Anybody strictly fish with real bait?

[drpepper]

I primarily flathead fish and use live gills. I don't even feel like fishing if all I have is cut bait....
What's stinkbait?:roll_eyes:

[o'boro cat hunter]

Stinkbait???? I'm all natural (except for those Cumberland River frozen skips).

[niteangler]

All i use is live or freshly cut bait, every now and then chicken livers but have only caught small ones with the liver.

[Jeremy Sheffey]

I very seldom will use something that is store bought, almost always it is cut or live bait. i prefer live to cut, as i target flats mostly and the live bait seems to do the best work. every once in a blue moon if the fish aren't biting and my fishing buddy has some, i will use some stink or bought bait more as a last ditch effort to catch a small channel or something to make the trip not a waste.

[gamaCatsu]

if im fattie flattie fishing i use live bream, live shad,live anything really...carp and 12 inch large mouth :)

blues, and channels id say cut bait works best, but the old school chicken liver does the job aswell as the trout chow i make up. blues love it!

[dominoman]

I do have some Secret 7 in the boat, but it does not get much use except when I've got the grand kids at the tank at home. Mainly gizzard shad, some threadfin, and cut buffalo.

[FATFLATTIE]

It's pretty much only cut or live bait for me. I have never had any luck on prepared baits. Livers of all kinds work REALLY well.

[catfishjohn]

99% of the time I'll have live bait out on a couple rods for Flatties. I'll have fresh cut bait from my live bait that dies on another 1 or 2 for Blues.
During the warmer months I usually don't even go if I can't get plenty of live bait to take.
Winter months I'll use whatever baits are left over in my freezer...Shad, Skipjack, Gills, Etc.

[NJ CLAD]

I mostly fish for channels. I usually use cut bait. I sometimes use live sunfish. I have no need for anything else.

[Welder]

Live or cut bait. Nothen ses dinner served to 50+lb blues like a half pound chunk of fresh bloody carp fillet. I have used some prepared baits and store baits in the past like corn, livers and $20 side of salmon. Any more I just want live or fresh cut. Worms are still on the top of my list it always amazzed me how many 30+ flatts and blues I get on a ball of worms fished in a good spring time rise.