Best catfish baits

[59gagohunt3]

I have just begun fishing for BIG catfish and still have a lot to learn. A question for the trophy catfishermen on GON. If you went out to target heavyweight catfish (it may be a different answer for the different species), and you could only take one type bait, what would it be (excluding live shad,bream, etc..) ??

 

[Shepherdtrainer]

Chicken liver {aged is best]. Jeff

 

[luv_the_guv]

Livers in pantyhose seem to do it for me.

 

[Just1more]

Every one we caught last week were caught on worms.

 

[basstracker89]

Anything disgusting

 

[boinky]

I know in the Savannah river bunch of guys use bream. Buddy of mine catfishes Sav. River and that's what he uses.

 

[59gagohunt3]

Chicken liver {aged is best]. Jeff

My son is going to pick me up some rooster liver at The Happy Hooker bait shop next week. I caught a few (8-10lbs) last year on raw chicken meat. I also had some luck last year using live bream. I don't recall that I had any luck at all with cut bait last year at Jackson Lake but I'll keep trying. THANKS GUYS.

 

[Guthrie]

For the REAL big cats, live bait can't be beat. The big flatheads and blues almost exclusively eat live bait and fresh cut bait. If you know how to throw a cast net it makes life easier.

 

[bigt61]

I have just begun fishing for BIG catfish and still have a lot to learn. A question for the trophy catfishermen on GON. If you went out to target heavyweight catfish (it may be a different answer for the different species), and you could only take one type bait, what would it be (excluding live shad,bream, etc..) ??

Biggest I’ve caught was with a hot dog and wd40

 

[KSouth]

Alpo. Chunks. Best bait a little. Take a can of gravy bites poke holes in can(s). Throw in water. Wait about an hour. Bait hook with said dog food. Use big test line. Good luck