This idea might be completely terrible just, something that crossed my mind. I remember reading a couple of posts about people with big catfish, struggeling to get them to eat anything but livefood.
If i remember correctly one of the posts was about a Wallago Attu. Well anyways i fish alot, and when fishing for pike, or other predators i sometimes use something thats called a lipskull. Heres a picture,you put the baitfish (or in my idea the fish you just got from your freezer to feed your larger fish) in the head and put the stick trough: http://www.pro-outdoor.dk/images/Pr...-agn-fisk-soft-jerkbait-doergning-aborrer.jpg
Of course you should remove the hooks, not use the stick to put trough the head, just something there would barely hold the fish in place, so the fish would fall off when the predator strikes. You can get these in 4 different sizes, i dont really remember if the smallest is for baitfish around 9, or 6,5 cm. there is one for baitfish around 13cm, then one for baitfish around 19cm, then the largest for baitfish around 25cm. It works best with baitfish that arent alot thicker than the head.
I could see it being and issue how it would hold up against large catfish, but also its made for fishing large predators so i think it would work. If you get a little creative this could even work with a fish fillet, if you cut it into about the right size.
Heres a video with a herring loaded in one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4klOjcOloTA
This is a crazy idea, but might be useful with catfish that normaly feed on live fish. I have heard of people dragging fish fillets around the tank making them look alive so the fish would take them, and this is kinda the same.
The hard thing would be to attach the food to the head, with it being to hard to fall out. As said this is crazy and just idea, most likely not gonna work.
If i remember correctly one of the posts was about a Wallago Attu. Well anyways i fish alot, and when fishing for pike, or other predators i sometimes use something thats called a lipskull. Heres a picture,you put the baitfish (or in my idea the fish you just got from your freezer to feed your larger fish) in the head and put the stick trough: http://www.pro-outdoor.dk/images/Pr...-agn-fisk-soft-jerkbait-doergning-aborrer.jpg
Of course you should remove the hooks, not use the stick to put trough the head, just something there would barely hold the fish in place, so the fish would fall off when the predator strikes. You can get these in 4 different sizes, i dont really remember if the smallest is for baitfish around 9, or 6,5 cm. there is one for baitfish around 13cm, then one for baitfish around 19cm, then the largest for baitfish around 25cm. It works best with baitfish that arent alot thicker than the head.
I could see it being and issue how it would hold up against large catfish, but also its made for fishing large predators so i think it would work. If you get a little creative this could even work with a fish fillet, if you cut it into about the right size.
Heres a video with a herring loaded in one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4klOjcOloTA
This is a crazy idea, but might be useful with catfish that normaly feed on live fish. I have heard of people dragging fish fillets around the tank making them look alive so the fish would take them, and this is kinda the same.
The hard thing would be to attach the food to the head, with it being to hard to fall out. As said this is crazy and just idea, most likely not gonna work.
