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tommarow, im going to the store to buy some groceries..... and maybe some catfish bait. i want to get stuff that will catch channel catfish, and the small ones too, because i only have medium action gear and 8 pound test. what should i get for the catfish?
and, have any of you used rednecks catfish bait soap before?
cheese,hotdogs,beef chicken turkey pork liver,chicken gizzards,shrimp, all those work. as for the soap bait never tried it. you will be surprised how big a fish you can land with 8lb test line. the key is to not over hoss the fish. keep pressure on the fish and it will come to you.
all of what kdlong said work great. my favorite would have to be shrimp or sonney's dip bait. good luck!
know this is a little late but as for Soap buy ZOTE a soap made in Mexico. It is the high lard content that makes the cats bite the higher the lard or to be more correct fat content the better they like it. Ivory works but Zote is the best.
Now as far as grocery store bait. The cheap hot dogs now for the making them the best bait on the lake. cut them in to 3/8 to 1/2 inch pieces. Put in a zip loc style bag sprinkle granulated Garlic over them and let sit over night. Catfish love them!!!! Granulated Garlic is more intents than powdered garlic. It took a Friend that has a catering business to convince me of this. The doctored hot dogs are what I use on Caddo lake it is my number one goto bait. I will have to post my recipe for dried chicken liver catfish bait. My second favorite grocery store bait.
Redman
Cut the chicken livers in two or three chunks depending on the size hooks you'll be useing. Take an old cookie sheet and put garlic salt on it(use the Dollar Store garlic salt its cheap). Put a layer of liver on the salt and then cover with a thick layer of garlic salt. Set this in the sun all day where your pets can't reach em. The salt toughens the liver and the catfish love the garlic flavor and smell. Put the liver in a sealer bag and refridgerate till you go fishin.
Raw shrimp,hot dogs cut them in chunks and soak them in blood.When the mulberry trees have mulberry's get some and mix them with blood bait and soak hot dogs in them as well
8 lb test is going to be a bit small if there's any cover in the area. You can get a cheap Ugly Stick combo at WalMart that will last you 6 or 8 years. Something that will handle 15 lb test at least.
Chicken livers, shrimp, hot dogs all work. Soap is more for trot lines where it sits a long time, not on a rod.
lucky for me, because the only cover on the pond im fishing is a submerged fence. and i already have a ugly stik, but mines snapped in two when i set the hook on a bass. odd, considering it's suppost to be the strongest rod ever..... anyway, im giving it another chance, but im getting the ultra light version.
I think they have a lifetime warranty, or something close. Email/call them they should send you a replacement.
Nothing out of the grocery store beats Turkey Liver and Chicken Liver is a close second. I catch hundreds of Channel Catfish on baited holes every summer. If you will read my posts you will be a believer.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/arkan...86-mudcat.html
what is a baited hole? and how do you bait one?
We go to a good location on a drop off with stumps or pallet beds and feed em. I used to use sweet feed , but now use scraps from a feed mill. We sour the scrap feed and dump it in daily by the bucket fulls.Quote:
Originally Posted by jonny177
One of my favorite baits is Salted chicken livers. Buy the livers and some stock salt, from the feed store. Bury the livers in the stock salt until they get dried out, a week are two depends on the weather. They stay on a hook real well and the cats love it. You can box them and put a drop are two of anise oil on them. I also take garlic powder and dump a bunch on the livers let them set in the ice box a day are two then dry them in the salt, they work good too.
Best hook I've found for keeping chicken liver on. Even soft and bloody right out of the container.
Mustad Double Live Bait Hook
I've found them at Gander Mountain too.
Think I'll go cat fishing today at a friends pond. I'm going to try some Hillshire Farm turkey Lit'l smokies on a straight hook. We shall see.
Here's a nice 3 pounder I caught today on the Lit'l smokies. Caught another smaller one too. Thew 'em both back.
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Thanks, Good information i may get to catch a big cat yet.
Get a package of boneless chicken and two packs of strawberrie/bannana coolaide. Cut the chicken into small chunks, paper towel dry, and add koolaide, stir well and refridge until tomorrow. That...and chicken livers if theyre fresh...not frozen.
Thanks i have started a catfish bait recipe list. so far a lot of good ones.
As u can tell theres as many bait choices as catfishermen.All u need to do now is get you some baits and go fishing!It may take awhile for you to key in on the one that works best where u fish.If u meet someone that catfish's often where u fish it could get u ahead on the bait game.I got a friend in Arkansas that fish's in a very small bayou from the bank and all he does is use plain cheap hotdogs,,,but they dont go after hotdogs every where like the do at his location.Tight lines!Thumbs Up
as a kid we used beef heart, beef tongue, on hooks and (Ivory brand soap in fish box traps). I have been google-ing catfish bait recipes
this evening and of all the recipies I see, the most common ingredients are GARLIC,SALT,RED KOOL-AID,CHEDDAR CHEESE OR CHEESE POWDER from the kraft mac & cheese box, LIVER.....
So I figured I will soak some gizzards that I already have in these main ingredients and try them on one pole while trying other baits
on other poles as a comparison test.