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attracting fish with alfalfa bales #11071644 08/29/15 09:18 PM
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A friend of mine was telling me his granddad used alfalfa bales to bait catfish in. Just curious if there is anything to it?

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Re: attracting fish with alfalfa bales [Re: gwl2] #11071670 08/29/15 09:33 PM
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i once hear a few older custers tell me they used bails of hay to do the same in chest deep water when they were younger i reallythougt nothing of it as they were alway telling the most outlandish tales of fishing. ever time we go out. i just that it was an other tall tail i have never heard of it but iould make good cover for ambushing seller fish that it pulled in so i dont see why it wont work just the same as a log tor a tree roots and stumps

Re: attracting fish with alfalfa bales [Re: gwl2] #11071723 08/29/15 10:03 PM
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It's supposed to attract minners and small sunfish, which in turn draws cats and other predator fish.

Re: attracting fish with alfalfa bales [Re: gwl2] #11071732 08/29/15 10:12 PM
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Tried that once YEARS ago with a bale of hay. It took a ton of concrete to sink it then a day or two later I found the bale floating a half mile away. With the cost of alfalfa, just get a 50lb. bag of range cubes.


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Re: attracting fish with alfalfa bales [Re: gwl2] #11072013 08/30/15 12:40 AM
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I tried range cubes last year. It worked great but was completely gone in two days.

Re: attracting fish with alfalfa bales [Re: gwl2] #11072114 08/30/15 01:36 AM
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20% cubes in my perch trap will be almost completely melted in 2 hours. I believe they attract minners and small fish even shad which in turn draws in the bigger fish. They work for me. Soured grain works faster so I use both in the boat.


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Re: attracting fish with alfalfa bales [Re: gwl2] #11072326 08/30/15 03:48 AM
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I have never been about to get rage cubes to work out for me i have tried a 2 bags last year and nothing in those areas took some milo through out 4 schools and with in 20mins was catching fish. I know guys swear by them i bated 5 holes came back band fished the r first one nothing when up the line to every spot i think i had 10 fish when then the milow and was killing them the were 20% cubes i tried cotton seed cakes do and nothing. souring mils is way easyier the wife hates it when i use it do to my hands smelling i have 12 buckets of milo in my back yard and my naibors love it when i take the lids on them to add water but what stick so bad and make me sick and give me a head ache is wheat does that stuff make me sick to my stomach and a sever head ack I can deal with milo it smells but not that bad i cant get the water on my had i guy it just depend on the person and what they like this weekend if the wife does not have anything thing to do i am going to try granger with range cups and milow see if that works and then do so drifting i bought one of the nets with the plastic fine to help people who have trouble trhoughing net I have an issue with the twist when throughing i can do it one or 2 times but with the ring i can toss it much easier and it opens perfect every time it just sink a bit slow i have been practicing wen i go to lime stone

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Re: attracting fish with alfalfa bales [Re: gwl2] #11073072 08/30/15 07:26 PM
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range cubes will attract both carp and catfish, takes a little longer for the catfish but if you bait a spot regularly with range cubes the channel cats will be there waiting for you. Im sure the alfalfa bale does the same, but I dont have any experience with it....but range cubes obviously easier to deal with you just can just toss em out by hand and they sink.


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No question range cubes take longer to disperse in the water than sour grain. Soured grain brings them in quick and the range cubes will help to hold the there longer. I like to bait my holes the day before then again when I fish it.


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Re: attracting fish with alfalfa bales [Re: gwl2] #11074962 08/31/15 07:48 PM
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Can't beat that soured chicken scratch for channels

Re: attracting fish with alfalfa bales [Re: gwl2] #11075023 08/31/15 08:21 PM
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i just went by the feed store and they had 2 bags of pig feed that got rained on and were gonna throw'm n the trash...price was right...$-0-...i'll sour it and feed the catfish hogs


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