I was talking to a guy I met about fishing and he said he used to work with some guys who used soap as bait. I thought this was outrageous but apparently it works. What are your thoughts on this or if you've ever used this approach to fishing what was the outcome?? I'm really curious about it

Zote soap, good on trotlines. Can find at dollar store or any mexican market.

The guy i was talking to said it was dynamite, is that true? And how does it stay on the hook?

Check out the "Catfish" section fishing with soap

Used to work offshore with some serious catfishermen. They used zote soap all the time and no, it is not dynamite.

cant imagine
at least if you caught anything, you could clean off the slime

Probably because it's main ingredients are coconut oil and tallow.

Soap works but really for for trot or jug lines.

The guy on River Monsters uses soap for some of the fish he's after.

bumb ubm!

We use soap and perch sometimes they bite the perch sometimes they bite soap but they will bite soap over perch about 50/50

Soap is one of the best catfish baits. I was raised using Ivory soap. Use straight hooks on a trotline/ jugline or fish it over the side of a boat. Don't try to cast it unless you like feeding the fish! I just cut it up in "sugar cube" sized chunks. I like Ivory because it floats and catches fish!

Many brands of soap (especially most basic) have a base ingredient that is really....pork fat.


I seen an episode of River Monsters of an African tribe using soap on trotlines.

the tribes
well never mind

Contains pork fat that's why people use it , personal I like stink bait Alot
better than soap bait