Whats your go-to fish bait for Channel catfish?

[txthumper1691]

depends on where I am fishing. at th local golf course tank I use Danny king's punch bait and cut minnows, cut shad and or minnows cut on different parts of th main pay lake, below th dam I use crawdads w/o th pinchers an shrimp. if all else fails, i spray wd40 on just about anything an that usually brings some in.

[Cliffcat]

I'll have to go with Big Dav on this one. Have caught them on a lot of baits, but shrimp seems to be the very best. I was surprised there wasn't a seperate catagory for "shrimp". I doubt it would have been at the bottom of the list.

Ralph

[TexDan]

I have packages of catfish bait frozen in my freezer. It has shrimp, shad, wieners, and buffalo tenderloins mixed in it. Some are sprinkled with garlic. I use this mostly on my jug lines if I can’t find shad with my cast net. On my rod and reel though I usually go with Danny Kings punch bait. I love those little Kitties on light line (6 to 10 lb) under slip bobbers and for numbers you just can’t beat the punch bait. You occasionally get a wonderful surprise and a big bruiser grabs it. I lose a few biguns on the light line but the fights are memorable and the big guys aren’t the best eating and would be released anyway.

[Rhinocat]

I have gret luck wit Gold eye cut in half and bigger shinners .. always have a bucket of livers by too.

[dab_602000]

I like DK 's because it is easy to use and works really good. Simple and effective

[Bacardipr05]

I like DK 's because it is easy to use and works really good. Simple and effective

The smell is unforgiveable lol......:bad_smelly:

[CoonX]

Best bait without a doubt;

[bobby-catfishing]

Danny King's Punch Bait with no doubt. It never fails to put plenty of eating size fish in the box.

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[bigredcatfish]

You can't go wrong with shad guts in the spring. The summer I switch up to cut shad and or shrimp.

[River_monster91]

worms & liver here in kansas. seems to catch em anytime of the day.