After seasoning the chicken livers I put a couple on each hook then freeze individually on a cookie sheet (buy a tinfoil one NOT your wifes favorite cookie sheet). It helps keep the stink down, they stay on the hook well for casting and thaw quickly in the warmer water. Fish on bottom with slip sinker.

Good Luck

if you deer hunt in the fall, keep your meat scraps instead of throwing them away. this works pretty good. it seems like cats will eat about anything sometimes...

If you want cheap catfish bait just find a bridge that goes over a small stream usually you can look below if you see some minnows it should be a great place to go chubbin. Some people use saning nets or minnow traps but that would be too easy. I use a little fishing pole like an ice fishing pole. Find as small as leadhead hook as you can find put a little worm on it lower it in the water and if it's a good stream it should be Wammo! as many free chubs as you feel like catching. Don't get down if you don't catch any in the first stream you try, you might just have to move to another bridge or another stream. It's a little bit of work but nothing beats free.

*raises hand...

Yea, I sling chicken livers at em too.[8D]

I've also had very good luck with "cut bait" which is about a one inch wide slice of perch, blue gill, or any other fish that you can easily catch before catfishing. (Try to avoid whacking up gamefish like bass, etc...got to think about the next generation)

Back in Texas I use goldfish. Just go to the pet store and buy some large feeder goldfish. Usually only a couple Dollars a dozen.......

Use Panty Hose to keep livers on Hook.......

You know somewhere good to catch cats Centerfire......... I am in Brighton dont really know where to catch many cats here in CO.