[Cutthroat]

So, pike like hotdogs and macks like ham...

 

[Cutthroat]

Was it smoked?

 

[Cutthroat]

no just a salmon fillet

Don't want to be a Debbie downer, but you should check the regs on that - it's probably illegal to use salmon for bait. I once used pyloric caeca (part of the gut) of a lake trout I caught, when I ran out of sucker, and a game warden told me that wasn't kosher.

 

[Cutthroat]

it was not a kokanee fillet so i don't see it being a problem

According to regs, only "minnows, bluegill, hybrid bluegill, carp, sunfish, gizzard shad, sculpin, white and longnose suckers, yellow perch and rainbow smelt" may be "caught and used" for bait, whether dead or alive. Not sure if they would be sticklers over whether the salmon was caught in Colorado, as they also classify "human food" as bait in another section...

 

[Cutthroat]

Actually, this reg was in place last year, too.

 

[Cutthroat]

I think I'll just avoid the risk and stick with known legal baits, rather than try to figure out where the hair splits.

 

[Cutthroat]

But then we wouldn't be able to have these nice discussions about what they mean.

 

[Cutthroat]

I agree. The regs are not always clearly and simply stated, and in addition, you have different reg related to the same subject in more tha one place, so you have to look at all the regs to put all the pieces together.