I know that liver is used as bait on Braunig and Calavaras. Do any of you use it on other lakes? capt david

I use Moe's Shazam Punch Bait?
Never heard of liver for stripes??

Pretty sure mine is SHOT!! lol

It's tru I seen it!!

Nah, I like my interpretation of the law. I don't want to have to read nothin!

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Ok well at least now you cant say you didn't know

Didn't he mean to say 'shad gizzards'?

Shad intestine works great including gizzards.

The best catfish bait is the Lewis King Punch Baits.

the question was about using liver as bait for hybrids. no one is answering that question. I am curious about it too...

Not to be argumentative, isn't a perch a game fish. Sold commercially for all kinds of other "game fish". Please sight the law and where to find it, as I would like to know. thx.

No perch is not a game fish and can be used for bait.
Johnny

I think they will feed on liver mostly when they are feeding by smell. When the water is really murky and they cant see very well. Ive seen some NICE hybrids caught behind spillways and dams using liver.

And NO, perch in NOT a game fish. You can keep as many of those as you would like to keep.

It is every fisherman's responsibility to know and obey fishing regulations--ignorance of the law is not a defense. I'll help this time check out page 32 of the TPWD Regulations summary

"bait:
Something used to lure any wildlife resource. It is unlawful to use game fish or any part thereof as bait"
P32 Texas Parks and Wildlife Outdoor Annual 2011-2012 Regulations summaRy

I don't use it , but it will work. Not as well as cut shad, IMHO.


MO

Catfishing creeks, we will on occation, hook up to a hybrid. Most of the time like stated above, its in merky conditions mostly. Caught lots and lots of sandies on liver over the years. Shad is better as stated above, obviously. But IMO, I like a sassy shad....

Answer me this,,Yellow Bass is not a game fish,keep all you
want ,any size,,But you cannot use them for bait? WTH?
Makes no sense to me,,Yellow bass get into our lakes via
creeks and rivers just like carp,drum,gar,,,,

Ive caught many sand bass on livers

Not a hybrid fisherman, but what I was told concerning Braunig and Calaveras Lakes, that the fish being raised for release are fed a pellet feed which contains liver and that is why folks fishing those lakes with liver are successful catching hybrids.

Well first off what most call perch here really are not perch at all but in the sunfish family and they are not game fish, so they can be used as bait.

TP&W does list Yellow bass as a game fish. There is just no limit on size or number.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/regulations/fish_hunt/fish/definitions.phtml

I know up on the East Coast when people fish for Stripers coming in from the saltwater to spawn, they use liver and clams

My Bad,,,But a yellow bass to "me" is as rough as a fish as a drum,perch,gar,etc.....tpwd does not stock yellows,nor drum,gar,but they list a yellow as a game fish,,,ibd

I have caught some BIG hybrids in the Elm Fork using chicken liver! Hybrids will darn sure bite it, not sure why stripers wouldn't.

Rudy

I once saw a guy catch a 42 flathead cat out on Lake Carolyn in Las Colinas on a live yellow bass. He was catching 10-11 and 12 inch yellows, and using them for cat bait! He hooked and lost one much bigger than the 42 lb one the same night. This was in the dead middle of the dog days of summer but it was about 2 AM.

Rudy