[sell33]

Anyone have much luck with bluegills in half? i have heard this works well too and tried it but had no success

[mitch_mckee]

Quote:       Originally Posted by sell33

Anyone have much luck with bluegills in half? i have heard this works well too and tried it but had no success

Only if it rotted a day or so.

Quote:       Originally Posted by Hemmingway

When you started "Raid the Mrs. underwear drawer..." I got a little scared

Well, there ARE other reasons.........

[rondog]

Man, catfish will eat anything, and the nastier the better. Pick up some roadkill on the way, and cut that up. Free bait, and they'll come a'runnin'. Get one of those fish cage/basket things, or a minnow trap, and fill it with roadkill, then weight it and throw it out there as "chum" to attract 'em to a certain area. Then, toss your baited hooks out in the area. Never actually tried it, but I've been wanting to for years. Seems like that oughta work.

[jimkim]

how about chicken liver, strawberry jello and jiffymix.

[jerry]

Quote:       Originally Posted by sell33

Anyone have much luck with bluegills in half? i have heard this works well too and tried it but had no success

works for big flat heads & blue cats on the river

[jimkim]

Jerry I had forgotten about soap it was Ivory though.

[irish murphy]

Bait for a catfish????How about catfood hahahhahahahhaha.

Up north we get the salmon tail or fork tailed catfish which is very close to your catfish.They take almost any bait.Bloody pigs they are.

[soonerborn]

If you want to catch big blues and flatheads then I would stick with live shad or perch as bait, thats what I use when I fish for cats, which isnt that often anymore. Its much easier to just noodle them and besides, I prefer to eat sand bass and trout over catfish.

The above pictured fish are of Channel catfish. They can be easily caught with any smelly bait, and cut bait. They do not taste very good when they get over 10 lbs, some people say smaller some say bigger. I dont keep them over 10 lbs.

Blues and especially Flatheads are entirely different. They are tasty no matter the size but they are harder to catch, and they will only bite live or very fresh cut bait. A 80lb flathead will taste ever bit as good as a 5lb one, and the meat is a nice white throughout.

[Midas]

I like to use frozen turkey liver

[elmer fudd]

Quote:       Originally Posted by soonerborn

If you want to catch big blues and flatheads then I would stick with live shad or perch as bait, thats what I use when I fish for cats, which isnt that often anymore. Its much easier to just noodle them and besides, I prefer to eat sand bass and trout over catfish. The above pictured fish are of Channel catfish. They can be easily caught with any smelly bait, and cut bait. They do not taste very good when they get over 10 lbs, some people say smaller some say bigger. I dont keep them over 10 lbs. Blues and especially Flatheads are entirely different. They are tasty no matter the size but they are harder to catch, and they will only bite live or very fresh cut bait. A 80lb flathead will taste ever bit as good as a 5lb one, and the meat is a nice white throughout.

You Noodle!?! have you ever got a big scary snapper on you hand! "Gulp"

[soonerborn]

Quote:       Originally Posted by elmer fudd

You Noodle!?! have you ever got a big scary snapper on you hand! "Gulp"

Yep, and nope. Never been bitten by anything other than a catfish, while noodling that is.

It does take guts however to stick your hand into a hole underwater, not being able to see what is going to bite. Its not for every one but man you would get hooked the first time a 60lb or bigger blue or flathead latched onto you and you physically subdue him and drag him onto the bank or into your boat with your bare freaking hands. You will be bleeding but you wont notice, so much. lol. The adrenaline rush from something clamping down on your arm up to your elbow is tremendous.

[elmer fudd]

i know one guy that would try anything he went skydiving and did all sorts of scary crap but he wouldnt noodle scared the crap out of him becouse when he went to noodle the first guy to reach down had 3 of his fingers bit of by a snapper!
and i know the adrenalin rush you are talking about thats why i bull ride, bareback ride and soon i will saddlebronc ride! all becouse of the adrenalin BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JASON6969]

Quote:       Originally Posted by tippmann7

what is your favorite catfish bait, i go with hotdogs. . cheap,and effective.

I use chicken livers.They are hard to keep on the hook.Be sure to hook them through white hard part of liver.Another way to keep them on hook is to put them in jello(Strawberry kiwi the best to use).Make jello like the direction say just add the chicken liver to it.Take container with you and "dig" liver out as needed.The jello congelling agent makes them hold together better.A cup of chicken livers at local grocery store will be 1 dollar to dollar 25.Hope this helps

[jimkim]

I have some cheese that I think is ready. It looks ok but appears to be sweating. I opened the package and OMG. It smelled so bad the three buzzards across the highway walked out into traffic and committed suicide. I think it will do nicely only thing is, I cant breath when I'm near it. It smells worse than rancid meat. I think they could use this stuff for crowd control. Anyone have any Idea what went horribly wrong when they made this stuff in Vermont? Once again OMG!!

[tippmann7]

Quote:       Originally Posted by jimkim

I have some cheese that I think is ready. It looks ok but appears to be sweating. I opened the package and OMG. It smelled so bad the three buzzards across the highway walked out into traffic and committed suicide. I think it will do nicely only thing is, I cant breath when I'm near it. It smells worse than rancid meat. I think they could use this stuff for crowd control. Anyone have any Idea what went horribly wrong when they made this stuff in Vermont? Once again OMG!!

its cheese which is mold so that may be why it smells,....it has to suck being a catfish lol

[GlockMeister]

Cornflake balls. Stink bait.

[ArkansasHunter]

Some folks round here use road kill, the longer it lays in the sun the riper it gets and you can break pieces off then.
Just don't drink a lot of sprits when you use road kill for cat fish bait or you'll get very sick.
A.H

P.S. this bait works best in rivers or where there's a current !

EDIT: where rubber gloves because the smell is hard to git off your hands and also stay down wind of the hook while your baiting it.

You'll catch more dang cat fish than the law allows !!!

[jimkim]

Mike the way this stuff smells I think it mifgt just be the best ever. I wont even have to fish. I figure I'll just throw a piece in the catfish hole and they'll all jump out on the bank. Whew did I metion O..M...G lol

[rfc357]

I tried Democrats.

However, there are some things even a catfish won't eat.

[jimkim]