I've been trying different homemade cherry kool aid and strawberry jello baits. I've used chicken and hot dogs. I've tried anise oil, vanilla extract, and garlic powder. Might not be using the right amount though. Could possibly be making it too strong. I get nibbles and bites but haven't caught any cats on the stuff yet. Has anyone had success using these in catfish baits. Please share your stories and recipes!
I watched a friend of mine tear it up with cherry chicken. I then decided to try it and had a heck of good time catching cats. Now I have tried it twice more on the same lake in the same spot and got nothing, nada, zip, zilch. I know it works and when it does its allot of fun but I guess they just gotta be in the mood. Now garlic shrimp works for me every time but only on the river. I cant catch anything with it on any of my other lakes I fish. On the river I fish its guaranteed.
Also I tried vanilla extract bread balls and surprisingly I caught a couple of channels they didn't hit it all wild and crazy like but that day it out preformed the minnows I was using. Next I'm gonna try wheaty balls, I have been on this nostalgia kick of late. I remember going fishing with my grandpa and he used all kinds of stuff that I have not tried, like water bugs for cats, he swore by them. Had coffee cans full of them.
I don't know about the cats but I myself love some garlic shrimp! Seriously though I have used garlic on cut Asian and caught channels on it. It seemed the garlic helped
I've been trying the kool aid and garlic soaked hot dogs with little success. I always try different bait always end up back to liver as my staple bait.
I've tried all those cherry, garlic, anise etc. at one time or another, and while they will produce an occasional curiosity bite from time to time, I've never had them produce as consistently as cut bait, shrimp, crawlers and stink baits..but there may be rare occasions when one of the "kitchen baits" may be the ticket to quick action when nothing else is working. I read a lot about GBMIGP recommended from some pretty knowledgable sources, so I'm seriously considering giving it a try.
Gotta say fellas, went out this weekend with the wife and it was super slow. I was using crawlers and my garlic shrimp which is my go to bait for channels and I got squat. My lone keeper fish came on a bread ball I stole from my lunch trying to catch the carp I saw swimming around. My wife on the other hand was using left over frozen catalpa works from last season and crushed the eater channels. I could not buy a bite from from the channels with my bait. She crushed me last year too fishing with catalpas. I dont know exactly what it is about these catalpas but when nothing else works those catch fish.
Gotta say fellas, went out this weekend with the wife and it was super slow. I was using crawlers and my garlic shrimp which is my go to bait for channels and I got squat. My lone keeper fish came on a bread ball I stole from my lunch trying to catch the carp I saw swimming around. My wife on the other hand was using left over frozen catalpa works from last season and crushed the eater channels. I could not buy a bite from from the channels with my bait. She crushed me last year too fishing with catalpas. I dont know exactly what it is about these catalpas but when nothing else works those catch fish.
I don't know about the cats but I myself love some garlic shrimp! Seriously though I have used garlic on cut Asian and caught channels on it. It seemed the garlic helped
See I've noticed from experimenting with cherry kool aid and strawberry jello that it just colors the meat blood red. So it does appear to the fish as a real bloody piece of meat. It's the scent and taste part of it you have to figure out.
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