Imagine a lake on a hot summer's day. Imagine sitting back on a sun lounger by the side of the lake, relaxing and enjoying the peaceful sounds of the countryside waiting for the fish to bite. Your eyes are fixed on your float that is just beyond a bed of lily pads, you are distracted for a moment by a small frog popping up onto the lilies and when you look back your float is slowly disappearing under the water. Strike, you lift your rod sharply and feel the tell tale resistance of a fish on the other end. A battle of wits ensues as you fight to keep the fish out of the lilies and bring it to the shore. Success it's in the net. The wonder bait has done it again.

Sweetcorn has been used as a fishing bait for many, many years and has been used with considerable success by thousands of anglers in that time.

We all know what sweetcorn is don't we. In fishing terms tinned sweetcorn is the most widely used because the sugared water in which it is immersed in the tin adds to the smell, flavour and general attractiveness to the fish. It is also of course a lot less hassle than breaking it off the cob.
In recent years fishing shops have started to stock sweetcorn of different colours and different added flavours in a bid to improve this already highly successful bait.

Stick it on a hook and throw it in the water would be the easy answer I guess.
When hooking you must keep the sharp end of the hook clear or you may well miss bites.
All the different fishing methods will work with sweetcorn.
You can use it suspended in mid water under a float or on the bottom under a float. Even in flowing water this works to good effect.
Ledgering works well too. Ledgering is where a larger weight is either fixed onto the line or allowed to run freely up the line. Bite indication is made possible by use of either a swing or quiver tip on the end of your rod that is placed at a forty five-degree angle to where your bait is placed. This allows you to see when a fish has taken your bait by movements in the rod tip. Alternatively an electronic "buzzer" bite alarm could be used either on its own or in conjunction with a vertical indicator. This is where the line is pulled down taut under a weight and when the fish pulls on the line the weight rises.

There are several pro's to sweetcorn. First and foremost it is a proven bait that has caught many, many fish in its time.
Secondly it is relatively cheap and easy to get from any grocery store, the fish are not going to worry if it is a store value pack so I would go for the cheapest.
Thirdly it is versatile and can be fished in a variety of different ways as described above.
And its natural colour and smell make it attractive to fish in its own right so there is no need to add smell enhancers or flavourings although it will take these should you choose to add them.

Yes there are one or two downsides to fishing with sweetcorn.
Firstly as it is a relatively soft bait it is fragile and won't stand up to long casting very well. If you are not careful you could see your hook flying through the air and your bait landing somewhere completely different.
Secondly fish are not the only creatures to like sweetcorn, if you keep the bait box open you may well find some unwanted yellow and black striped guests buzzing around in your box the next time you put your hand in it.
You should not take sweetcorn tins or any other tins for that matter to fisheries; some have strict bans on them because of the potential for litter and danger to wildlife