Killer Catfish Bait Recipes If you want to catch really huge catfish, while live or cut bait is the way forward. But if you just want a lot of channel cats eat business, you can try making your own bait. Commercial dough baits are available, but it is more fun to make your own. Most deals ingredients with, say, a bouquet delivered. Catfish have an incredible sense of smell and are attracted to anything strong smelling. Here are some recipes to get you started.
Catfish Melange
Melt 1 cheese Velvet lb.of for about 1 min. microwave. Then chop 6-8 ounces of raw chicken livers. Add cheese. Then add a healthy tablespoon of garlic powder or minced garlic. Then mix 1 box of dog or cat food, and add 1 dozen minnows and enough flour to make a dough consistency. Mix in a food processor.
This bait works best on treble hooks or bait tubes.
Cajun Bait
In a blender, combine about 1 lb. cut fish (minnows rotten excellent work). Add 1 / 2 cup water, 1 / 2 Cup parmesean cheese, 1 box of cherry Jello, 1 / 4 cup molasses, 3 tablespoons onion salt and garlic salt, 1 cup bread crumbs and.3 tablespoons soy sauce. Remove the mixture into a bowl. Add flour to thicken then work into a dough by hand. To use, simply pinch a small piece, roll into a ball and place it on a No. 4 treble hook.
Old Liver
In a blender place a pound of chicken livers, half a box of cornflakes, 1 / 2 cup garlic powder, 1 / 3 cup each: parmesan cheese-molasses sugar. Mix well place in small dishes and freeze what you do not plan to use this as bait spoil very quickly. Best if used fresh. Add flour to thicken if necessary.
Bait Chick-a-Beer
3 cups cornmeal
3 cups flour
2 cups oatmeal
1 or 2 beer, preferably flat and old ..
1 dozen or so old minnows, shad, tuna, mackerel or salmon with oil.
10 oz corn syrup
1 chicken livers tub and everything you want to put in there, shrimp, dog food, cat food, regardless of road kill.
1 container large enough to contain all that and be completely closed, I mean everything!
After you mix it, add milk or beer to get the consistency of peanut butter so good. Seal and leave everything as long as you want. I am about 2 or 3 weeks off, but will die when being prepared, because the pungent hit you for a loop!. If it thickens too much, I spray it down with some WD40 and mix well.
Catfish Bait Soap-
4 bars of Ivory soap (family size)
1 / 2 cup sugar
1 / 2 cup water
plastic ice cube trays
In a small saucepan, combine sugar and water and dissolve. shaving soap in the mixture of water and heat over low heat. Stir until the soap is melted, but still thick.
Posted on January 18, 2010.
