Comments on: What Is The Best Catfishing Lure To Catch The Biggest Catfish?

By: Bryan B

Bryan B — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:21:34 +0000

There are a number of prepared catfish baits that work quite well. Usually, the stinkier the better, as catfish feed by smell. You’re basically wasting your time with lures.
For a good homemade bait, try chicken livers. I take about a pound of chicken livers, place them in a plastic container with a cover, and set them outside (not in direct sun) to “cure” for a day or two. You want the meat to spoil, but not dry out. Keep it moist. Once it smells reasonably “bad”, chop up some garlic cloves, mix them in with the livers, and refrigerate them at least 2-3 days before using them as bait. All this odoriferous concoction should be (usually) irresistible to catfish.
If you’re after really big fish, make sure that your rod, reel and fishing line are heavy enough to handle the strain. 20# test should be minimum if the fish are that big.
For a catfish rig, tie a size 1/0 3-way swivel to the end of your line. To one of the swivel loops, tie about a 6″ piece of leader (of lighter # test than your fishing line) and tie your sinker to the end of this. Using lighter line for this dropper leader will cause it to break first if your sinker hangs up, thereby saving the rest of the rig and losing only the sinker.
To the remaining swivel loop, tie about a 30″ leader (use a piece of your fishing line). To the end of this leader, tie a good sized treble hook (try a size #2 or #1). Bait your hook up with as many chicken livers as you can to make a ball somewhere about the size of a golf ball. You can even tie some to the shank of the hook with light monofilament line to make a chunkier ball of bait.
Cast this out from shore, into a likely looking pool of deeper water. You’ll be fishing on the bottom, where the catfish prowl for food.
There are a number of variations on this catfish rig, but this basic setup will get you going.

By: sergiosa

sergiosa — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:23:12 +0000

use minas and fish at night

By: tivy

tivy — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:02:57 +0000

I always use crickets or grasshoppers.

By: HTaciana

HTaciana — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:57:15 +0000

don’t use a lure….use a big *** worm. catfish love those. just let it sit on the bottom for about 30 minutes and you’ll have something by then

By: cowey

cowey — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:12:22 +0000

If you’re fishing a stocked pond, use beef liver and fish on the bottom. Cut the liver into strips about three inches long by one inch wide.

By: indy

indy — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:04:45 +0000

u cant say because u could use a big bait/lure and only catch a small fish or u could use a small bait/lure and catch the biggest fish

By: Its Cree

Its Cree — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:49:06 +0000

live bait………catfish do not hit lures very well…….I am not saying they won’t take a lure because i have caught one before with a lure……….but only one in many many years of fishing………stick to live bait……….worms or chicken livers

By: Ryan S

Ryan S — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:52:07 +0000

i just use a normal hook but the bait is what matters, catch a sheephead and cut out a peice of meat then use that on your hook. it works great.

By: Tommie T

Tommie T — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:54:01 +0000

well you dont use a lure for catfish you use a putty like substans called stink bait you roll it in to little balls and put it on you hook

By: Shawn K

Shawn K — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:26:05 +0000

Homemade cheesebait works the best just put it on a catfish tube worm, cast it out, let it sink to the bottom and wait it works great.