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osage outlaw:
I'm going to be spending next week at my inlaws lake cabin and I need some catfish bait ideas.  We usually use chicken liver and nightcrawlers.  Somebody told me to use soak hotdogs in garlic powder and cherry koolaid.  Does anyone have any good recipes for some home made bait? 

madcrow:
I leave the chicken livers out in the sun for a couple of days til they start to rot.  Its a nasty stinking mess, but the catfish love it.

Fred Arnold:
Best catfishing days I ever had was using grasshoppers although usually a little later in the summer. Also had good luck with pork liver that was left out to ripen. It's tougher skinned and stays on the hook without having to wrap.

gstoneberg:
I used to take the airgun to a pond and shoot small frogs. Let them ripen a day and they work great. Go another day or 2 and they won't stay on the hook worth a hoot.

George

PEARL DRUMS:
I spent a lifetime chasing those things around up here. They are my fav-o-right fish to catch. I have my best luck using bite size chunks of whole frozen shrimp. I have tried it all and that works best up yonder on all the lakes and rivers I have fished. Even the Great Lakes. I never did much up here with stinky stuff. Our channels prefer fresh bait competely. Sliced up bluegills work almost as good as fresh shrimp. I use a baiting needle to thread my 30# leader through my bait so my circle hook is right at the bottom of the bait, then loop it off and use a snap swivel to attach it to my main line and a 1/2 oz egg and bead.

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