RustyOlRanger4x4

The name trout line just always made more sence to me then trot line which is the way Ive always her it pronounced I just figured everyone else was retraded turns out it was me. but still trout makes more sence then trot to me.??...

fishadict

For catching cats I always like to use chubs. Dead or alive it doesn't matter if you're going for cats. The best kind are creek chubs also small bluegil work as well. Chicken liver is effective at catching cats, but your right it is hard to hook which it works better if you can string the hook through the tough outer layer a couple times and try not to tare it up to bad cause then it just falls apart. It's messy, it's smelly, and it's a hastle, but hey it works.

Knightia

Save yer old panty hose& wrap the livers in small squares of panty?But fish as bait sounds easyier.

I use to think sagebrush was stagebrush.

RustyOlRanger4x4

And just and update on the name, I had a discussion at work today with several hunters/fisherman and it was almost a 50/50 spilt of calling it a trout line or a trot line so it appears that the name is going to be a regional thing or something because out of 10 people counting my self it was 5 for trot line and 5 for trout line

Who

Two things I have found are true about catfishing,
1. If you want to catch big cats you need to use BIG catfish bate
2. If it dont curl your toes its not catfish bate.

I also usea swivel at either the hook or the line.

pa_yote_hunter

i use either cut bait for bait, or live bluegill (bream)