Is it legal to use veleta cheese?And can you really catch trout with it?Personally i would rather eat it myself than use it for bait!But i have talked to people fishing and i always hear i should have brought some velvete cheese.
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Yes it is leagal to use (on most waters), and it does catch fish.
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Velveeta cheese was used a lot here in Utah before Powerbait came along. We used to use it at Strawberry and Scofield for trout. I'd rather use powerbait, leave the velveeta in the store and eat cheddar. [url "javascript: addTag('
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I used to use Velveeta for Cats in the Jordan river. That used to be a favorite.[url "javascript: addTag('cool')"][cool][/url]
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I have caught many trout on velveta cheeeeeesse. It is leagal any where there are not bait restrictions, just like zeekes and PB. However it will make a mess outta your tackle box if you do not store it in the shade or in your cooler, sun light and velveta = messy oily goo coating everything.
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yes it wooks great. I have used it for 34 years at the berry. if you try it get the big block that way when you put some on your hook you can put some in your mouth.
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Yepper Ocean, its legal to both use as bait and slap on crackers between nibbles, your or the fishies.
Man, what ever happen to Squeeze Cheese in the tubes!?? That stuff was great!
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[url "javascript: addTag('cool')"][cool][/url][#0000ff]I was introduced to "Velveeta hackle" lures back in the early sixties (before Powerbait and other dough baits). The first contender (in Utah) to replace cheese for trout was the old Pokey Bait. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Velveeta works well for rainbows...and even for browns. I caught quite a few browns out of the Provo, and witnessed one caught on it in Deer Creek that would probably go about 10 pounds. It has long been a staple with Strawberry fans.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In California, I "modified" my Velveeta fishing by adding a single Pautzke's red egg on the point of the hook, after molding on the cheese. The result was what I called a "Velveeta sundae". There are times it really works great. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]And, you can add different things to the Velveeta to enhance it. Anise oil (licorice) is great, and a little garlic powder in another batch is fine too. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you wanna toughen the cheese, in warm weather, work in some flour and even some cotton. Somebody else suggested keeping it cool. That is good advice. The colder the firmer. But, once it hits the water it starts giving off a milky attractant.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Most folks fish it on treble hooks. I have always favored small single hooks, as long as I can use good firm cheese. You get better hooking and holding on the fish, and less damage from hook removal. If you have to leave a hook in a deeply hooked fish, the damage to the fish is less.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Velveeta is an overlooked catfish bait. I have taken lots of cats all over the country by fishing a gob of Velveeta on a single hook, with no weight. Just lob it out and watch for the line to twitch. They often gulp it, without chomping on it a lot, like a big piece of meat. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It is especially good for fishing where there is current, as the milky stuff sends a scent trail downstream and brings in the fish holding in other areas. Of course, it is not legal to chum, but there is nothing that says you can't draw in fish with an attractive scented bait. Sometimes the fishing gets better and better in a hole you keep fishing with Velveeta, as the fish are drawn into the area.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]And, if you lick your fingers, it tastes better than shad oil or other fish attractants. Definitely better when it gets on a sandwich than some of that other stinky stuff.[/#0000ff]
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I like tubedudes point - There aren't many highly scented baits that I would lick off my fingers. Plus I bet the wife would rather I smelled like cheese than shad oil.
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When I was a kid we used Velveeta many times. In fact I caught my largest large mouth bass ever on it. We also found that unless it was kept really cold it was easy to flip it off when we casted. They invented treble hooks with springs on them that helped a little, but seemed to interfere some with hook setting. The best soft cheese (for staying on the hook) we ever found was a cheese called Teton, but we couldn't always find it. Pokey bait, sold at a baitshop in Provo Canyon, was also a favorite.
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when I was little we used velveta for trout all the time and my favorite part was that my dad would bring crackers and if the fish weren't biting too well I did the biting on the cheese and crackers.
jed
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