2007-03-27 06:58:04 · 14 answers · asked by anconda31 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
Chicken liver works pretty good or chicken hearts.I have used dead shrimp.Never had much luck with the blood bait.
2007-03-27 13:41:35 · answer #1 · answered by FishinFool 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Live Bream(bluegills) for Flathead catfish, Shrimp or cut up fish(cut bait) for others. Chicken livers also work .
If fishing for channel cats rig one rod with a bobber they dont always feed on the bottom
2007-03-27 22:05:45 · answer #2 · answered by Brandon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best bait is the most natural food source for them........
creek chubs
bluegill
shad
crawdads
i fish alot in the ohio river and all we use are cut blugill and bluegill heads.............works everytime we go.
check out the link it gives different catfish species and their feeding habits
Feeding Habits - Feeds primarily at night using taste buds in the sensitive barbels and throughout the skin to locate prey. Although they normally feed on the bottom, channels also will feed at the surface and at mid-depth. Major foods are aquatic insects, crayfish, mollusks, crustaceans and fishes. Small channels consume invertebrates, but larger ones may eat fish. Contrary to popular belief, carrion is not their normal food.
2007-03-27 16:46:56 · answer #3 · answered by 'HUMVEE' 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try chicken livers they come in a cup,take a pair of panty hose and cut the hose up,then put some liver bait in the hose and tie the hose thats one way of catching catfish or you can use catfish bait in a jar and it smells like S---* but it works
2007-03-27 14:08:51 · answer #4 · answered by rebelady28379 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive catfished for a long time chicken liver or beef toung pertty much anything that is going to give off a sent also you can try powerbait cheese and catfish nuggets they seem to work really well
2007-03-27 23:11:00 · answer #5 · answered by john M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know of course that catfish are scavengers so go from there.....any kind of rotten or smelly stuff generally works good. Some folks like a bloodbait but it sure stinks.
2007-03-27 14:04:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cant go wrong with chicken liver...I dont think I've ever used it and not caught a catfish
2007-03-30 01:47:00 · answer #7 · answered by Tommy G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cut bait I prefer Smelt it is a strong oily fish and most any supermarket has them and they're cheap.
2007-03-27 14:46:15 · answer #8 · answered by redwingnut16 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liver ,worms dead shrimp,cut bait ,Sponge balls soaked in dog food.
2007-03-27 21:42:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mouseworms? Flying(as in bird) fish?
2007-03-27 14:09:04 · answer #10 · answered by ZeeZyx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋