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 Re: Catfish Baits Ideas needed!
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01/29/24 03:36 PM
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SoonerDG
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I used Irish spring and got 1 fish and 1 bite. Maybe the Ivory would have worked better but it was too much of a pain in the butt to keep on a hook when you could just use a chicken liver or hot dog instead. I don't disagree with that. But you asked for ideas other than liver and hotdogs.
"Life is a matter of luck and the odds of success are in no way enhanced by extreme caution." - Erich Topp, German U-boat Commander, 1943.
When in doubt, set the hook.
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Re: Catfish Baits Ideas needed!
[Re: Bites and Strikes]
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01/30/24 06:03 PM
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Captain Break-Off
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Limburger cheese , hamburger meat and oat meal as the binder . Used to be cheap but now will cost you a fortune to make this bait .
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Re: Catfish Baits Ideas needed!
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01/30/24 06:07 PM
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Captain Break-Off
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Bologna will work as well , go to the deli section in the grocery store and get it . Have them slice it 3/4" - 1" thick and then cut it into cubes , use a treble hook on a swivel where you can take the hook off the swivel and slide the bologna over the eye of the hook onto the points . You can also use chunks of cheese the same way .
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Re: Catfish Baits Ideas needed!
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03/07/24 08:09 PM
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SkeeterCraig225
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Big fan of chicken hearts, stay on the hook well, cheap, and flat out work!
Just trying to remember to turn my lights off backing down the ramp!
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Re: Catfish Baits Ideas needed!
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03/08/24 02:59 AM
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Mckinneycrappiecatcher
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Cut fish or live fish is all I use. Seems to work well. Have great luck with luck minnows during the channel cat spawn.
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Re: Catfish Baits Ideas needed!
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03/08/24 03:18 PM
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nellie
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Fishing for big blues has been great the last couple of weeks up shallow using fresh cut carp. I think itโs because the carp are up shallow everywhere. Fish up to 40lbs have been eating it well, lots of big fish shallow right now.
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Re: Catfish Baits Ideas needed!
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03/10/24 12:29 PM
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nellie
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In my experience all bait needs to be fresh, frozen or packaged bait never works as good as fresh.
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Re: Catfish Baits Ideas needed!
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03/17/24 05:35 PM
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JakeMcD
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I use the chicken seasoned with kool-aid and garlic salt. Really popular bait, but it works. Other than that, I use shad. I sometimes use live bluegill under a bobber which seems to work well for channel cats in a creek.
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