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Chum for catfishing!
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06/17/15 01:29 AM
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Next month I'm going to be Rayburn for a week or so. I want to bait up some holes to take the grandkids catfishing besides the crappie fishing. Need recommendations for chum and baiting a hole. I have used range cubes in the past and sour chicken scratch. Any tips would be appreciated
Randy I'm in good shape for the shape I'm in!
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Re: Chum for catfishing!
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06/17/15 02:02 AM
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Well if ya gonna use hen scratch Id get some water and yeast on it NOW,thats the best two I know of Whats the question?
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06/17/15 02:07 AM
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Would you use hen scratch loose or in a burlap bag?
I noticed you told someone to use unweighted hook in an earlier thread, what depth of water for that is there a maximum?
Randy I'm in good shape for the shape I'm in!
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06/17/15 03:13 AM
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Loose -----Dont know max I was fishin in 30ft of water that was with Stubbys if too windy I will use a 1/4 oz split shot. I believe a lot of punchbait floats (which I dont use anymore)
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Re: Chum for catfishing!
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06/17/15 03:25 AM
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Thanks, I'm going to order some stubby's. Wrote down the number just a few minutes ago.
Randy I'm in good shape for the shape I'm in!
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06/17/15 03:27 AM
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Better get a couple and some of these -http://www.ebay.com/itm/100pcs-Lot-Red-Fishing-Hook-Carbon-Steel-Treble-Jig-Hooks-Fishhook-2-4-6-8-10-/111548046604?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item19f8c81d0c
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06/17/15 03:22 PM
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Ok Thanks, ordered some hooks and talked Mrs Stubby and ordered some bait. Thanks again!
Randy I'm in good shape for the shape I'm in!
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06/24/15 09:22 PM
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Cottonseed cake in either a burlap bag or an onion sack will hold channel cats. Good luck and be safe.
SD
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07/01/15 06:14 AM
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I hear it's expensive and hard to find
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07/01/15 03:17 PM
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Soured maze has always been my go to chum. It needs to ripen for a few days though, and you can speed the process by pouring in a can of beer with the water.
Get another plastic bucket that you have pre drilled holes in and put the chum into the bucket with a lid. You can place a rock inside also to help weigh it down. Attach a rope so you can retrieve the bucket later and not litter the lake.
Just one more cast!
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07/01/15 03:26 PM
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Cottonseed cake in either a burlap bag or an onion sack will hold channel cats. Good luck and be safe. They told me at the feed store cattle cubes have cottonseed in um
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07/01/15 05:42 PM
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Can chum get too ripe? I soured some scratch about a month ago and it went past smelling soured to the point of knocking a buzzard off a gut wagon. I have always preferred wheat but couldn't find any here. Have used the scratch twice on Canyon with no results.
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07/01/15 06:15 PM
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Can chum get too ripe? I soured some scratch about a month ago and it went past smelling soured to the point of knocking a buzzard off a gut wagon. I have always preferred wheat but couldn't find any here. Have used the scratch twice on Canyon with no results. No the older the better, ya have to chum close to where fish are
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07/02/15 02:46 AM
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Maze with yeast in a 5gal bucket. Let it sit for about 3 weeks. Or range cubes from feed store. I've been doing that an then use Chemdawg cheese dough bait an reel them in.
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