what would be a good live bait?

[lunkerhunter2]

I agree with both replies but i have to add my .02. It is my experience, and watching others break the law here, but i think the forage fish of the particular body of water makes the best live bait. I have had better luck with pieces of perch than chubs or suckers. We can't use live bait in UT and the lake i fish tigers you can't use any bait larger than 1" in any dimension. We used to be able to use whole perch but that came to a screeching hault when many big tigers were found dead with treble hooks and whole perch attached to a piece of 6# or 8# test stuck in their throats. I did watch 2 guys for about 1/2 hour waiting for the CO to get there that caught 4 with a whole perch but they WERE using steele leaders. They got busted anyway. That would be my advice.
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