Anybody strictly fish with real bait?

[Flamekeeper]

Fresh cut or Live gills,goldfish, shiners, salmon

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[BIG_D]

99.9 percent of the time its live or cut bait for me if i am in the mood for some eater channel cats i turn to sonnys but that dont happen offten

[Flamekeeper]

I almost forgot, In Early spring I like to get some baby bluegills and small shiners and freeze them and then let un-thaw, in the sun and set outside all day and refreeze overnight and repeat,, do this about 4 nights and then fish,, It resembles winter killed bait fish and they work.:wink:

[TnRivershark]

Nothin' but LIVE or Freshly CUT:wink:

And heavy on the freshly cut,:ooooh: as in still twitching when it hits the water.
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[tricitycatter]

I very seldom use anything other than cut bait, shrimp, or worms. I have used magic bait's chicken liver & blood nuggets a few times but that was only out of desperation when I ran out of bait at 3 am, worked ok cause they were hitting anything that night, but I prefer to use what cut bait I can catch. Washington has a funny rule about no netting or noodleing so I have to fish for my favorite bait, Pikeminnow AKA-Squawfish.

[JimmyJonny]

I made stink bait once and the only thing I got was in trouble for using the wife's blender.

All of the bait I use has a set of gills on it. I keep live bait at the house and then cut them on the water. I even Flathead fish this way.

-Jim-

[ks catman]

Yes, I use all live or fresh cut bait. I tried bullheads, alive and cut, and never had a bite on them. I prefer shad.

Bill in SC

Ive had the same problem with bullheads i cant seem to get a bite on the darn things. everybody tells me they work great but i think ill stick to creekchub bluegill and shad cant go rong with thos three:big_smile:

[JimmyJonny]

Same here....... Darn things live forever on a hook that's for sure but that aint good, I want them to get ate, LOL.

Last ones I had ended up as pets but they got evicted for torturing my gills.

-Jim-

[ccat]

Try to only use the freshest shad I can catch. I do have some in the freezer, but you can't beat fresh shad.........or skips...if I had some:=(:

[carolinakid76]

If I want to fry up some small channels, I'll use CJ'S punch bait or danny kings punch bait. most of the time I use fresh shad.:Happy: