Ivory Soap is a snow white colored bar of soap that has a scent but
its not a perfumed type scent. Its scent remimds me of old lard for
some reason, and its about the only bar soap that I know of that
floats.......I hate the stuff personally. Its used big time though
like I stated for fishing in these parts andis among some of the most
widely used baits for in a fish trap or on a trot line too.....(trot
line is a fishing line placed across a stream with baited hooks spaced
off it.


..On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:00:13 +0000, Gill Passman
wrote:

Tristin wrote:
Corn is one of the best and most frequently used baits to catch carp
with in this region......Can't get much cheaper, a small can of whole
kernel corn, at Winn Dixie for about 30 cents has enough kernels of
corn in it to last an entire weekend. No messy baits or smells either.
The also use small chunks of ivory soap cut and baited on a hook as
well and it to is a fine bait for carp as well as catfish.....so why
would a carp pickup and eat a chunk of ivory bar soap....Heard dial
also works fine) I can see corn, as lots of regions have rivers
bordering fam lands where corn is planted same with rice, and wheats
etc, and I am sure spillage on the ground and surface waters carry
lots of this spilt grains to rivers adn streams, as well as the barge
and boat loading docks where the fill up those freighters etc, there
is always corn and such in the waters. Most if not all fish mouth
what they intend to eat, so why or whata is in soap to entice them to
consume it? Yea, fish eat anything and everything, but its still not a
reason to feed em improper foods if they are fish that are in our
care...In the wilds and what they find to consume is one thing, in
captivity its another. Then again most anything will eat almost
anything if they are hungry enough or not getting proper nourishment
from what they are being fed......they sill consume foods seeking
what they lack even if they have full bellies of garbage.


Hmmmm....fish eating soap - not the most obvious fish bait/food it has
to be said. I'm not familiar with the brand you are talking about - is
it scented? My guess would be that the mentality is if it looks like it
could be eaten they will give it a try....

Gill



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