What are you using for bait?

[Chestdeep]

Three weeks ago I caught a basket full on chicken livers and now I can't get em to hit anything.What are you folks using for bait,,and,,,Deep water or shallow water,,,I'm fishing areas of 10-15 feet deep.Northeast Tenn River.

[BhamRoadrunner]

Chicken livers, shiner's and night crawlers.

Just depends on the time of day around here really.

[bud_rabon]

cut & live shad

[Dwednuts]

Anything I can catch in a castnet!!!

[squirtspop]

Was using shrimp marinated in vanilla Sunday afternoon. Caught 9 little channels about 10 inches long. Had some beef liver with lots of garlic salt that had marinated about a week too. Had something hit it on the baitcaster reel and it hit and run. Created on heck of a blacklash in it. Lost the fish too. Was in a farm pond.

[jtrew]

On the Arkansas & Tennessee Rivers, I've had good luck using cut shad & skipjack.

[Arkie55]

Just can't go wrong with skipjack herring and shad.

[Chestdeep]

I had better luck last night,moved to deeper water along a bluff line.Most fish was in the 3-4 lb range.

[Flatheadhunter33]

Live and cut up gills. Sometimes chicken livers.

[BamaCats]

i been using some of jtrews secret bait salt pork with garlic salt the kitties here have been tearing it up.

[paleocaver]

The 'ol faithfull night crawlers have brought the most fish in so far. Had some hits on bluegill but nothing to show for it. I think I'm too anxious.

[catfishdaddyengineering]

I have a few worms that will hopefully be ready by next weekend. If the birds do'nt get them first. Gonna take the kids to Prattville park tomorrow for Kid's fishing day.

Arthur

[BhamRoadrunner]

I tried some Chicken Gizzards, they worked ok, but they aren't a chicken liver, that's for sure.

Mostly I use the Wal-mart night crawlers or Shiners. Blue's on the warrior tear the crap out of the shiners and just about everything else will eat the night crawlers.

Been fishing in about 30-40 feet of water with the shiners and sometimes small bluegill.

[CJ21]

I use chicken livers and worms.

[dcaruthers]

Where exactly are you fishing? If you are not getting bites on chicken livers in the Tn river this time of year...you need to change locations. On lake Guntersville the channels are tearing up fresh chicken liver, but I am having the time of my life using fresh bream and shad cut-bait. Try using a slip float...the cats seam to come off the bottom as the water warms. I have been using noodles set at different depths to zero in on them, then I set my slip floats at that depth and hold on. Chicken liver seams to attrack the most bites, but the big ones are running for the bream. I've been using 3-6" bream and cutting them sideways from the guts to the tail.

[BamaCats]

i have recently started using Danny Kings punch bait here on the Conecuh river. They are really tearing it up here.

[FLAT]

anything that lives in the lake i'm fishing.and grass hoppers to.

[wigginsdano59]

bamacats, where are you fishing on the conecuh?

[laidbck111]

I am going to try a ground up mixture stuffed into sausage casing. The mixture is shd, gills, liver and night crawler put into sausage caseing.

[BamaCats]

i fish the conecuh around Troy or Glenwood. that is my two prime spots to fish not to mention they are close to the house.

[bigmike]

I am using nightcrawlers and cut bluegill

[paleocaver]

Had a little luck on wheeler friday with cut frozen skipjack.

[SilverCross]

Just started using cut bait soaked in Cod Liver Oil. I think this is going to be a pretty good bait for around here.

[IL Hunter]

Try cut goldeye if they have them in your parts!

[wykydjuggalo]

shad and bream work great