Years ago when my boys were younger, I would go to the local feed store and buy a 25 pound bag of wheat for about $2.50. I'd pour about a gallon of wheat in a 5 gallon bucket then put enough water in it to cover the wheat seed. Let it sit in the sun for a few days until it soured. Then take it to a lake the night before I'd take the boys fishing and throw it out in an area we were going to fish the next morning. Didn't matter what kind of bait you used the next day. The cats were in there feeding and they were hungry!!! My boys had a ball and would catch a cooler full in no time. They thought I was a fish whisperer.