I'm doing a bit of research for one of my episodes. We've had a couple people find rubber baits in the stomachs of Lake Trout that they have caught, and one person gave me the one they found. I'll be showcasing this on an episode to be released this winter, but would like to do some research before I finish up the episode.
1. How many of you use rubber/fake baits? Of those that you use, do you know what they are made with? Are they digestable? Will they decompose in a fish's stomach, or cause a blockage?
2. Does anyone know of what I could use to simulate a fish's stomach acids to put a bait in to see long term effects on the bait of being "digested"?
3. Has anyone else caught a fish and opened the stomach to find a rubber bait inside?
Thanks for you help!
Mike
Thanks guys, I'll hopefully be able to do a little with this this winter. My segment is still waiting to go. We've been backed up a lot with a few other paid projects and while we got video this summer for more episodes for Season 2, we're just finishing up Season 1.
Pali, I'm not sure if I can even get HCL? Anythig common that you could think of that I could use to roughly simulate?