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Was just wondering whats the best catfish bait for this time of year
an if anyone had any bait recipes

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i like using shad, blue gile,chicken brest

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Roller Worms

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Whats roller worms an where do u get them?

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ivory soap you can't beat for catfish

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creek chubs, or bull heads is what we use on our bank lines in the summer

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Around here you find them this time of year in swamps with sandy bottoms or creeks in log jams they will be under dead leaves on the bottom.

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Thanks guys keep them coming .Do u just use regular Ol ivory soap?

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Thanks guys keep them coming .Do u just use regular Ol ivory soap?

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Ivory soap works good here also. And cheap hot dogs soaked in cherry kool-aid.

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Ivory soap works good here also. And cheap hot dogs soaked in cherry kool-aid.

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I use crawfish for early spring to summer channel cat & flathead cat love them suckers!

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Originally posted by coonhunter2009
Iam going to try this one

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No way i could keep crawfish my wife would be cooking and eating them herself

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Chicken liver will work great

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Originally posted by coonhunter2009
ivory soap you can't beat for catfish

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Originally posted by B&LKennels
do you use the kind that you make or store bought soap.don't want to sound stupid but never knew about that.what dose the bubbles do ?

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we use hotdogs soaked in worcestershire sauce and garlic for channel cats. cut bait works good for blues and bigger channel cats. shad and bream are pretty good. if you have skipjack in your area i hear thats the best for those big big blues. live bullheads work good for flatheads. shrimp and chicken liver are good options as well for channel cats

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I have caught some big flatheads on goldfish.

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Best springtime bait I have ever found for the rivers around here is to take a redhorse sucker and filet it out and chunk the filet up into peices about like a bite size candy bar. Works great up and until the spawn. When they come off the nest they don't like it as well. In lakes do the same thing but with shad.

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ZOTE soap work like ivory soap......iuse a good stout piece of fishing line tied in a circle,,,place it on the soap 3/4 inch and pull it thru,,keep cuttin till you get a 3/4 x 3/4 chunk.......when buying the Zote..squeeze that soap if its a lil soft,,,,buy it. if hard.it will crumble......

now days i fish with rod and real,,,,,i use danny kings dip bait, cheese, blood or garlic flavor.,,,#4 treble hook........or fishing in the potomac,,,,,,good ole earth worms.......

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cut bait for Blues , we fish the Mo. River here and the blues are Biting . We get those Asian carp in the summer works great for Blues on trot lines . Good Fishing

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just feel around under a log jam with your hand. they will bite on that!!

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Who would ever even try using soap for bait? That is pretty neat and it smells better than rotten chicken liver or stink bait thanks for the tip

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Deer liver works pretty good. It stays on the hook 100 times better than chicken livers. You have to freeze some up during deer season.

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