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Re: What's the best catfish bait?
[Re: IDOT]
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04/17/17 03:51 PM
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Remlap
Reno
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I'm gonna buy a bag of frozen skrimps and try them out  Ive had better luck using whole, raw shrimp on gville. We may be fishing/camping outta goosepond this weekend if the weather holds off
Roads? Where we're going, we dont need roads. ~Doc brown
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Re: What's the best catfish bait?
[Re: Clem]
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04/17/17 04:38 PM
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Round ‘bout there
Clem
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Dunno what's going on in the pond. In the past it's been almost automatic. Toss out some livers and after putting on the second fresh one, it's game on.
Will have to try again. Thanks for all the suggestions.
3Toe, you say old taters. How old?
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: What's the best catfish bait?
[Re: Clem]
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04/17/17 05:16 PM
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Luverne, AL
Skinny
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Luverne, AL
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I'll second the old taters. Dangdest thing but it works, cheap too.
Never Trust Government
"You can be broke but you cant be poor." Ruthie-May Webster
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Re: What's the best catfish bait?
[Re: Clem]
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04/18/17 02:54 AM
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mman
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Murrell Renfroe ran the Madison County Lake back in the 1990s and early 2000s... I know her. When she stopped running the lake, she gave me a picture of myself with a 5 lb bass I caught from there. Sorry, for the tangent.
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Re: What's the best catfish bait?
[Re: Clem]
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04/18/17 03:04 AM
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Lower AL
k bush
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I've always wondered if cutting cheap hotdogs in half and soaking them in minced garlic w/ juice and/or garlic salt would work.
Murrell Renfroe ran the Madison County Lake back in the 1990s and early 2000s. For the longest she would make her own catfish stinkbait by hand with cheese rinds and discards from a place in Ardmore along with cattails and I think anise and/or vanilla flavoring. She'd let the cheese sit for a while and get hot and mushy and stanky, then remove the cattail fluff and put it in the with the cheese, add whatever else, mix and squash and squish it all together, put it in jars or tubs and sell it. Lot of folks liked it.
I've brined both liver and shrimp in garlic salt before for catfish in creeks. Works good. Just put a layer of paper towels, bait, garlic salt and more paper towels. Store in fridge for a day or so adding more salt if needed. You can use regular salt to help cover the bait.
"Cull" is just another four letter word...
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Re: What's the best catfish bait?
[Re: Clem]
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04/18/17 03:28 AM
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Round ‘bout there
Clem
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Curious about the old taters. Tell us more.
How do rotten taters stay on the hook?
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: What's the best catfish bait?
[Re: IDOT]
#2091166
04/18/17 04:12 AM
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Meridianville
DryFire
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Meridianville
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I like night crawlers myself. I'm headed to the G'ville dam on Sat and Sun if its not storming. You're more than welcome to tag along. If I can figure out the wiring on my new ignition switch, I hope to be below the dam on Saturday. If you see a white Wellcraft CC constantly snagging the bottom, that will be me. The cats are moving shallow. Two guys here at work went bass fishing last Friday. They caught more catfish (on spinnerbaits!) than bass, fishing the edge of the grass.
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Re: What's the best catfish bait?
[Re: toothdoc]
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04/18/17 05:14 AM
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Round ‘bout there
Clem
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My kids and I caught several Sunday afternoon on Neely Henry with leftover Hardys chicken fingers.
More proof that no one should eat the nasty chit sold in fast food restaurants.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: What's the best catfish bait?
[Re: Clem]
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04/18/17 07:57 AM
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Helena
3toe
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Curious about the old taters. Tell us more.
How do rotten taters stay on the hook?
I like to let them get to the point of old and wrinkly, a little stink, and a few eyes growing 1-2" long. The cats must think its a critter of some kind because I wear them out on that bait. I need to package and sell it.
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Re: What's the best catfish bait?
[Re: Clem]
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04/18/17 10:34 AM
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Big Al
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Clay-Trussville area
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On the rivers, my brother and I have always had good luck catching flatheads with fresh bream heads. Them flatheads are some good eating too. My brother has also caught some nice flatheads at Guntersville using the fresh bream heads.
"Said I never had much use for one; never said I didn't know how to use it".
-Matthew Quigley in "Quigley Down Under"
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Re: What's the best catfish bait?
[Re: Clem]
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04/18/17 11:50 AM
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Andalusia, Al. Covington Co.
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Andalusia, Al. Covington Co.
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Like 3toe says...Old, NOT rotten, taters. That's important.
I've caught channel cat in a pond on mullet gizzards when nothing else worked...as previously stated, they'll usually eat pretty much anything.
Blues and flatheads like bream...plus there's a chance of a bonus; I've been catfishing with bream, before, and caught 2 real nice 15 lb stripers!
Well behaved women never make history.~ Out back
Quit laughing...I think I broke something.
Fifteen is my limit on Schnitzen-Gruben, Baby...
I have OCD and ADD, so everything has to be perfect, but only for a minute.
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Re: What's the best catfish bait?
[Re: Clem]
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04/19/17 03:57 PM
04/19/17 03:57 PM
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Huntsville, Alabama
TurningTwo
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Huntsville, Alabama
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Go check out RSimms on TNDeer Fishing Forum, he is a guide and catches lots of fish species, but man does he wear out the big cats. I asked this same question on there years ago and he put three words.
Cut Chicken Breast.
I'll tell you one thing, I've never fished with anything else since.
Breathe....and SQUEEZE!!
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Re: What's the best catfish bait?
[Re: TurningTwo]
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04/20/17 03:27 AM
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Owens Cross Roads
mcninja
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Posts: 4,882
Owens Cross Roads
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Go check out RSimms on TNDeer Fishing Forum, he is a guide and catches lots of fish species, but man does he wear out the big cats. I asked this same question on there years ago and he put three words.
Cut Chicken Breast.
I'll tell you one thing, I've never fished with anything else since.
I'll 2nd this. Known/known of him for several years. The man swears by chicken breast, and consistently catches a buttload of fish.
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