It's hard to keep on the hook..but if I was fishing specifically for catfish..I'd use chicken liver...no sinker..for the fish seem to suck it off the hook so you need to see the slightest move of your line..
Worms and minnows are good but you will catch other species as well..
I have great luck with liver. As Chuck said its hard to keep it on the hook so what I always did when I used liver I would wrap it up with a small wrap of the wife's stocking and twist it up with a twist tie and just hook the stocking with the liver in it. Go out the night before with a can of dog food and punch holes in it and throw it in the spot you want to fish. When you come back the next morning the catfish will already be there waiting for you. Good Luck.
It's hard to keep on the hook..but if I was fishing specifically for catfish..I'd use chicken liver...no sinker..for the fish seem to suck it off the hook so you need to see the slightest move of your line..
Worms and minnows are good but you will catch other species as well..
chuck the answer to your problem is you need to put your bait in some small panty hose. i learned it on the gon website. i have done it a few times with messy baits.
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some of my favorite baits are cut hotdogs, shrimp, liver, hearts, bluegill (whole or cut) i prefer whole, or 2 small minnows on the same hook, or 1 bigger minnow
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bait for cattys?
