how do you hook the young bass and crappie for big cats and does the small mouth or walleye ever do any good in the south as bait.What about other small animals if you give them an oxygen helmet to survive the depths???

Very funny, I hear baby kittens work well for sharks...
Just kidding...

AWWHH Heck nobody bit on this one I'l be nore sneaky next time...

I like black bass fingerlings best. I love flathead fillets smoked over old growth redwood. mmmmmmmmmmmm

Spotted owls fished three feet below an old aerosol can allowed to drift freely down a protected river work well. However, you will sometimes inadvertently hook a nasty, smelly, tree-hugging, hippie trying to steal your bait and release it into the wild. They belong to the Alus Gorus Eco-Whacko family.

I think oil drained out of your crankcase makes great chum. The older the better.

try eagle liver

Two words, Snail Darters!

The only thing they have bitten lately is spotted horse nipples no other colored horse will do.Though i have ordered some rhino horn and bear pancrease for good luck and fertility...

I like to chum with baby seal hearts and whooping crane gizzards,for bait bald eagle eyes are best.

I like chummin wif dem ol zebra mussels.

Not me I take regulated Grass Carp at about 11 inches long and turn em loose to stir up the bottom and then I will pour a flamable liquid into the ice bags and put a rock in them to sink them as they burn out of site.This loosens the skin on the bigger cats before the C-4 goes off..

The Barton Creek Salamander is a great trotline bait. I tried the baby seals but the green spots kinda ruin the flavor I guess.

all kiddin' aside ... crappie is by far the best yella cat bait tween them & bass ... yella cats don't like the smell of bass