palm size perch for flathead , supposedly they mostly eat live bait, and chicken livers for cats with rounder heads.
Cut bait from a carp has been the winning ticket for me this last weekend
We used to catch catfish with ...grape Bubble Yum bubble gum. Chew it a little bit to soften it up and pack it around the treble hook. Worked every time. There were big debates held over wether Bubble Yum,Hubba Bubba or Double Bubble was the best. Tried em all and it was Bubble Yum for us.
For freshwater catfish I strongly suggest using shrimp or anything like shrimp! My father used shrimp in dauphin island and the catfish came ROLLING in! Hope this helps❤
Only caught two catfish the biggest about 15lbs so far but then I live in England. Tight lines from across the pond.
Crappie rig with 2 live minnows for the small ones. Raw chicken breast is my next favorite
In South Florida Missouri minnow for channel cats is a slayer. And, if a crappie happens by… they are delicious too.
Biggest flathead I ever caught was on a live bluegill.. cut bait is also great.
Velveeta Cheese, been using that stuff for 40 years and the bottom dwellers love it.
Different kinds like different bait. Channel catfish will eat just about anything; but I find it easier to use hot dogs or chicken liver. Blue catfish tend to like live bluegill or cut shad. Flathead love cut bluegill.
I've had luck with partially defrosted shrimp hooked thru the shell. or mackerel same way just thru the skin, or even better marinate in blood/garlic yuck! gotta love it
Shrimp always seem to work great!
I think live bait works better at night, and cut bait works better during the day.
Black pudding rolled into Boilies use abit of liquid to get it all mushy then roll into balls and freeze
Almost every single bait he said only catches small cat fish if yall want big cats only use cut bait or live bait dont ever use worms or chicken liver if your going for big cats its a 99% chance you wont catch a big cat
All my catfish I caught--from 25 inches to 29 inches--have been caught with shelled shrimp. I tried chicken liver, hot dogs, night crawlers, and squid--but they never looked at them. I never tried live fish or cut fish--I wanted them to live and grow.
If you love catfishing you should try out the CATFISH SUMO BREAKAWAY SINKER SLIDER there amazing
ChatGPT please make a short video about the best catfish baits to use. Catfish Charlie “blood” dough bait is the best in our lake.
Chicken liver with a cherry kookaid packet is the way to go. Hard to keep on the hook without getting robbed tho
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