shootr mcgavvin

any advise,anyone

wesleykey

What does "chum up" mean?

farmcntry

50# bag of dog food if you are in a hurry.

RustyOlRanger4x4

we use cut up shinners and bream but for turtles and all im sure any sort of cut bait would work just fine ........and the dog food idea sounds interesting

Bldhound

Dog food is a great idea & I also used to put out a few small jugs of homemade stink bait (tied to a string so I could retrieve the buckets) in a large diameter area. Used to chum around double trotline & single trotlines.

deadshot

to chum for cats we use cans of cat food take off the labels punch holes in the can an tie a string to them so that you can pull them in and throw them away when your done fishing,,, we use the tuna

farmcntry

Dog food works good for 2 reasons. First the cats, carp, and turtles will just plain eat it. Also the small particles will attract bait fish, which will attract more game fish.

benhuntin

A wise old catfisherman taught me this years ago. Take a 50 lb bag of milo (about 6 or $7) and fill some five gallon buckets about half full. Fill with water to about 2 inches above the milo. Loosely cover and let set in the sun for about a week. Add more water and cover for 2 weeks or more. This stuff will be the god awfullest smelling stuff you ever smelled.
Throw out a coffee can full in your favorite catfish hole. The milo will sink to the bottom and attract fish from a good distance. Ive been baiting up like this for years and it works better than anything else ive tried. Puts the cats into a feeding frenzy.