Cat Fishing Baits That Work

I know many anglers that swear by there dip baits and baits like chicken livers and what not to land big Catie’s. They all may work, but there is something else you should try and I will give you one excellent example. In these parts along the river banks you can dig and find these worms that are a deep dark green color. These worms a relatively small about quarter the size of a night-crawler, but boy do they work! You stick a bundle of em on a 1/0 hook and your sure to catch cat fish!

The worms I am talking about are not the worms that have been dyed. The worms I am talking about are naturally green and naturally stink to high heaven once you get a hook through em. Its to my understanding that they feed off the roots of itch weed and other native plants along the river here. Ill post a picture later.

But anyway, these green worms are a natural food for catfish in the river. When the river goes up the catfish will move into the shorelines feeding on the ones the get flooded out of their holes. They absolutely love them!

So here’s the point I am trying to make, try something natural, something the catfish are use to eating in their habitat and you will catch more fish! Using baits which are a natural food source for catfish will spark a bite when nothing else is working and produce more fish when they are biting.

Here’s another example, Helgramites which are also found in the river system here. They will consistently out perform any non-native bait you throw at these catfish.

Just a quick tip from me to you, put down that pre-packaged dip bait and go do some foraging for natural baits, do some research to find out what it is the cat fish in your parts dine on and you will be that much better off.

You can thank me later, but seriously this is probably something you have all heard before, but I am betting only a handful of you have actually taken the time to do. Its much easier using pre-packaged baits, whether it be chicken livers, non-native shiners, dip baits and so on.

Tight lines everyone, Im off to do some fishing!