Nov
2
2009
Hey guys, Jeremy here. Over the past couple of posts I’ve shared a few of my favorite catfish bait recipes, and I’ve had a ton of success with those baits. Last weekend though, the cats just weren’t biting. I tried chicken livers, stink bait, some dip bait that I brought along with me, nothing was working. I decided to pack it up early and do some research, which led me to this ebook.
Easy Catfish Bait Recipes
First Impressions:
I read through his page, and it sounded like he knew his stuff, so I figured I’d grab a copy of his guide. On the initial browse-through, I was impressed. It’s exactly as advertised, 80 tried, tested, and true recipes for catfish bait. Now let’s get one thing out of the way. If you’ve been catfishing for any amount of time, you’re going to know a couple of these recipes offhand. Don’t let that put you off though. The majority of the recipes in this ebook are the kind of recipes that take a guy years of trial and error on fishing trips to perfect.
Here’s why I like this guide. The work of figuring out how much of each ingredient you need to get the catfish biting is already done for you. All you have to do is take a trip to the grocery store, come home, and spend a few minutes making each bait. You can easily put together enough bait for a whole weekend of fishing in under an hour with the way everything is laid out in this book. I should know, I did it this past weekend.
My Results:
And on that note, the other reason why I like this book is probably the most important reason of all… The baits work! I brought along 12 baits, and 10 of them got bites. While I was there, I whipped up 3 more baits to try, and they all got bites too. The book has quite a few recipes you can make on the go if the baits you brought with you aren’t doing the trick. You can see a list of all the different kinds of recipes here.
My Final Say:
With over 80 awesome catfish bait recipes, this book is a steal. I’ve spent more than $20 trying out stink bait recipes that didn’t work out, so for me, getting a huge list of proven recipes for the same amount of money that I’ve wasted on experiments is a great deal. If you’re looking for some fresh new ideas, or you just want bait making laid out nice and easy for you, I’d definitely recommend checking out Easy Catfish Bait Recipes.
Click here to download your copy of Easy Catfish Bait Recipes!
Oct
26
2009
OK, so we all know that catfish have a sense of smell that puts ours to shame, right? Well, stink bait takes that keen sense of smell and uses it against them by mixing together some of their favorite food smells. Stink bait gets catfish all riled up and sends them in a hunting frenzy, straight for your hook.
Making stink bait is a lot easier than most people expect. All you need is a blender or a food processor, some flour or crushed up saltine crackers, and a bit of creativity to figure out some killer catfish stink bait recipes. To give you a bit of a head start, here are some of my favorite stink bait ingredients that get the catfish biting.
- Chicken livers. Yep, no matter how you use em, the cats go crazy.
- Chicken blood. Now don’t get squeamish on me. This stuff adds kick to any stink bait recipe, its a must for sure.
- Frozen shrimp or shrimp paste. Either one will do. I like to put about a tablespoon of shrimp paste in my mix, just to add the smell.
- Raw fish. Don’t splurge on it, whatever’s on sale at the market or sitting unused in your deep freeze will do just fine.
- Stinky cheese. What would stink bait be without some cheese? If people think it’s stinky, you know the catfish will smell it from a mile away. I’ve had good luck with pepper jack, and my brother-in-law swears by havarti.
- Sardines, anchovies, or tuna. The canned stuff is quick, easy, and very smelly. Count on the cats loving it.
Pick a few of them, or all of them, or get adventurous and try some of your own ideas in there. Either way, put the ingredients in the blender, whir them into a soupy mush, and pour it into a mixing bowl. At this point, you’re going to add either your flour or your crushed crackers. The trick here is that you want them to be solid enough to stay on the hook, but you don’t want them to get so powdery they fall apart, or worse yet, lose their stink.
Add a bit of your dry ingredient and mix it in by hand. Keep a hook handy, and when you think it’s nearly dry enough, try making a ball of it and putting it on the hook. I like to dunk it into a bowl of water to make sure its not gonna fall apart as soon as I try and toss it to the cats. Keep adding in more of the dry stuff until you get it to a consistency that works for you. That’s it, you’re done!
If you have any good catfish stink bait recipes that have worked miracles for you, or any other good catfish bait recipes, share them with me in the comments box below and I’ll publish them up for everyone. Happy catfishing!
Oct
21
2009
OK, let’s kick things off with a few quick and easy catfish bait recipes. Now, its a bit of a stretch calling these recipes, since they’re really just one or two ingredients, but you get the picture. What we’re after here is catfish bait that you can make with what you’ve got in your kitchen, or something you can pick up from the grocery store the night before a day of fishing. Here are my top 3 easy catfish bait recipes:
- Chicken Livers. Yep, you probably know em and have used them before, but they’re the go-to catfish bait for a reason. They’ve caught me some of my biggest catfish yet, and I bring along a jar of them every time I go out. Only problem with them is they’re a pain in the back end to manage, and for every cat you hook with them, you’ll lose 2 more because of how slippery they are. Still, if you can get past that, they’re worth keeping around.
- Meat scraps. Unless your butcher is a lot better than mine, chances are you’re cutting some scraps off of your meat. Whether its before or after you cook it, bag those scraps up, shake in some garlic salt, and toss them in your freezer till next time you go out. The cats go crazy for them. I bagged my largest catfish ever with a scrap of fatty chicken covered in garlic salt, so I can tell you these babies work for sure.
- Hot dogs. I slice them up a few days in advance, throw them in a ziploc with some garlic salt, shake em up, and put them in the fridge. These are great if you ever wind up forgetting about bait until you’re heading out your front door the day of the trip. Swing by a gas station or a 7-11 and grab some franks and you can still bring home a nice big cat!
Give these catfish bait recipes next time you’re in a bind and let me know how they worked. If you’ve got any ideas for quick catfish bait that you feel like sharing, drop them in the comments box below and I’ll post them up for everyone. Happy catfishing!