what we use most is minnows, and old fish. go to any old bait shop, and ask for all the dead things they have. then take and set them out in the sun for at least a day. they stink like mad, but they work. then, when you get to the water hook it on a hook, put a big weight on it, and cast it out. let it sit on the bottom, and jerk it everyonce and a while.