What makes good catfish bait?

Answer 1

The best bait is chicken liver but in Florida you need minnows.

The catfish has a good sense of smell. The baits that are the most effective are called "stinkbaits" because they give off a strong scent. Typically, mackerel is used as a cut bait because the fish gives off oils. Man-made baits often include bloods of various types, garlic and some flour to bind the combination together.

I recently discovered that in the rivers around N E Ohio catfish LOVE hotdogs.

I use chicken liver but i have used a bettle spin and have suprisingy caught 2 on them. One of the best bait is at Walmart is lil stinker or chicken blood and liver

Answer 2

WELS CATFISH

The wels catfish,with there huge head,vast mouth and elongated,motted body,grows bigger than any other freshwater European fish.In England were the weather is alot colder than ,France,Germany and Spain,due to cold winters,the catfish will semi-hibernat from as much has half the year,has a result their size is limited in England, But in warmer parts of the world they can be double the English size.

TACTICS

Catfish are hunters and scavengers,preferring to stick to the bottom of the water sniffing out there pray with their long sensitive feelers.For a angler,the approach is fairly straightfoward.Catfish are highly sensitive to light and generally will only feed at night .

BEST BAIT

Dead or alive fish,
You may use anything that smells but I prefer Hot Dogs raw dipped in grease and something that smells.. catfish will even eat dung. if it smells catfish eat it

Answer 3

Depending on the population of catfish, they will eat anything they can get. If the population is low in a non-stocked lake, then you must use something they can "smell." The easiest bait would be chicken liver. It's smelly enough to attract them to your bait.

In a stocked lake where the food supply is low, crush fresh bread into a ball around a hook.

Answer 4

Depends on species. Here is a list, best bait first.

Blue catfish. Chunks of fish, minnows, chicken livers, hot dog chunks, trout chow.

Channel catfish. Chunks of fish, chicken livers, trout chow.

Flathead catfish. Small sunfish, fish chunks, chicken livers, trout chow.

Bullheads. Worms, chicken livers, trout chow.

Answer 5

Depends on what kind of cat fish, if it is the kind that cleans your tank then it will eat the algae in your tank/pond. If it is the more traditional cat fish it eats other fish and anything that makes it to the bottom of the tank.

Answer 6

the best catfish bait is either bluegill heads or the meat of a carp.

Answer 7

berkely liver flavor catfish is the best bait but it realy works on rainy days or at night

Answer 8

shrimp is the best bait to use when catching a cat fish

Answer 9

Danny kings catfish bait or grasshoppers

Answer 10

stink bait