what is the best bait to fish for catfish with? please list
2007-08-21 17:28:49 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
Old favorite and dependable is chicken liver, keep it cold so it doesn't get to mushy. I have always had good luck with this bait.
other baits that work are, old shrimp, Uncle Charlies blood bait (in various flavors), night crawlers, shad
Just about anything that smells bad to you in the food category catfish will eat.
2007-08-22 06:22:25 · answer #1 · answered by MR. T. 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I used to go to the store, get the most grisly piece of beef liver I could find. About a $1 or so worth of meat. I'd cut it into long tailed, triange shaped slices. Then tie a leader to your line with a sinker. Hook the meat on your hook and toss. It goes to the bottom where most catfish feed. Another good trick.......want to chum the water a little? This works!! Get a big coffee can. Mix salt water with some catfood that you left out overnight. Put it in the can, punch some holes in it. Attach a rope to the can. Toss it wherever you want to fish for catfish. It will draw them in big time! Good luck!
2016-04-01 10:26:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love Catfishing ....The best answer is fish with whats natural to the area that you are fishing...IN Alabama ,Shad is the #1 food source and is hard to beat..But other top baits are live or cut bream,,,Shrimp it gets a fast bite but doesn't stay on well,..cataba worms and good ole wigglers, pink worms and night crawlers.Stink baits and dough baits would be last.
2007-08-21 22:39:27 · answer #3 · answered by Plowboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Location, body of water and natural foods makes up what to use. I have used almost every bait known to man from worms, soap to store bought baits but now I use chicken livers that have been given a large dose of garlic salt several hours before use.
2007-08-22 05:19:27 · answer #4 · answered by ☮ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ☮ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the fish market and get you a cup of fish guts,catfish love it.
2007-08-21 17:35:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have used plain ole worms and shrimp that come in a box at the local store. They are called TV shrimp or something... they stink though, but just pull them apart and stick part of it on there.
-B
2007-08-21 17:34:56 · answer #6 · answered by TypeA 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
fresh cut bait ,shad ,shrimp ,blood dough ,dead minnows ,crawfish ,chicken livers ,worms ,anything stinky , i have even used the innards from other catfish
2007-08-22 16:13:07 · answer #7 · answered by kurious336 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We always use worms and fish straight down to the bottom. Works every time!
2007-08-24 01:26:09 · answer #8 · answered by Motherof2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i caught a 50 pounder on hot peperami while carp fishing once, even had one on mackerel while pike fishing,
but i usually use an old dead trout or liver,
(uk fisherman)
2007-08-22 07:53:02 · answer #9 · answered by hawklord 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Night crawler
2007-08-21 17:36:20 · answer #10 · answered by EasyVee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋