A Few Simple Catfish Bait Tips

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First, this is a fishing tip on some of the different types of cat fishing baits that you can try. Some of these fishing bait techniques are not new and can be pretty basic for your advanced fishermen but they may learn something as well.

Catfishing is probably one of the most common and can be a very fun fish to catch. Most people that I know really enjoyed eating and catching them. In addition, down through the ages there have been many types of baits to catch this prize fish with. Below we will list a few basic examples of some common cat fishing baits that we have experimented with over the years.

Here are a few basic baits used in catfishing

1. Worms: or commonly known as the dew worm. Dew worms are very effective in fishing and can catch catfish, the problem is if you are isolating and just trying to catch catfish. The dew worm will attract other types of fish this is not always bad. If you catch a good crappie, bluegill or bullhead. But those are not our target fish so one must take that into consideration when using dew worms they may attract other types of fish.
2. Cut Bait: this is when you catch a small bluegill or shad cut it up into pieces and put it on a treble hook and use the smaller fish as bait to catch the catfish with, you could use the whole fish itself to target them big catfish but you may want to check out your local and state fishing laws to determine whether it is lawful. As some states have restrictions on this type of fishing.
3. Chicken Livers: this is one of the most effective ways that we have found catch catfish. The biggest problem with that is keeping it on the hook; it tends to want to fall off the hook easy. But really does work very well for catching catfish. You’ll want to make sure that you check your line periodically to make sure that your chicken liver has not came off your hook.
4. Stink baits: this is the store-bought stink baits, they come anywhere from sprays to dough balls. We have caught a few catfish on these types of products. Although we have had trouble with some of the dough balls staying on the hook. I have had some success using the spray type on a dew worm. I just simply hook a dew worm and then spray fish bait on the worm itself as an attractant. You could also do this with the chicken livers.

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In conclusion
There are other types catfish baits out there and these were just a few of the basic ones.
These techniques are nothing new for your more advanced fishermen.
It may take a little trial and error to find out what works the best for your area.


Good luck and good fishing

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