Favorite channel catfish bait

[moondog58]

Rich, I hate to tell you this, but here in West Virginia all freshwater (that is all we have) clams and muscles are endangered and unlawful to harvest, possess, or transport.

I don't want to use any critter that is endangered for bait. Might just go to Walmart and buy some clams in a can though, when I go out Friday night.

[Cannibalcritter]

But the river i been fishing we kill em on chubs and livers. And sucker fish.

[kcbrown]

HELLO!
I use a old method my grandpappy taught me!shhh!dont tell nobody!
Take a 5gall bucket fill it with maize,then run it full of water,put a lid on it let it set in the sun a couple weeks,it will turn soured,and extra stinky!cut old plastic milk jugs,or any container,scoop it full of old stink maize and freeze it,take frozen containers fishin in a cooler,not the same one with the beer!when you get to your spot,bust the frozen clumps of maize out of the container and throw them out in the water as far as you can,when they melt the maize spreads out!This will bring all the eatin cats to the spot where the maize is at.After that put on a chunk of liver and hang on!When you clean um you can see thier bellys stuffed with old stinky maize.Well the cats out of the bag now!lol HAPPY FISHING!

I've done the same, but the water/corn floats and wind can carry it out of the area. Before freezing put a fist sized rock in the bottom of the jug. That way when you chunk it in the lake it sinks and stays in place.

[snowgoose100]

Any cutbait. Im not picky about the kind.

[scorpion8686kc]

My Vote Is BAR S Hotdogs, then some shrimp...works at the lakes around here

[Tinnker]

i like shrimp and liver

[Bigbaldcountryboy]

Beaver liver

[wetflyguy]

Cut bait is my go to -I fish mostly channels

[katkiller77]

liver all the way

[catfishin85]

i voted for chicken liver seems to work real well but it also pisses me off its way to easy for them to suck off the hook real quick