Live mice: the ultimate live bait?? 2025

Senko4life reply :

Ok, so i was out freazing my butt off fishing today and began thinking back to the summer when I would haul hog bass out of the slop on a Snag Proof Mouse. Then I figured why not go to the pet store and buy a dozen mice, nose hook 'em and toss 'em out to do their thing. People feed them to snakes so why not fed them to bass? The only problem would be hooking the little buggers without getting tore up. Tell me what you think

Bassin_Fin@tic reply :

LOL (sorry) Dont know man,but I have been thinking about using some of these little lizards that ran around everywhere here in florida.

Jake. reply :

Why not just use a snag proof mose again?

A_Glenn_2 reply :

dont know bout bass fishin with a mouse, but maybe a CATfish...haha i couldnt resist

bocabasser reply :

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Ok, so i was out freazing my butt off fishing today and began thinking back to the summer when I would haul hog bass out of the slop on a Snag Proof Mouse. Then I figured why not go to the pet store and buy a dozen mice, nose hook 'em and toss 'em out to do their thing. People feed them to snakes so why not fed them to bass? The only problem would be hooking the little buggers without getting tore up. Tell me what you think

without a doubt the stupidest thing i have ever read on this forum.

cajun1977. reply :

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Ok, so i was out freazing my butt off fishing today and began thinking back to the summer when I would haul hog bass out of the slop on a Snag Proof Mouse. Then I figured why not go to the pet store and buy a dozen mice, nose hook 'em and toss 'em out to do their thing. People feed them to snakes so why not fed them to bass? The only problem would be hooking the little buggers without getting tore up. Tell me what you think

without a doubt the stupidest thing i have ever read on this forum.

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Bass Smacker reply :

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Ok, so i was out freazing my butt off fishing today and began thinking back to the summer when I would haul hog bass out of the slop on a Snag Proof Mouse. Then I figured why not go to the pet store and buy a dozen mice, nose hook 'em and toss 'em out to do their thing. People feed them to snakes so why not fed them to bass? The only problem would be hooking the little buggers without getting tore up. Tell me what you think

without a doubt the stupidest thing i have ever read on this forum.

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+2. plus ouch!! Unlike cold blooded fish warm blooded mice feel pain just like us

roadwarrior reply :

+3 :-X

Redlinerobert reply :

volpster31 reply :

a friend of mine did this last summer......it was a bad idea just for the fact of the torture to the poor thing.....

the problem is,they tire very quickly & then drown..they dont swim all over like you would think..........

Bassin_Fin@tic reply :

wow! it seems there is quite a negative feedback on this thread. :

bass109 reply :

Only use live mice as food for pet largemouth bass.

mayassa reply :

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Thats the funniest thing I read on this forum You can't be serious

bass109 reply :

Bassin_Fin@tic reply :

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Only use live mice as food for pet largemouth bass.

Now that IMO would be entertaining to watch.

Do bass actually eat mice or rats anyway? I always thought the plastic baits were just gimmicks and no different from a frog bait,in which case I wonder sometimes if the bass really think its a frog or mouse?Or are they just feeding on the action.

Waterwolves reply :

Here you can see it without trying to stick a mouse on your hook.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cH1YzTWXr98

Branuss04 reply :

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Here you can see it without trying to stick a mouse on your hook.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cH1YzTWXr98

Speechless!!!

mayassa reply :

This thread is getting better and better

Jake P reply :

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Here you can see it without trying to stick a mouse on your hook.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cH1YzTWXr98

That was...... i dont even know, i did however look on the side scroll bar on youtube and saw a camel spider link which i wish i hadent of clicked on becuase those things are incredibly HUGE. that bass and mouse thing was just weird.

T-rig reply :

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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Thats the funniest thing I read on this forum You can't be serious

Funny and at the time same stupid!

Rob G. reply :

I think I need to apologize. A few times I have made, or rather tried to make, jokes about using live mice on this site. I do not really condone this practice or even know that it would work, nor will I be trying it. I did not mean to mislead anyone for real. I figured the concept was so proposterous that it would not be taken seriously.

Bassin_Fin@tic reply :

Great vids.Put a smile on my face

Sam reply :

Please don't do it.

There are too many artificial baits to select among and that is the great part of bass fishing...figuring what to throw and what techniques to use.

If you want to use live bait, use Nightcrawlers.

You will catch something on almost every cast with a live worm.

The challenge of trying to locate and attract the bass is what makes bass fishing challenging.

That is the fun of bass fishing and when you catch a bass it is very rewarding.

No reason to injure or kill another live animal, other than for a worm, when you fish.

guest reply :

I use minnows, nightcrawlers, wax worms, leeches, cut up food animals for catfish etc Mice are no different. I don't know why its stupid, but if you can use it as bait then go ahead. Before using them you should read the rules of your county or lake to see if they allow mice to be used as bait. There's this bait store called "Lee's Bait & Tackle" close to Busse Woods (one I fish most of the time in IL) that actually sells mice to be used as bait.

So if you can try them out, tell me about it and maybe I'll buy some mice. I'm only hesitant because they can get tired in the water and they're topwater exclusive since they can't breath underwater.

hollandbass reply :

I dont condone the use of live mice, but hell back in the day giant bass were hooked on live ducklings amongst other cute things. I have gotten big bass on live frogs and fake frogs, never tried mice. Sorry i am not much of a treehugger.

grimlin reply :

I'd rather use lures...seems like they would last longer.Probably cheaper as well.

Redlinerobert reply :

When Low Budget Hookers came to CA to visit, I tied a hook to this back and threw him into the Delta. I didn't catch any fish? :-?

Micro reply :

I know this thread was a joke, but...

I occassionally feed live mice to my snakes. I can assue you, mice can and do fight back. Trying to hook one would surely result in a nasty bite. Tossing one into grass or lilypads would result in the mouse climbing the tallest dry weed.

Now, in the alternative, they do sell dead frozen mice in most pet stores. Using those might work. Once they are thawed they are very supple and you could probably induce a nice action. Hmmmm.....

fisherdave reply :

I think theres a diffrence in useing live bait and finding something amuseing sorry I not against hunting fishing or shotting varments but getting amused by something like whats on the other pages in that sight there is something wrong with that.

guest reply :

It doesn't matter. If you fed a snake live mice you're feeding a snake live mice. Whatever goes on in the head of a person is his/her business.

fisherdave reply :

But they are displaying it to the public eye then it makes it everyone elses bussiness I understand haveing a pet and haveing to feed it but man displaying it and getting your jollies off on the kill. I dont get it. Not trying to cause a dispute different strokes for different folks.

guest reply :

I actually got an education watching how that bass killed and ate the mouse.

weird, but informative.

paul. reply :

hmmm, bass on live mice. look out world record, i'm headed to cali with a towsack full of 'possums!!!!

RoLo reply :

Thanx for nothing, now my secret is out! >

If you are really serious about boating a wall-hanger,

then liveline a "Norway Rat"....that's what I'M talking about :

Roger

guest reply :

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When Low Budget Hookers came to CA to visit, I tied a hook to this back and threw him into the Delta. I didn't catch any fish? :-?

Thats because it was post spawn, females weren't interested

T-rig reply :

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When Low Budget Hookers came to CA to visit, I tied a hook to this back and threw him into the Delta. I didn't catch any fish? :-?

Thats because it was post spawn, females weren't interested

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Tokyo Tony reply :

I don't see how using mice as bait is that different from using shiners for bait, or feeding mice to a snake or bass. It's certainly not any more brutal than setting mousetraps in your house.

I bet mice would make great bait, judging by the few mice I've seen swimming on the surface. I wouldn't use them just because it would be messy.

roadwarrior reply :

Well, I'm not squemish, but I'm not too fond of crickets or leeches and would NOT want to handle a mouse, period. I wouldn't fish a real mouse even if I were guaranteed to catch a bass!

Joel W reply :

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I don't see how using mice as bait is that different from using shiners for bait, or feeding mice to a snake or bass. It's certainly not any more brutal than setting mousetraps in your house.
I bet mice would make great bait, judging by the few mice I've seen swimming on the surface. I wouldn't use them just because it would be messy.

There is a big difference between using a mouse and a shiner. The mouse feels pain, the shiner doesn't. To me Bass fishing is all about using artificial lures into tricking a Bass into striking. Granted, one has to find the active fish which is usually the hardest part of the equation.

bass109 reply :

biggest difference is that a shiner will bring out a tropy bass from the bottom. I never used mice but who would? stick to worms,minnows,leeches,shad,and shiners

Pigsticker reply :

I never use live bait just because i dont like touching the bait and gunking stuff up but i read a article somewhere about an oldtimer using baby chicks a bait for monster yellowcats in texas now granted that is catfish but some people some people are doing stuff like that, killing chicks for catfish is a lot more cold hearted than killing some mice in my opinion

Lucky Craft Man reply :

Here's a story that happened locally. I worked with a guy who had a baitstore for years and he had one customer that came in many times with pictures of huge muskie that he had caught. The baitstore owner was curious what this customer had used for bait, because he never bought any muskie lures or bait from him. So he asked the customer the one day what he was using to catch these big fish. The guy responded that he would look in the newspaper for anyone giving away kittens. He would get the kittens from these various places and take them out fishing with him. He made a harness for the kittens that had hooks attached to it and he would put the kittens in the harness and cast them out over large weed beds. If the kitten would drown before he received a strike, he would rig up the next one and cast it out. The baitstore owner told me that after his wife (who helped him run the baitstore) heard about what this customer was using for bait, she refused to wait on him everytime he came into the store. I know it sounds mean, but when the guy told me this story, I couldn't stop laughing. I guess I couldn't believe that someone would actually think of using a kitten for bait (or a live mouse for that matter).

roadwarrior reply :

Laws vary from state to state and I'm not sure

where the lines are drawn, but regardless of "The Law",

fishing with a kitten is animal abuse. >

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Laws vary from state to state and I'm not sure
where the lines are drawn, but regardless of "The Law",

fishing with a kitten is animal abuse. >

I agree.

To even laugh about it is sick.

Jimzee reply :

I would love to catch someone abusing an animal like that. It wouldn't be pretty!

Tokyo Tony reply :

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There is a big difference between using a mouse and a shiner. The mouse feels pain, the shiner doesn't. To me Bass fishing is all about using artificial lures into tricking a Bass into striking. Granted, one has to find the active fish which is usually the hardest part of the equation.

How do you know shiners don't feel pain? 'Pain' might be the wrong word anyway, but regardless, I don't have any more respect for mice than I do for shiners. Using mice, IMO, would not be any worse than using shiners, although it may seem worse.

Kittens? That's just ridiculous. I can't believe someone would do that, but I guess he really really, really likes his muskies, and doesn't care much for cats.

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There is a big difference between using a mouse and a shiner. The mouse feels pain, the shiner doesn't. To me Bass fishing is all about using artificial lures into tricking a Bass into striking. Granted, one has to find the active fish which is usually the hardest part of the equation.

How do you know shiners don't feel pain? 'Pain' might be the wrong word anyway, but regardless, I don't have any more respect for mice than I do for shiners. Using mice, IMO, would not be any worse than using shiners, although it may seem worse.

Kittens? That's just ridiculous. I can't believe someone would do that, but I guess he really really, really likes his muskies, and doesn't care much for cats.

i have the same views. certainly shiners feel pain. take a screwdriver and start pressing it behind the gills of a shiner or baby bluegill....notice how they start frantically flapping....i dont think theyre doing it for fun. ever unhooked a fish and you accidently jerk the hook the wrong way and the fish "gags"....ive always thought of that as they showing that i just hurt them. i guess the difference is that shiners are cold, slimy, and hard, but mice are warm fluffy and soft. but still...theyre pretty much equal in terms.

with that being said....i would never use a mouse for bait!!!! i'd much rather keep my fingers in tact than try to hook that little bugger just to maybe catch a fish.

Live.2.Fish reply :

Posted by: roadwarrior Posted on: Today at 12:12pm

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fishing with a kitten is animal abuse.

I agree with RW 100%

ScroGG ToGG reply :

yeah i have to agree with the rest of the group. stick to artifical lures, IMO. that way, you know (when you do hook up a bass), that it was your personal skill and technique that helped land that fish.

Lucky Craft Man reply :

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Laws vary from state to state and I'm not sure
where the lines are drawn, but regardless of "The Law",

fishing with a kitten is animal abuse. >

I agree.

To even laugh about it is sick.

I don't condone what the guy did. The humor was more in the baitshop owner who was telling the story (especially when he told me how his wife reacted when she found out)

Bassin_Fin@tic reply :

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Laws vary from state to state and I'm not sure
where the lines are drawn, but regardless of "The Law",

fishing with a kitten is animal abuse. >

I agree.

To even laugh about it is sick.

Hmmm.Methinks that is the type of person that we should harness and use for bait for sharks.If he drowns first then Im sure cut bait would work too.Just my .01 worth.I realize swearing isnt allowed on this board so thats all I can say in a civil manner.

hollandbass reply :

The kittens thing is just plain retarded. I am betting the guy was joking around, how many muskies would eat a floating kitten? But if its true that just messed up, thag guy has problems.

bocabasser reply :

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The kittens thing is just plain retarded. I am betting the guy was joking around, how many muskies would eat a floating kitten? But if its true that just messed up, thag guy has problems.

i agree

Tpayneful reply :

I can't believe that nobody made a comment about the bass in the YouTube video. His confinement in the tiny aquarium caused him to atack that poor mouse that would usually be his friend

grimlin reply :

I don't believe the cat story,if that was me i'd call the cops.No way is a cat legal as bait.

Bassin_Fin@tic reply :

If you searched through the scroll bar from that youtube vid,did you see the one where the guys threw the chipmunk in the water?? Crazy stuff

KYbass1276 reply :

I don't like mice myself but I think to myself on this and say if you can't catch a fish using artifical baits and have to resort to using live mice then maybe its time to find another hobby sport whatever. I don't really care for cats a whole lot I don't hate them, Any moron who would use a kitten for bait should be hooked in the sack with a #5 ewg and forced to run at gun point so far out then have someone do a Bill dance hookset on them.

broncoboxer reply :

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Any moron who would use a kitten for bait should be hooked in the sack with a #5 ewg and forced to run at gun point so far out then have someone do a Bill dance hookset on them.

ROFL. I spit out my pasta salad upon reading this.

AnglerNFuego reply :

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I actually got an education watching how that bass killed and ate the mouse.
weird, but informative.

I agree avid.

Jake. reply :

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I don't like mice myself but I think to myself on this and say if you can't catch a fish using artifical baits and have to resort to using live mice then maybe its time to find another hobby sport whatever. I don't really care for cats a whole lot I don't hate them, Any moron who would use a kitten for bait should be hooked in the sack with a #5 ewg and forced to run at gun point so far out then have someone do a Bill dance hookset on them.

Bassin_Fin@tic reply :

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I don't like mice myself but I think to myself on this and say if you can't catch a fish using artifical baits and have to resort to using live mice then maybe its time to find another hobby sport whatever. I don't really care for cats a whole lot I don't hate them, Any moron who would use a kitten for bait should be hooked in the sack with a #5 ewg and forced to run at gun point so far out then have someone do a Bill dance hookset on them.

Very Nice! What a delightful idea

fisherdave reply :

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I don't like mice myself but I think to myself on this and say if you can't catch a fish using artifical baits and have to resort to using live mice then maybe its time to find another hobby sport whatever. I don't really care for cats a whole lot I don't hate them, Any moron who would use a kitten for bait should be hooked in the sack with a #5 ewg and forced to run at gun point so far out then have someone do a Bill dance hookset on them.

Very Nice! What a delightful idea

Man thats good I feel the same way very nice

Bassn Blvd reply :

I'm almost certain it is a Felony to use a Cat for bait.

surfer reply :

"Fish don't feel pain"

You are joking right. They can't scream like you, me or that mouse, but they show it in their panicked frolic.

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