What bait should be used for catching freshwater Catfish? How should the line be reeled in,... or should it just sit out there (bait laying at bottom of lake)? Information/techniques?
2006-12-26 18:04:49 · 11 answers · asked by tranquil_moonlight_88 2 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
Chicken gizzard's are good but you need to let them sit in the sun for a little time, the more pungent and smelly they become the better your chance of catching the catfish. Or you can use baits that really stink sardines work good too, as they have a smell of their own. If you are fishing at night put a strike indicator on the tip of your rod, such as a bell or a night lite. Night fishing for catfish i think is much better as they become more active and feed more. Once you have a fish on you can real it in, depending on the real you use. If you have a bait caster just keep real ling. If it's a spinning real don't real if the fish is taking line, when it stops lower your rod real at the same time. Then pull back don't real then lower and real again so on and so on. Important don't real if the fish is tacking line on a spinning real. It will put a bad twist in your line and you will have problems.
2006-12-27 02:13:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
blood baits, stink baits, livers, yeah baloney and cheese (even though cheese melts off the hook) dough baits... all work great. But catfish DONT only eat things off the bottom. They DO eat live things including minnows. The best technique is to go at night, find a nice spot, light a little fire, crack a beer, tell some fibs, cook some campfire food... and oh yeah... cast a line hooked with justabout anything that smells in the water. hehe
2006-12-27 12:02:39 · answer #2 · answered by nick b 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Catfish like dead things that lay on the bottom of the lake, so the best thing to do would be to use a worm, minnow, probably any kind of bait and just let it sink to the bottom of the lake and just wait.
2006-12-27 02:07:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Years ago, a friend and I went fishing on Shasta Lake for catfish. We went at night and used fresh Sardines and Anchovies. Catfish find their food by smell (believe it or not) and they are scavengers who bottom-feed so you need to get your bait to sink.
Put a bell or other notifying device on the line to let you know when the bait's been hit. Large catfish can swallow a whole sardine in one shot.
2006-12-27 02:09:39 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nightcrawlers. My son swears by the plastic worms--but I can out fish him any time with the real thing.
With catfishing you let the bait just sit for awhile. If no nibbles in 15 minutes or so, reel in, check to make sure the bait is still there, and then re-cast your line.
2006-12-27 02:07:54 · answer #5 · answered by maamu 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Catfishing Tips by Topics:
http://www.theamericanoutdoorsman.com/catfishing-tips-2.htm
2006-12-27 02:07:38 · answer #6 · answered by Jim Ignatowski 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Catfish dough is fairly common. Get some bells for your lines and let them sit all night. You do have to be there for the bells. Lawn chairs are comfortable when waiting for food. There are several dips for the dough as well. The most putrid from edibles is the most effective.
2006-12-27 02:13:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
here in SC we like to use chicken livers or gizzards and put it on the bottom of the lake or river. you should use lots of weight and keep the line kind of tight so you will know when they hit it. You can also set hooks like that and leave them tie them to a tree limb or use jugs of some kind of float and come back later and check them. I just like to say you are you are a girl after my heart!
2006-12-27 02:15:37 · answer #8 · answered by Mac H 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Chicken Livers work best for me. Out in the middle of the lake or pond is good.
2006-12-27 02:07:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well what I do is not bathe for a good week and I slip into the water as to not scare the fishy and they just start to gnaw at me groin and voila fresh fish for dinner.....is that wrong.?
2006-12-27 02:10:45 · answer #10 · answered by Jesus G 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋