Posted By medsinman on 13 Dec 2010 10:24 PM
a super duper works pretty good for rainbows. Most colors work well, gold, silver, two tone blue/white. Or an orange with black specks mepps spinner.

It's funny how many times I've seen such satements made on the NAFC BB and other's over the years.
Anyway as to the corn part:

Corn for Bait – Chumming

Question

During the last few years, I have seen more and more people using corn for bait. But it seems as if they are now being so bold as to sow the stream with handfuls at a time before casting their lines. I have always had the understanding corn cannot be digested by the trout and they would die from ingesting it. If this is the case, is it illegal to sow corn?

Answer

Commission fisheries biologist Tom Bender at our Benner Spring Fish Research Station conducted a study in 1992 that examined the impact of corn on trout. For the study, two groups of hatchery rainbow trout were held in separate tanks and tested for 54 days. In one tank, 20 rainbow trout (average size 8.3 inches) were fed a diet of whole kernel corn. In the second tank, 20 rainbow trout of the same size were fed a standard trout pellet diet. During the 54 day study period, no mortalities occurred from trout of either study group. However, study results did show that the trout fed with a corn diet did not digest the corn particularly well. The growth observed by the corn-fed trout during the study period was only about half of that observed from the trout that were fed the standard trout pellet diet. The conclusion from this study was that there appears to be little reason for concern about the short term health hazards for rainbow trout when whole kernel corn is used for bait. Although there are better diets for trout than whole kernel corn, this study confirms that mortality does not occur when trout ingest whole kernel corn. You also asked about the practice of anglers using handfuls of corn to attract fish - a practice sometimes called "chumming." For waters managed under statewide regulations, chumming with corn or other bait to attract fish would be considered a legal practice, providing that anglers don't get carried away and liberally coat the bottom of the stream with corn. If this were the case, then it could be considered littering. The Commission does not recommend chumming.

Taken from this web page :

http://www.fish.state.pa.us/images/...n_chum.htm

Posted By Captain Quantum on 14 Dec 2010 04:27 AM
Using cheese on your hook seems like it is cheating. Im not sure it is even legal. Many fish cannot digest such substances (corn, oatmeal) and as a result die from ingesting it. I suggest you find something that won't possibly endanger the fish, so that other anglers can enjoy the experience of fishing as well.

Posted By skewl on 02 Oct 2010 07:10 PM
Man, let me tell you guys, I tried absolutely everything. I had Powerbait eggs, brand new Little Cleos in Rainbow Trout color, a floating rapala, a couple other crankbaits, minnow spins, a bead-head prince nymph (that's all I had for flies because I'm just starting out fly fishing and the local fly shop was closed today), even my homemade inline spinners which work everywhere, and a big fat 0 is all I have to show for it. I saw them, too. I saw one smaller trout that must've just been stocked this week and one massive one, eye-balling it I would put it at 5+ pounds. Dragged my fly and powerbait right over its nose and pretty much just flipped me the bird. I'm going to have to get some dynamite or something, that's about all I didn't try.