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06-04-2007, 04:05 PM
slabmaster09

favorite bait

I know alot of people on here catfish so i was wondering what everones favorite bait was? Mine is punch bait.
06-04-2007, 04:37 PM
randallewis

Catfish bait survey

I prefer cut bait or chicken hearts. Bream is best. I catch them in perch traps. I use Buffalo and Carp if I can't trap bream. Cut pieces about the size of a dime for 2/0 hooks. Big is not better. I only fish the Sabine River between Logansport, La. and Circle Drive Marina on Toledo Bend
06-05-2007, 03:19 PM
longliner

Live perch or bluegill- 4or 5 inches long. Best flathead bait thats legal!!:rolleyes:
06-05-2007, 07:33 PM
grubby

fresh caught shad is my favorite.
06-11-2007, 11:28 AM
Gibbzilla

Eatin-size channels I like nightcrawlers and crappie minnows, big channels I like cut bait, blues I like cut bait or shrimp, flatheads I like live bream 3-5".
06-14-2007, 08:38 PM
drifter106

favorite bait...

No.1 shad (drifting)

Now if I am in the spillway after they have run some water for a while, late spring and early summer then I would want crappie guts. Use to catch all kinds of channel with chicken blood.
06-20-2007, 10:19 AM
superdave1984

Fish guts is the best bait for catfish I have found other than Catalpa worms.
06-21-2007, 11:50 AM
slabmaster09

I also like catalpa worms.
06-21-2007, 06:47 PM
Miller

Quote:

Originally Posted by longliner

Live perch or bluegill- 4or 5 inches long. Best flathead bait thats legal!!:rolleyes:

that is right nothing beats a live bluegill
08-07-2007, 07:51 PM
kscrappiehunter

Fresh shad for the channels and blues, and green sunfish or bluegill for flatheads.
08-08-2007, 12:45 PM
centerdriver

Catfish Charlie Blood Type B. Been using it for eatin size channels for over 30 years. For bigger trophy kitties, shad or live bream.
08-08-2007, 12:56 PM
drfishjd

I like fresh netted shad best. I also like native nightcrawlers - the ones that are as big as a pencil and squirt out that sticky, stinky yellow goo. My catfishing is done on the Missouri River.
08-09-2007, 04:02 PM
deathb4disco

Corn, shrimp and hot dogs work for me. I've also caught a lot of nice cats on maggots while fishing for bream.
08-15-2007, 08:53 AM
england

The only time I catfish anymore is in the winter time for bluecat. I use shad and shad only. somtimes the heads, somtimes the guts, somtimes the whole shad. The fish tell you what they want, if I cant get shad I dont catfish that day.
08-19-2007, 10:24 PM
bobberdown

Live 6 to 9" Shad in current. Or cut shad in still water.
09-14-2007, 03:58 AM
memphislab

My favorite bait would be fresh skipjack,