Sonnies Original Dip bait
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Ive used sonnys for years with good results and recommend it to anyone wanting fiddlers up to maybe 4 or 5 lbers. Few bigger ones hit it at times. This is the time of year dips and doughs shine for us, hotter the weather the better. Another good dough for us I swear by and have dulled many a knife because of it, Bee-Jays.
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I have caught channels and blues, and once in a while a small flat. The highest weight was 15 lbs for myself, but I have some friends who do better. Sonny's is about 30 miles from me and I was just up there last friday, and picked up a couple of cases. Hope this helps. Later Andy
Sonnies works great for me. Especially in moving water. I have caught fish on it in every river around here. My biggest one was about an 8 lb channel. I think it works best in moving water but it works ok in still water too, but you just have to wait longer. In a river if you dont have a bite within 5 or 10 minutes you might as well try a different spot. I find it holds best in fast water on Junnies Egg Worm. You can get them from basspro.com or ..................com
P.S. get the big pail if your fishing moving water. Keep it cool on a hot day or it gets too soft.
P.S. get the big pail if your fishing moving water. Keep it cool on a hot day or it gets too soft.
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the missing part is catfish connection. except take the space out.
not sure why it wouldnt let me put that url in my post.
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I'm pretty sure that it's because C.C. is no longer a sponsor here.
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I never tried it, a guy gave me some dough baits, I gave it away. Nice to have some around once in awhile, but I prefer live bait, or fresh dead. I have done well on frozen - thawed squid, and marshmallows, hotdogs and banana peels. I guess I just prefer natural stuff.
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They dont make bee jays no more...And for sonnys I have had good luck with eaters under 10lbs and i got one 15 or solb flat on it But it broke the line right as it got to shore I was only using 17lb mono becasue i didnt expect a decent fish to hit it
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I used to use it with mixed success. I've seen others fill a stringer with cats up to 5 lbs with it which is a fun way to kill a few hours.
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I use the Sonny's "Blood" formula for eaters in the hot summer. Works pretty good for a stringer of fryers. Have yet to catch anything big though.
I would hesitate adding oil because once it is in there it stays. Place in the hot summer sun and you should be good to go. If you have a cooler with you you can pretty much control the consistency of your bait all day, too runny, put in cooler with ice. It does not take long to get stiff again. Folks add oil, cattails, etc to change the bait, the bait is best left alone. If you add "stuff" you are changing the bait and how it reacts in the water. Just my 2 cents. Good luck with Mr. Whiskers.
If its hot out just set it out in the sun for a bit, that will soften it right up. I am sure you know already but you have to stir it up pretty good when you first get it out. If its not hot, just put a little bit (like a spoonful or 2) of water in and then stir it. That will help alot, but I have heard of people adding veg oil to it and supposedly that works fine too.
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i just caught my personal best tonight on sonny's blood. 25 inches 9 lbs..not huge but thats big for me lol
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sonnies is great theres only two kinds of dip bait that ill fish with and i have with me when i go out.One is sonnies and the other is secret 7,if nothing bites on either one of those there not going to bite at all.
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Only way we used to fish it back when we used it... Just add enough to make it like about as slurpy as peanut butter (not too much!!).. Creates a much better scent slick IMHO.. We noticed our bite rates went much higher.. We have done side by side comparisons with and without veg oil added, veg oil won every time..
And as noted, maybe 1 or 2 fish were +10lbs, but the overwhelming majority of fish caught on it were 1-6lbs.. If your after the bigguns, get a throw net and use cut shad...
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