Catfish Bait
Catfish Bait
I have a question about catfish bait.
I was down by Victoria Island last Monday with some stinky rotten chicken gizzards. I couldn't get livers.
I thought that would do the trick, having read about using stink baits and rotten chicken livers. I don't think I even got a nimble.
A fellow fisherman named Joseph lent me some shrimp. I put a couple of those on and the river came alive! I almost landed a good size one (my fault, bad knot) and had enough nimbles to keep me amused.
So are the Ottawa cats above stinky chicken guts? Are gizzards the wrong choice? Would chicken livers work?
I am going to go out this weekend. Hopefully there will be more action.
I was down by Victoria Island last Monday with some stinky rotten chicken gizzards. I couldn't get livers.
I thought that would do the trick, having read about using stink baits and rotten chicken livers. I don't think I even got a nimble.
A fellow fisherman named Joseph lent me some shrimp. I put a couple of those on and the river came alive! I almost landed a good size one (my fault, bad knot) and had enough nimbles to keep me amused.
So are the Ottawa cats above stinky chicken guts? Are gizzards the wrong choice? Would chicken livers work?
I am going to go out this weekend. Hopefully there will be more action.
hi boatless
let me tell you cats at victoria last week,,,,,,,,was very very hook shy... .the bit was extremely slow....dont no if the guy did good last night but hey..
any bait is good down there............some night,,the worm was the way to go,,,other night it was shrimps(big)...other night,,i got succes on maquerel parts..pther night people ad success on chiken liver(marinated)..some did have sucess on beef......even hot dog sausage are good....
cats are not picky.....if they are there and they want to bite.....
mabe those bacteria affect there eathing habit,,,,,,,,,
hope the guy did good last night there....
good luck in your cats hunting..........
could become a new member off............
joco
let me tell you cats at victoria last week,,,,,,,,was very very hook shy... .the bit was extremely slow....dont no if the guy did good last night but hey..
any bait is good down there............some night,,the worm was the way to go,,,other night it was shrimps(big)...other night,,i got succes on maquerel parts..pther night people ad success on chiken liver(marinated)..some did have sucess on beef......even hot dog sausage are good....
cats are not picky.....if they are there and they want to bite.....
mabe those bacteria affect there eathing habit,,,,,,,,,
hope the guy did good last night there....
good luck in your cats hunting..........
could become a new member off............
joco
I agree with joco, you never know what the hot bait will be at the island. Everything has worked at sometime or other down there. The bite picked up slightly from the last week. I caught one and lost two using beef strips. Wallyboss got 4 or 5 using worms, and our friend on the bicycle got a drum and a couple of cats using shrimp. The cats were biting slow and picked at your bait for a while before taking it. The ones we caught fought hard and there were no signs of bacteria on them. All looked and felt clean and healthy. All the cats were on the malller size though.
Here is a link for some catfish bait recipes:
http://www.lake-online.com/fishinhole/c ... cipes.html
http://www.lake-online.com/fishinhole/c ... cipes.html
Little cats , use chicken liver.
But if you want BIG cats, use dead minows, the bigger the better. 4" - 6" and you will attract big cats, 10+ pounders . time of day makes a huge difference as well. Best time is from about 7.00 p.m. until as late as you can go. Bring flashlights, lifejackets and have a blast.
Tony
But if you want BIG cats, use dead minows, the bigger the better. 4" - 6" and you will attract big cats, 10+ pounders . time of day makes a huge difference as well. Best time is from about 7.00 p.m. until as late as you can go. Bring flashlights, lifejackets and have a blast.
Tony
The bigger, the better!