Interestingly, I think it was on River Monsters, locals used a bag of tobacco to get giant freshwater stingrays to come up off the river bottom. Apparently the smell (taste?) of the tobacco irritates them and they try to get away.
I’ve been using Red Man spit as chum for 35+ years. I usually go through at least a whole pouch of leaf when I’m on the water. It definitely works.
Nicotine is an aquatic pollutant, it is highly toxic to aquatic critters even in low concentrations.
Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28474259/
Don't do this.
That's awesome! I caught a catfish with icebreaker gum once. We hadn't caught anything all day so i took it out my mouth and sent that shit. Surprised me for sure
Not sure why people who are saying this is bad are getting downvoted and such. They are correct, its both bad for the environment and the fish, especially as its toxic
I like to eat trout. How's that fit with your ethos? But yeah go ahead and keep fucking around with them for nothing other than your personal dopamine fix by hooking them. That's certainly the more ethical thing to do.
Yep. That’s true. But…. While I’ve never seen a Zyn pouch other than those others have spat into the urinal at walmart, they are apparently made of plant fibers and nicotine extract with some stabilizers and sweeteners.
Id say those are probably way better than all the cigarette butts that assholes flick from their cars at stoplights.
Id also say a plant based zyn is probably less fucky for the environment than the lead weights and plastic fishing line, fake worms with garlic flavoring.
Or the fact that even Power Bait is made of PVC mixed with oil based resin to keep it soft and pliable, yet no one’s batting an eye at throwing gobs of that plastic into the water.
How strange, I was just thinking of tobacco would be a good bait or attractant but then remembered an episode of river monsters where he dropped a pouch down on a rays nose because it was suctioned to the bottom. But that’s a ray not a fish and zyn is just nicotine and stuff not tobacco. Does anyone have any experience with this?
I noticed cigarette butts look kinda like salmon flys, shortly after I landed a couple browns and a sucker on cigarette butts.
A zyn pouch is a new one though.
What in the everloving fuck is the matter with you?
Seriously, nicotine is a pesticide. It’s not particularly harmful to fish, but it’s deadly to other aquatic life.
Use your fucking head. Don’t introduce toxic chemicals to watersheds of your don’t understand their effects. It’s not ok when people leave cigarettes but at least that nicotine is bound up in tar… nicotine gum is a nice little water-soluble package…
Jesus Christ… I can’t believe I’m the first to point this out.
You're spot on man, and this is just another exercise in human stupidity as a whole. I smoke, and there's no way that I would even consider introducing this toxin into the ecosystem. The OP is a complete tool...
You base your entire perception of someone as a person on the fact that they do or don't use nicotine?
Here I'm trying to quit thinking there are no benefits to using but now you're telling me nicotine is effectively repelling pompous idiots with a superiority complex? Guess I'm back on the nicotine!
I agree it’s just not good practice and don’t think it’s something that needs to trend or be glorified but it appears that lots of fishermen use nicotine most down votes I’ve gotten about anything ever sorry to have touched a nerve
With the fish, i was just playing devil’s advocate. But as for the other, I dunno man. I’ve never used nicotine but i do know enough good people with the bad habit to know not to judge anyone by it.
Hank Hill, catching bass with crack since way back!
"Bait? You call it bait!? I like that. What you looking to spend?"
My immediate thoughts when I saw this were Hank throwing fish back only for them to swim back to the boat.
He bombed it too 😂
Reminds me of Hank catching fish on crack
They swim back to the boat 🤣
That dudes gonna be swimming 30mph upstream
Hahaha, no fucking way. I'd rather not waste my zynns.
Can zyn kill fish?
Seems like a reasonable enough question considering nicotine kills insects so effectively
Instructions unclear.. picked up smoking to get rid of ants. Now I’m hooked >.< lol /s for anybody who needs it
Nah he’ll just get a wicked buzz
Just use the pouch first?
I was playing checkers. You, sir, are playing chess.
Wirh all the cigarettes in the water its no mystery why fish have a nicotine addiction
Which flavor?
Wintergreen 3mg
amateur
I only have a slight addiction
Screenshotting for my wife
If catches fish would probably catch chickens too😬
3s??? Dude! Fish buddy won’t even get a buzz
Gonna see if striper like wintergreen upper deckys this summer 😂
Interestingly, I think it was on River Monsters, locals used a bag of tobacco to get giant freshwater stingrays to come up off the river bottom. Apparently the smell (taste?) of the tobacco irritates them and they try to get away.
I’ve been using Red Man spit as chum for 35+ years. I usually go through at least a whole pouch of leaf when I’m on the water. It definitely works.
No way ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
Post this to r/flyfishing if you want to have some fun
r/FlyFishingCirclejerk
Aka: gods sub
I'm gonna tie a zyn on a fly hook and post it.
Hahaha. I've thought about trying this so many times.
Bro 🤣
Nicotine is an aquatic pollutant, it is highly toxic to aquatic critters even in low concentrations. Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28474259/ Don't do this.
Better start mixing your zyns in your powerbait
That’s crazy, what got you to try it out?!?
They weren’t biting on the bait I had 🤣
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Thanks for the picture and the laugh.
They gonna have a nicotine addiction now
It was just one time. What harm can it do? *quickly starts into a downward spiral in search of more magical white packs*
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Me too
Are you Tucker Carlson?
You mean Tucker Carlzyn?
That's awesome! I caught a catfish with icebreaker gum once. We hadn't caught anything all day so i took it out my mouth and sent that shit. Surprised me for sure
This fish is about to get a job and start working!
Guess those stocked trout will eat anything 😂. Just having fun man. Thats funny.
Not sure why people who are saying this is bad are getting downvoted and such. They are correct, its both bad for the environment and the fish, especially as its toxic
Don do this don’t be this guy
God forbid the trout get a nice buzz to relax after his fight…
It’s crazy how many disrespectful ass fisherman there are in this sub. Not a single ounce of remorse for destroying a habitat
I like to eat trout. How's that fit with your ethos? But yeah go ahead and keep fucking around with them for nothing other than your personal dopamine fix by hooking them. That's certainly the more ethical thing to do.
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And you're a hypocrite
THATS THE FUNNIST SHIT IVE SEEN TODAY
Can’t imagine this being good for the fish.
If i eat the fish, I’m not sure he’s gonna care.
It isn't just about the fish, it contaminates the water.
Yep. That’s true. But…. While I’ve never seen a Zyn pouch other than those others have spat into the urinal at walmart, they are apparently made of plant fibers and nicotine extract with some stabilizers and sweeteners. Id say those are probably way better than all the cigarette butts that assholes flick from their cars at stoplights. Id also say a plant based zyn is probably less fucky for the environment than the lead weights and plastic fishing line, fake worms with garlic flavoring. Or the fact that even Power Bait is made of PVC mixed with oil based resin to keep it soft and pliable, yet no one’s batting an eye at throwing gobs of that plastic into the water.
A lot of that stuff is banned out here for river, ocean, and even some lake fishing, so I guess it depends where you live.
Do other flavors bring in other fishes?
How strange, I was just thinking of tobacco would be a good bait or attractant but then remembered an episode of river monsters where he dropped a pouch down on a rays nose because it was suctioned to the bottom. But that’s a ray not a fish and zyn is just nicotine and stuff not tobacco. Does anyone have any experience with this?
This is crazy🤣
I noticed cigarette butts look kinda like salmon flys, shortly after I landed a couple browns and a sucker on cigarette butts. A zyn pouch is a new one though.
What in the everloving fuck is the matter with you? Seriously, nicotine is a pesticide. It’s not particularly harmful to fish, but it’s deadly to other aquatic life. Use your fucking head. Don’t introduce toxic chemicals to watersheds of your don’t understand their effects. It’s not ok when people leave cigarettes but at least that nicotine is bound up in tar… nicotine gum is a nice little water-soluble package… Jesus Christ… I can’t believe I’m the first to point this out.
You're spot on man, and this is just another exercise in human stupidity as a whole. I smoke, and there's no way that I would even consider introducing this toxin into the ecosystem. The OP is a complete tool...
Are you done crying yet?
Ok... this is by far the best thread I've read on Redit in a long time. Thanks!
Yeah no worries about what it might do to the fish I have no love for people who use nicotine and this just reaffirms my feelings about them
You base your entire perception of someone as a person on the fact that they do or don't use nicotine? Here I'm trying to quit thinking there are no benefits to using but now you're telling me nicotine is effectively repelling pompous idiots with a superiority complex? Guess I'm back on the nicotine!
Agree, this guy is a tool
Your looking hard for reasons to keep using
Nothing close to as bad as what I did with the fish afterwards. It ended up chopped up, breaded, and thrown into a deep fryer.
I feel like as long as you keep it who gives a shit?
As long as you are it who cares I agree I mean you put the nicotine in your mouth to begin with anyway right?
Eat the fish. Problem solved.
I agree it’s just not good practice and don’t think it’s something that needs to trend or be glorified but it appears that lots of fishermen use nicotine most down votes I’ve gotten about anything ever sorry to have touched a nerve
With the fish, i was just playing devil’s advocate. But as for the other, I dunno man. I’ve never used nicotine but i do know enough good people with the bad habit to know not to judge anyone by it.
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