Best catfish baits

[Retired Army]

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.

Big flats and blues, live shad, bream, Pretty large in size. Large channels, fresh cut bait. Large circle hooks, points exposed to ensure a good hookup. Might be worth paying a guide who fishes big cats for the experience and let them know you want to learn.

 

[mfoster]

I have no idea

 

[Rolling_trip]

I’ve heard a good crank can call up a big one.

 

[Meathook69]

Cut up some bream works every time

 

[BIKER13]

we use to bait a hole with rice come back in an hour and fish with crawlers never failed.

 

[cwcw]

Carolina rigged HOT Pocket, ham and cheese

 

[mfoster]

TO catch the sho- nuffs consistently you need live bait bream,crappie I’m talking 40+ #ers we use chicken breast cut in chunks with strawberry jello powder which we catch 5-15# blues and channels and every now a then a flathead.
i don’t hook and line just jug fish.
we do troll a little in June and July on flats using pinks and Catawba worms

 

[mfoster]

Carolina rigged HOT Pocket, ham and cheese

He said catfish not catfishers

 

[Stampede]

Chicken livers smeared in old stink bait - is my standard for catfish.

 

[Treehawk]

We use live bream minnows I keep a Gee minnow trap in the water at my dock all the time. If anyone around Cumming needs some bream minnows for bait let me know.