2007-09-11 18:22:24 · 13 answers · asked by zeus 2 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
Night crawlers
2007-09-11 18:32:07 · answer #1 · answered by EasyVee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
General rule for catfish is the stinkier the bait the better. I've even heard of guys stopping at roadkill skunk and rubbing their rubber worms etc on it (wear plastic gloves etc )
I once caught a good sized one on a worm made of bubble gum when I ran out of worms (doesn't say much about my breath does it ;).
MY town in Ontario Canada has an annual week long Mudcat festival. Towns called Dunnville, can't remember the website but a search should find it.
Good luck and remember a bad day fishing beats a good day at work.
2007-09-12 02:35:56 · answer #2 · answered by Sid B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on which type of catfish you are fishing for and what water your fishing. My main baits are herring (cut are whole), shad (cut are whole), chicken livers covered in garlic salt and live bait fish (bream, crappie, goldfish depending on your local laws). I saw where one person said soap baits and while they do work they are a slow bite, meaning they do better on a trot line. If all else fails are is not available I would also recommend good old night crawlers and dead minnows.
2007-09-11 21:40:04 · answer #3 · answered by laidbck111 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The best bait I found so far is to take some chicken livers. Put them on treble hooks, place the chicken livers in a glass jar with some blue cheese in it that covers the hook. leave the line end of the hook up out of the blue cheese. Then put a lid on the jar and set it out in the sun for a couple of days. Take it as is, in the jar, with you to fish. Remove a baited hook from the jar and reclose the jar. Don't make the mistake of trying to see what it smells like when you open the jar!!! WHEW!!!
2007-09-12 04:55:02 · answer #4 · answered by randy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Try Smelt I use them allot and with great success.Cut some up to use for chum(if it's legal in your area) Put a whole smelt on for bait sit back around dusk and have fun!Also try crayfish they work great as does most fresh cut bait and even live Blue Gill but Smelt seem the best for me.GOOD LUCK and KEEP FISHING!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-09-12 03:46:49 · answer #5 · answered by redwingnut16 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cat fishing, not a brain storm fish to catch you can get them on a lot of bait. cut bait for the big cats, worm, hot dogs, for the smaller cats. the bigger the bait the bigger the fish.
2007-09-11 22:11:04 · answer #6 · answered by dollar3941 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chicken livers, or do what I do and use your cast net to catch small bluegill or shiners to use as live bait. If you use chicken liver's, I've learned that they take the bait too easy so I've found out that pantyhose hose the bait really well.
2007-09-12 01:23:04 · answer #7 · answered by Larry G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get some chicken livers in the morning and let them stew and get nasty outside during the day, then at night when you go catfishing (since night is the best time to catch cats) you'll tear 'em up.
2007-09-12 00:10:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was a kid in south Texas, we'd fish the canals for catfish using raw chicken livers on a treble hook.
2007-09-12 02:50:12 · answer #9 · answered by rockdeboat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you won't be in a position to pass incorrect with nighttime crawlers and rooster Liver. in case you dip it in Hawg Wild you will probable get something. Hawg Wild is what they call a stink bait you dip bait in. have confidence me it stinks so are not getting any on your palms.
2016-11-10 05:02:16 · answer #10 · answered by wendland 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋