20:14:31
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goldfish are illegal to use as bait... but ignorance is bliss i hear, bet they would work good
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/28 21:32:26
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ORIGINAL: wade alexander
honestly im about 99% sure its cruelty to animals to use mice as bait. it doesnt matter if they are sold as feeder mice because this is an exception for pet snakes. its not in the pa fish book i believe because they do not make up the rules regarding this issue.
however i might start using tigers because they catch musky for you ;)
I would be sure to bring this up at your next PETA meeting. I am sure they would love to know the fate of these poor little mice when they wind up in the hands of fishermen.
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RE: Mouse on a hook
2011/07/28 22:30:33
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esox hunter whats up with being a **** ? if you need to rig mice up to boost your ego or something thats awesome, your the man called this morning out of curiosity and it is legal apparently
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