Are marshmallows a bait or lure

[Yambag Nelson]

I was fishing up on the battenkill this weekend and chased a guy out of the artificials only section for using marshmallows.  After thinking about it though I am wondering if I was in the wrong and if a marshmallow would in fact be considered an artificial lure.

Any thoughts? 

[Jeffrey Silvan]

Fish can digest marshmallows, so I would qualify that as bait.

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Yambag Nelson <northstreet...@gmail.com> wrote:

I was fishing up on the battenkill this weekend and chased a guy out of the artificials only section for using marshmallows.  After thinking about it though I am wondering if I was in the wrong and if a marshmallow would in fact be considered an artificial lure.

Any thoughts? 

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[Jeff Cook]

What about gummy worms? Food is food, right? Junk or otherwise.

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[TurbineBlade]

I would tend to agree with your assessment that marshmallows qualify as bait, and not a lure.  Some states have very specific criteria regarding what a 'bait' actually is considered to be. 

Be careful when making a 'citizen's arrest' out on the water.  Some people are totally insane and it may not be worth the risk. 

On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 12:11:59 PM UTC-4, Jeff Cook wrote:

What about gummy worms? Food is food, right? Junk or otherwise.

On Jun 21, 2016, at 12:09 PM, Jeffrey Silvan <jeffre...@gmail.com> wrote:

Fish can digest marshmallows, so I would qualify that as bait.

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Yambag Nelson <northstreet...@gmail.com> wrote:

I was fishing up on the battenkill this weekend and chased a guy out of the artificials only section for using marshmallows.  After thinking about it though I am wondering if I was in the wrong and if a marshmallow would in fact be considered an artificial lure.

Any thoughts? 

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[Lane Thurgood]

From the New York fishing regulations:

"Natural bait means all baits which entice or might be ingested or swallowed by fish including, but not limited to, fish (dead or alive), fish eggs, worms, shellfish, crustacea, amphibians (frogs and toads), insects (including all stages of development such as larvae, pupae, etc.), pork rinds, liver, meat, corn or other vegetable matter, tapioca, candy, cheese,"

Looks like bait to me.

Had a similar experience on Accotink Creek a couple of years ago.  Told some teens they couldn't use Power Bait.

[Nick Bowler]

I cant comment on NY, but where I live powerbait has been classed as an artificial lure.

[Lane Thurgood]

Don't know where you live, but....  And I only comment because I don't want anybody to get in trouble that is trying to be law-abiding. 

From Virginia's regs:  "Artificial lure shall include manufactured or handmade flies, spinners, plugs, spoons, and facsimiles of live animals, but shall not be construed to include artificially- produced organic baits and fish eggs that are intended to be ingested. Artificial lure with single hook shall mean any single point lure (with no multiple point hooks). Where single-hook artificial lures are required, a multiple number of single-hook lures (such as dropper flies) fished in a series is permitted."

From Maryland's: 

Artificial Fly

A lure constructed by winding natural or synthetic material such as feathers, fur, hair, tinsel, thread, fiber, wire, plastic, cork, or rubber on or around the hook, and designed to be cast by means of a fly rod.

Artificial Lure

The following are considered artificial lures: spinners, spoons, plugs and molded facsimiles of worms, insects and fish. For the purposes of these regulations, artificial flies and streamers are considered to be artificial lures.

Bait

Any item that emits an odor or scent such as worms, minnows, crayfish, insects, doughballs, corn, cheese, bread, meat and marshmallows. The addition of any scent to an artificial lure or fly to make it smell like bait, makes it bait.

On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 1:34:58 AM UTC-4, Nick Bowler wrote: