Stinkbait recipes

Stinkbait recipes are extremely popular for homemade catfish bait but probably not for those with weak stomachs. How nasty would this be?

1. Half pound to a pound of cheese
2. Raw pork
3. Raw perch
4. A head of garlic
5. Garlic salt
6. Dog food
7. A hand full of minnows
8. A splash of flour

Take the cheese and melt it in the microwave for about a minute.  Chop the raw pork and perch into pieces and mix them together. Chop the garlic and add both the garlic, garlic salt and melted cheese into the mixture. Stir in the wet dog food, minnows, and enough flour to give it a doughy consistency. Mix all of the ingredients in a food processor and bait using a treble hook or a bait tube.
If that is too disturbing of a stinkbait recipe, leave at least a pound of chicken livers in the sun for a few hours. Chop up the meat and mix it with a pound of hot dogs in a blender or food processor. Obtain a bottle or jug that has at least a gallon capacity and fill it with the chicken liver/ hot dog mixture and a full loaf of shredded bread. Add a can of corn, two cans of nacho cheese, ¼ bottle of Tabasco sauce, and twelve diced worms. Pour the entire mixture onto a flat surface and, using gloves, knead it until it is doughy and thick. Return it to the container and place it in the hot sun for 3 hours.

Catfish Spawn

Catfish­ w­ill generally wait to spawn until the water temperature reaches at least 66 degrees Fahrenheit. Therefore, for the catfish, geography is destiny. Because water in southern latitudes warms first, catfish-spawning season begins in the south first. Most species spawn in the late spring or early summer. Obviously, it takes longer for a lake to heat up than it does for a shallow backwater to do so. Remember, too, that not all fish in a water system spawn at the same time. Any part of a lake or river may have catfish at one of three stages: pre-spawn, spawn, or post-spawn. And of course, there will be fish too young to spawn. Catfish mature at three to four years of age, though females may mature sooner. Catfish nest in cavities. The male creates a nest, and then lures the female there to spawn, no doubt inviting her to view his etchings. After the female has deposited a mound of sticky yellow eggs, the male fertilizes the mass. He drives the female from the nest, preferring to guard the eggs himself. During the six- to 10-day hatching period, the papa catfish eats little. His work is to prote­ct the eggs and keep them aerated and free of sediment by constantly fluttering his fins to circulate water. He continues to protect the young until they leave the nest.

Using Cut Shad to Catch Catfish

Catfish feed primarily through their sense of smell and they have a distinct taste for shad in any body of water that is home to both fish. Catfish anglers are missing out on a big trade secret if they don't match the hatch by fishing with cut shad during the time that shad runs are on and catfish are feeding beneath them.
Shad can be heard and seen busting the top of the water in lakes and rivers where they stage big spring runs. At times shad will be all over the place running to and fro and wise anglers who will be looking for catfish watch them.
During their runs, shad are attacked by a host of predators including many hungry birds, as well as gorging largemouth bass, striped bass, and, yes, catfish. The chaos of a spring shad run is a sight to behold as critters from above and below try to bust in and grab a shad dinner.
All of this means that shad are being wounded during their runs. Bits and pieces of wounded shad filter down in the water column at the lakes and rivers and catfish naturally enjoy the harvest.
A good shad run is like ringing the dinner bell for a catfish. Even if a catfish doesn't snag a whole shad it can gulp down a hearty meal on the leftovers that the other feasters leave behind.
That's why you will find big catfish underneath schools of shad. Not only are they eating the shad, they are also picking up all the bits and pieces the birds and fish dropped while devouring their shad buffet.
The trick is to get hold of a shad. You can often do this by fishing for them with various small jigs and bucktails. In some places you are allowed to use a cast net to capture shad. Once you have a fresh shad in your hand you have a bait no hungry catfish can refuse.
Most anglers fish cut shad on a fish finder rig. You have to have the bait on the bottom, so big weights may be necessary. In heavy current egg sinkers of one ounce or more help you keep your cut shad where it needs to be.
Catfish will find your cut shad bait if you leave it under a school of running shad. They are there just waiting for dinner. If that's what you're after too, then using cut shad to catch catfish makes fishing simple.

How to Catch Summer Catfish

Catfish fishing can be tough in the hot summertime. Lengthy fishing days could be in store for you without a little bit of advice. With the information in this article, we will notice yourself catching more catfish in the hot months. After reading this article, you will be set with the understanding to catch even more and larger catfish.

Catfish have a tendency to consume a specific type of bait in the summer, which can make them picky. Let me make clear. fishing is tough in the summer but not impossible. Firstly, bait is all over the place for the catfish to consume. If you gander around, you will visualize new little tiny fish all around. This allows the catfish to engulf food when they wish to. Let’s be frank, it’s warm outside. The water temperature is soaring. Given the soaring temperatures, fish have had to make adjustments. Catfish lead the hazard of expiring from low oxygen levels and temperature stress.

You can’t fix the temperature, so I propose we work around them. Always begin fishing in the hot months in locations that feature either deep structure or current. Lessened water temperatures and additional oxygen happen more often in these types of places. The advantages for this makes for more in a mood to chase prey fish. Rivers offer those types of places, which makes them my favorite type of place to catfish in the summer. What if we don’t have current? discover plenty of cover on your deeper structure such as stumps, rocks, and logs. Fishing channels and points are splendid deep structures to catfish. Once we find the cover on these locations, you can really start catching catfish.

What if the heat is too much for you? you can catfish early or late when its cooler. we’ll catch more fish that way. No matter the fish, cat fishing in low light yields more in a mood to chase prey catfish. The tiny eyes of prey means that they can’t visualize as well as flathead catfish. The bait catfish will not visualize the catfish in time to avoid being eaten. Day break is my favorite time to fish. Fishing at dark can be just as good for people that don’t like the morning. Also, try night fishing. we might be surprises at how dependable it is. Its impressive for Flathead catfish.

Always pick the water’s most usable bait. You’ll find shad in most locations. Why is this? Catfish have garnered a taste for these shad.

When you go cat fishing next, try out these Catfish tips.

Kan. couple catches record-breaking catfish

OLATHE, Kan. — An Olathe woman has set the unofficial record for the largest blue catfish caught in a Kansas lake. At 82-and-a-half pounds the fish is the size of most 10 year olds! But there’s still one person she has yet to beat — her husband who holds the record for the largest blue catfish caught in a Kansas River.
During the week you’ll find Stefanie Stanley behind the desk at Marvin’s Tow Service, but on the weekend she’s on the water.
“We fish! That’s what we do. We fish for fun, we fish tournaments,” she said.
It was in the Catfish Chasers Tournament this past weekend at Milford Reservoir Stefanie reeled in the more than 80 pound blue catfish.
“I was shaking, I couldn’t breathe. I was just nervous, but super excited,” she said. “I mean because my biggest fish before was 48 pounds.”
It is unofficially the largest blue catfish ever caught in a Kansas Lake. With her catch, her team won the tournament and $2,000.
 Read more and see vid :  http://fox4kc.com/2013/04/09/kan-couple-catches-record-breaking-catfish/

Catching huge flathead catfish using cut bait.

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Bob Hodge: Despite season, large catfish plentiful at Fort Loudon Lake

To most people, the catfish Eddie Holden was reeling in might have been the fish of a lifetime.
Holden, who lives in Powell, was fishing on a part of Fort Loudoun Lake he really didn’t want to talk too much about. The men he was fishing with — Josh Delaney and his sons Matt and Michael — didn’t want to talk about it, either.
He had tossed a piece of cut shad on a 8/0 hook about 60 yards out to a point where the lake bottom comes to an abrupt drop. A 2-ounce piece of lead makes the long casts on 15-pound line a piece of cake.
Read more at:http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/mar/16/bob-hodge-despite-season-large-catfish-plentiful/

Bait Tank Set Up

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Published on May 22, 2013

This is the basic set up I use to keep my bait lively and ready for fishing. Forgot to mention to keep a lid on your bait tank. Sometimes the bait likes to jump and you'll lose a few to birds and

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Indiana fisherman wraps up catfish tournament title

Daniel Lux thought he had made a mistake that would end up costing him this weekend’s Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail event in Selma.
Fishing tree tops on the final hole of the day, Lux didn’t notice another tree top at the back of the hole and ended up popping off two fish; two fish that could have made the difference.
Thankfully, the two fish he and his partner Lionel Davis were able to reel in proved to be two monsters, big enough to give them the pounds they needed to win the event. It also proved to be Lux’s — a competitor from Bedford, Ind. — first win on the tour.
“I love fishing, and I love winning,” Lux said. “The money won today will allow me the chance to keep fishing these tournaments for a little while longer. I was starting to wonder if I’d be able to continue.”
The winning portion of the $10,400 purse for Lux was $4,300.
The two-day event that attracted 15 teams from eight states came down to Saturday’s weight totals.


Read more: http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2013/04/28/indiana-fisherman-wraps-up-catfish-tournament-title/

cut bait

Went out today to get me some bait .
                                                   

 

 

 
my bait for catfish tonight

My spot for bluegill

Shore Fishing Tips and Tricks for Channel Catfish - YouTube

This is a good video from You Tube on shore or bank fishing
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Cut Bluegill for Bait

1

Cut the head off of the bluegill. This will provide you with two pieces of bait. catfish prefer their meals bloody, so this technique will help to attract the big ones.

2

Hook the head one-third of the way down the head, starting from the mouth. The heads will stay on the hook better than the rest of the bluegill.

3

Remove the tail from the remaining portion of bluegill. This will leave you with a midsection. Use this as a separate piece of bait. You can dispose of the tail, as it won't stay on the hook well and does not contain enough blood to attract the catfish.

4

Hook the midsection of the bluegill in the top center of the bait. Make sure there is enough meat  above the hook so that it won't easily pull from the line. The midsection works well for attracting catfish because it contains internal organs and is full of blood.

 

(Chicken liver) old fisherman useing chicken liver

There's an old school catfish fisherman I met on the side of the river bank yesterday - and he's one of those real private guys, doesn't even want me to tell you his name... so I won't.

I'll jump right into it. This guy makes a chicken liver bait that is the single most powerful bait he's ever seen for catfish (especially channel cats).

Here's how he does it:

He takes 2 - 3 tubs of chicken livers and drains the juice off of them. Next, he lays them out on the concrete and covers them with garlic salt.

Then he lets them dry out a little bit either overnight or few a few hours in the hot sun. Don't let them try out too much though, just a little.

Next, put them in zip lock bags and dump more garlic salt all over them... then put them all in the freezer and freeze them. This will toughen up the chicken liver so that it stays on the hook better - because historically chicken liver doesn't stay on the hooks very well..

Then, go out fishing and hold on tight. Catfish (especially channel cats) will not be able to resist!

Palomar Knot

Palomar Knot
The Palomar Knot is another very simple knot for terminal tackle. It is regarded by the International Game Fish Association consistently as the strongest knot known. It's great virtue is that it can safely be tied at night with a minimum of practice.

1. Double about 12.5cm of line, and pass through the eye.
2. Tie a simple Overhand Knot in the doubled line, letting the hook hang loose. Avoide twisting the lines.
3. Pull the end of loop down, passing it completely over the hook.
4. Pull both ends of the line to draw up the knot.

How to tie a Clinch Knot for Fishing hooks

Clinch Knot

1. Pass the line through the eye of the hook, or swivel.
2. Double back. make five turns around the line.
3. Pass the end of the line through the first loop, above the eye, and then through the large loop. Draw the knot into shape.
4. Slide the coils down tight against the eye.

 

How to tie a Hangman's Knot for fishing hooks

Hangman's Knot
There are at least 6 variations of the Hangman's Knot, - all of them excellent for terminal tackle, swivels and hooks. The "standard" Hangman's Knot holds only five turns when tied in monofilament nylon. If tied in rope, and used for its stated purpose, it takes eight turns.

1. Pass a 15cm loop of line through the eye.
2. Bring the end back on itself, passing it under the doubled part.
3. Make five loops over the doubled part.
4. The formed knot is worked into shape.
5. The knot is sent down the line, against the eye of the hook or swivel.

How to use crawdads for catfishing bait

1.Place 1 lb. of processed cheese product in a mixing bowl.  Microwave the cheese until thoroughly softened. This will typically take 1 1/2 to 2 minutes.

2.

Chop 8 oz. of crawdads into small pieces with a knife. The entire crawdad can be used or, if desired, the crustacean can be shelled and only the meat from the tail used. Add the crawdads to the cheese and stir well

3.

Add one can of sardines, one finely chopped head of garlic, 1 tsp. of garlic salt  and one small-to-medium can of dog food (as desired) to the cheese and crawdad mixture. Blend the ingredients thoroughly, making sure the garlic and garlic salt are evenly dispersed in the mix

4.

Add all-purpose flour to the mixture slowly. The goal is to achieve a consistency that will allow you to make dough balls to place on a treble hook. Continue adjusting the amount of flour until you have a slightly sticky dough.

5.

Place the dough in an airtight container or storage bag. Set the mixture in the refrigerator until you are ready to fish.

Read more: How to Make Your Own Catfish Bait Out of Crawdads | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_6200350_make-catfish-bait-out-crawdads.html#ixzz2PoipCSRz

How to Make Your Own Surefire Catfish Stink Bait

1

Put the pound of cheese in the microwave and cook until melted, around one minute or so.

2

Chop 7 ounces of raw pork along with an entire head of fresh garlic  and add to the melted cheese in a mixing bowl.

3

Add three tablespoons of garlic salt  a can of wet dog food, and 12 diced minnows into the mixture. Stir well.

4

Add all-purpose flour slowly, stirring in one cup at a time until the bait is thick and doughy.

5

Roll small pieces of the dough in your palms so they form balls. Store the dough balls in a plastic storage container and refrigerate until ready to use as bait.

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CATFISHING SEMINAR

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Catfishing Tackle and Gear

Choosing catfishing tackle depends strongly on the time of year you intend to fish, as well as what variety of catfish you intend to target. In most circumstances, catfish fishing doesn't require a lot of specialized gear. In fact, you can be a little lazy and still land a small catch or two with these creatures.

They are opportunistic feeders and will bite on just about anything with a pungent smell that excites their senses. After all, most catfish find food based on their sense of smell as opposed to sight, so this is the most important part of choosing your bait.

Currently in the United States, only two types of fish are more popular among anglers than cats - black bass and panfish. Therefore, the sport can be quite competitive. To assure yourself a good catch, be sure to know what type of catfishing tackle is going to produce the best results.

You can opt for a heavy 8-foot baitcasting outfit with 30-pound line for catching catfish weighing in excess of 40 pounds, or you can aim for a catfish in the range of three to fifteen pounds with a typical bass fishing rig using 10- or 20-pound test line.

This would be accomplished by either a baitcasting or spin rig on medium-sized rivers and lakes with bait or even lures (though these would not do as well as live bait). Also try light gear in the summer for smaller species, not weighing in excess of eight pounds.

This light catfishing tackle method can be accomplished often without a boat. In the heat of the summer, it can be enjoyable to cool off by wading out into the water (perhaps a small river, stream, or even a neighborhood pond) with some light spinning tackle. Your gear is limited, needing to fit into a shirt pocket or small shoulder bag that won't get in your way.

Use a light-action rod that is around six feet in length and a spinning reel spooled with 6- or 8-pound test line. Take a small box with No.1 to 4 hooks, a split shot, and a few bobbers. Just about any kind of bait can be used with this catfishing tackle - try crickets, grasshoppers, chicken livers, night crawlers, and minnows.

For ease of carriage, you may want to bring minnows in an aerated bucket floated from your belt, leaving your hands free to work. You may opt to use a small sinker weighing about an ounce with a snelled hook a foot or two above it as an alternate catfishing tackle for light days.