any catfisherman out there bait help

I AM, i love all fishing but cating is my favorite, every since i was a kid my dad and uncles would take, me, well sadly my 3 uncles all pasted of cancer in the same year and pops is getting old, sorrty to go OT, but its leading up to this, i used to uise chicken livers and clams(stuff inside them) and hall in 3 pound channel cat all night and an occasional oddity, well finally my pint is that stopped, last year,:confused:
this year i havn't caught a single bloomin cat, so my question is what do the fellow herpers use to catch their fish, don't need monster fish, just enough to keep my girl friends brother and friend, excited to go and keep him away from his druggy friends and show them real life.

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Originally Posted by BOWSER11788

I AM, i love all fishing but cating is my favorite, every since i was a kid my dad and uncles would take, me, well sadly my 3 uncles all pasted of cancer in the same year and pops is getting old, sorrty to go OT, but its leading up to this, i used to uise chicken livers and clams(stuff inside them) and hall in 3 pound channel cat all night and an occasional oddity, well finally my pint is that stopped, last year,:confused:
this year i havn't caught a single bloomin cat, so my question is what do the fellow herpers use to catch their fish, don't need monster fish, just enough to keep my girl friends brother and friend, excited to go and keep him away from his druggy friends and show them real life.

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Well when i was able to find places to catch catfish i used sonny's stinkbait or old shrimp.The shrimp was found by asking the local grocery store for outdated shrimp that they throw away anyway.Some will sell it to you some will not :gj:.Oh your not the only one not catching your normal fish.I have been fishing 5 times so far and have only caught 12 nice bluegills and 2 bass.I think all fish are confused because of this stupid weather :rolleye2:

I always had a lot of luck with chicken livers, and for the larger ones goldfish or Israeli carp.

yea, wh00, i got a couple nice flatties with the goldfish, no sutch luck now, and joe, i was sitting here telling my aunt the same thing about the weather like 10 mins ago, the weather is weird, gonna hit the store up for leftovers this weekend, i have had people swear by the secret 7, by team catfish, mabye order some, i just want a mess of alright fish, idk i fish lake hickory, Nc and no bodies getting any, wonder if it been fished out, lol

Make sure you check your local Fish Advisory, I cant tell you how much those times help me figure out when to go fishing. As for bait, Good ol' liver catchs them all day long! As long as your bottom fishing that is, but I assume you are seeing how thats how you catch Catfish :P

Here in MN, we don't use chicken livers or dip bait much or at all for channel cats. For some reason they prefer fish, usually cut bait chunks or fillets. Usually this means hitting up the river for some freshwater drum or some sucker species for fresh bait.

The flatheads here almost exclusively feed on live bait though will sometimes take cut bait. They are known to hit crankbaits of night-fishing guys chasing walleyes. The serious flat-ers here use bullheads since they are easy to keep live in a bait tank through the summer (white suckers are also a great bait but difficult to keep alive for long in heat). In Wisconsin live bluegills are popular for flats, but it's illegal to use whole or parts of gamefish in MN for bait.

Last year, I discovered that, much to my amusement, the best way to catch catfish out of the local lakes was to throw out a big old grasshopper on an overcast day.
I think they were wise to the usual baits, but since no one was using grasshoppers, but there were grasshoppers all over the banks, they hit it before it touched the bottom. ^_^

The only downside to that is that the grasshoppers would be exited by these horrifying horsehair worm parasites when they hit the water, and that's something both fascinating and remarkably repellent, lol.

By the way, freshwater drum are DELICIOUS eating, so long as you eat them the same day you catch them. They taste like cod and only have a slightly firmer texture--nice and flaky. I understand that does NOT apply to drum from the Great Lakes, though, for some reason those have a nasty flavor. The ones around here are fantastic.

I've always preferred live bait to catch catfish.

Shiners work well. I wish Louisiana would let us catch and use bream. Bream are considered sport fish and not allowed as bait.

My neice with some nice bait she reeled in!
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A good blue caught on that trip.
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/v...l2010012RE.jpg

Bring those guys juggin!!!

thanx a bunch guys, Bp.net annual fishing trip, lol yea its overcast and with all this talk im thinking of hitting some blue-gills or suckers with cirx, i do order 500 for the beardies, lol and cutting them up for tonite, was on the phone with my cousin and he uses flippin hot dogs, so tonite, bringing livers, cut-bait, worms and dogs, then if no luck, eat the dogs

sorry i was typing while you were posting Jason, great pics, not sure on bait laws, except we all have a fish liecense, thats all i now, checking laws, on the tabbed bar now, yea i fished 2 years ago, but getting 3 shiners running hook through eyes and catchign them, urggh i hate the "fish TALES" but it makes me mad, cause i ReAlLy used to catch them and now,,,, so thats my hissy-fit at moment, im tellin my Gf's dad and here brother all these fisg tales and the might be gettign tired of them ,lol

It might be the place you're fishing.

Sometimes places get fished out, or have other factors that are detrimental to a fishery.

m checkig on that as well, trying a new hole tonite, was gonna weight, but the fever struch me...

sorry awful spelling

Waaaaay back when I was young, we used to trot line for catfish and used ivory soap. Cut into tiny cubes. Nope, not kidding.

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

Waaaaay back when I was young, we used to trot line for catfish and used ivory soap. Cut into tiny cubes. Nope, not kidding.

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Here is to soap in the catfish mouth :rolleyes:.Thats a first of hearing this being used :P

Try using strawberry soda and unsweetend corn flakes(mashed into stick balls)...The best formula out there!

Yep, I've heard of Ivory soap. Supposed to be the oil it's made with or something.

Here in Missouri, we catch a lot of channel cat with chicken liver, but there is a catch to it. We use rubber bands to hold the liver on the hook. Yep, rubber bands. We buy those packages of like 500 little pony tail rubber bands for $1.00 at Wal-Mart. Thread your liver on the treble hook like usual, then you take one of those little rubber bands and wrap it around the liver and hook shank two or three times before you cast. You can catch two, sometimes three cats off the same piece of liver that way. And it's a lot harder for smaller fish to steal your bait.

Channel cats here also eat shiners, so they make good bait. Grasshoppers are also good, but not as good as Cicadas. Nightcrawlers also work well, but it's a lot harder to keep other fish from taking the bait.

The one that surprises most people is marshmallows. That's right, I said marshmallows. You'd be surprised at how many catfish will hit a marshmallow. Seems they've got a sweet tooth, like a trout does.

Gale

Use a piece of a hot dog, works every single time for me in Lake Lanier

thank you all, as we speak im righting down recipies. thinking of using hot dogs and dipping them in a concoction, mabye som dip bait, instead of tubes hot dogs, lol idk taking it all in, and yea i've heard soap before

well to bait them in you can get a can of catfood and tie it to a rope and toss it over the side.... then usually you can catch em with livers. Ya I say a bp.net fishing trip to santee cooper would be awesome!

yea i've been to sante twice, best days of my life., went tonite, 3 hours on a 5 gallon bucket, ouuuuuuuuie, forgot the chair, and i aint little, lol 2 nice hit, other than that nodda, going back to the drawing board, with your ideal posts above

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Originally Posted by BOWSER11788

yea i've been to sante twice, best days of my life., went tonite, 3 hours on a 5 gallon bucket, ouuuuuuuuie, forgot the chair, and i aint little, lol 2 nice hit, other than that nodda, going back to the drawing board, with your ideal posts above

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If you try the strawberry soda and corn flakes post your results.

i will, how do you you do it, i know the igridants, but will it become sticky or do i use the tubes you use for stink bait to put it on like paste

Forget the stinky stuff. After reading the replies, I'm keeping my hands clean.LOL

Some marsh mellows to go with the hot dogs. Also bring plenty of strawberry soda and corn flakes. LOL

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Originally Posted by BOWSER11788

i will, how do you you do it, i know the igridants, but will it become sticky or do i use the tubes you use for stink bait to put it on like paste

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You basically want to make a dough. Crunch up the corn flakes and add soda. Not too much though. You just want enough to make a thick dough. Form a ball on your hook with it and cast it out. Suprisingly it will stay on your hook just fine if you make it right.

gotcha, will go monday night

if i dont catch anything, i'll eat my bait lol, marshmellows,dogs, and soda