Shrimp for catfish bait

[Jeremy Sheffey]

shrimp are good for eaters, i have never really caught anything of any size on them.

i like to take mine and couple it with a night crawler.

[holliswood]

I use the large to extra large sized shrimp that are un-cooked and frozen. I peel off the shell and cut them in half. For some reason, Food Lion where I'm at they're buy one bag get the other free. If you can, buy them now, they're cheaper this time of year. Shrimp work really well for me at the bodies of water I fish at.

[THE PAN MAN]

Sheldon & Charles go to the fish market or grocery store , get the frestest nices shrimp u can get .heads on it u can thats the freshest keep it iced good to stay fresh ,what u don,t use for bait u can eat yourself.

If you want to soak some in garlic or what ever put it in another container that way you can still eat the fresh bait u have left over

exactly. start a small fire and bring a grate and alum foil. um um.

[SubnetZero]

Great eater sized channel bait..
Don't forget to throw some out under a bobber about a foot or two off the bottom :glasses-nerdy:

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Though, a throw net for some shad about just a good and cheaper over the long haul imho. ..

[sharky1]

Got to agree with the Jollyman on this one, the fresher the better, I dont know how it will work for you, but I nave not found one place here, that shrimp has failed to produce fish, they may not be the biggest ones you catch that day, but there will be fish, biting them. Channels love them so do blues, I never fail to take a batch of shrimp with me when Im out to catch eaters, so far ive not been disapointed. In most cases Ive found that peeling the shrimp will speed up the bite.

[Papa64]

My partner uses the raw shrimp and I use the ones that are already cookd, usually mine outcatches his so that's what I use on one pole.

[TJD]

Yes this is a great site!

Thank you for the info I will give shrimp a try this year.

I was goin to try it now but the sinker kept bouncing on the ice.

Where is global warming when you need it?

[TOMCAT1]

There are not to many things in this world that won't eat a shrimp, except my wife, she can't take the iodine, bad for her, good for me.

[Cannibalcritter]

I use wal mart raw shrimp i believe is 40 to 60 count. have good luck on it. But grass shrimp works too when i lived in md i use to catch the hell outta grass shimp. it works awsome. They r so small id load the hook heavy.

[catfish_hunter01]

The walmart raw shrimp work great for me. Bag some up with garlic especially when they get freezer burned. I've had nights when they bite bluegill heads and won't touch a shrimp and visa versa.