My own experience with CJ's is that I tried the pint sized jars from Academy many times, like 20 times, and found in every case that the bait was too dry and I couldn't get it to stay on the hook even a #6 treble no matter what I did, add oil add water, nothing worked. Because Weldon Kirk recommends it so highly and is so successful with it I finally tried the one gallon size of CJ's. The experience was totally different. The bait stays on very well, better than Sure Shot. It is much moister than in the pint jars and is easy to push your hook down into. You wouldn't even recognize it as the same product. We've caught plenty of catfish on it too. I'm sold on CJ's but only in the gallon size. I have a theory, pure speculation, that it sits on the shelf too long in those pint sized jars and dries out. The gallon size is in an impermeable plastic jug with an airtight seal and even after several months of heavy use is still moist and entirely satisfactory. My 2 cents.