Reconstituting Powerbait
- Thread starter Frank Castle
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Catfish bait #1 for me is frogs. #2 is chicken liver, #3 is bread, #4 is corn, #5 is worm. But catfish are easy, just get some cans of dog food and throw it in the section of river the night before, come back in the morning and you will have your fill.
yea, I mean it works, but I never really get anything bigger than 18-20" mark on dips or pastes....all the bigger ones I always took on live creek chubs, suckers, bluegills, sunfish, etc. larger a catfish grows, the more predatory they seem to become, at least in N. America. Blues prefer cut bait, but if you want monster channels and flatheads, live baitfish between 6" - 12" is generally the best way to go......suckers and chub better cuz no spines, easy to swallow and they generally don't have to "mouth" the bait to take it which is usually caused by getting a mouthful of dorsal spines.
I'm talking fish over 20 lbs. here. They exert a lot of energy to hunt, so chasing a meal that's not replacing the calories burned in the chase isn't worth it to them. The reward of a 2lb trout meal for a 50lb Flathead to chase it is almost irresistible.
6" bluegill with their spines cut off work wonders for large cats. Chumming with beans is another great trick.
I know, but I just can't do it....I don't want to mutilate an animal. What happens when you take him off the hook and let him go cuz you're done fishing? He's got no balance now or protection.....but you're right, my great uncle told me that when I was a kid
It's quick and painless. If it's mean then why are you enticing fish to eat a sharp object to get stuck in it's mouth or stomach?
lol no need to entice.....greedy flatheads don't need to be enticed, they just need to know there is food somewhere haha nothing we can do to change that, they all eat plenty of panfish and crayfish in the wild....
.....but also unfortunately gamefish as well. If they are eating stocked trout it doesn't so much break my heart, but the thought of a 80lb flathead swallowing a 6lb Smallmouth really kinda makes me a hater
Like what a waste....I coulda had so much fun landing that smallie on UL tackle *sigh*You ever seen the gape on a big Flathead?
