Can anyone tell me how long I have to wait after using dog food to attract crappie on my beds?
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Can anyone tell me how long I have to wait after using dog food to attract crappie on my beds?
Till the catfish get through eating it . lol:biggrin
When you start hearing the barks. :biggrin
What brand of dog food attracts crappie???
Shad Flavored!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lonnie84
The dog food should attract shad if you have any shad nearby to find it....the crappie will feed on the shad then....problem is....the catfish are going to eat it up.
I was kinda thinking that myself. And my spots are full of big cat, so I may wanna not go that route
you might want to try oatmeal or possibly alfalfa ....you want baitfish to come in ....
of course sometimes baiting will bring other fish as well ....
You will do better building cover (stake beds , or brush piles ) IMO:twocents
Make sure it's something that will last. Hate to only get a year or two out of some of the brushpiles that break downQuote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
Christmas trees , bamboo , and small brush are not worth the time . Bigger trees and stakebeds are the way to go . Been checking stuff we sunk during this drawdown and stakebeds out of heavy Cedar or Hardwood are the best .Quote:
Originally Posted by Bronson
this is true on the light brush piles for sure .....most seem to be about gone after a year er so .....good news for them folks that find them instead of sinking them ....LOL
I find that the best baiting you can do to a BP is you add some fresh willow or whatever brush you like to use. Baiting out a spot will usually bring in the bait, but will also bring in the catfish. carp, and gar. I made the mistake of sinking a 5 gal bucked full of soured milo next to one of my best producing bp's and ruined it! For months after that all I ever caught off the bp was 4-8" bluecats. It always had tons of bait and bait balls around it. And Gar.. man I never seen so many gar hangin around in one place. That was a few years back and the bp has never been the same. nonono As fresh brush grows moss that attracts the bait and its all you need.