Catfish

[Hellboy1500]

When I was stationed in Yuma I would use the cheap frozen shrimp from wal-mart or chicken liver that has set out for a while. The size hook was about the size of the last digit of your thumb and I would have about a foot and half to two foot leader attached to a swivel with an egg weight.

[MrM]

We caught a bunch of catfish at Lake Powell last week. None of them were on the surface. Hotdogs or cheese seemed to be the easiest. Also caught a couple on worms. Carolina every time.

Good luck to you!

[catchnfish]

carolina rig a 3/0 and put on some fresh mackeral if u got it chicken liver will work but make sure it isn't frozen because it will fall apart on you, cats like structure and will cruise the banks at night

[dc1983]

If your fishing one of the stocked lakes go to their web page and look at the tips section or fishing report they will normally say on one of the two areas what the fish are biting on and what rig to use. But most stock lakes say to use chucks of mackeral flylined. Good luck

[CheapPelican]

Thanks for the info.

Are all these dough and dip baits just gimmicks?

Do you add extra scent to the bait? I've read about marinating the bait along with garlic or shrimp paste. I talked to one kid who said he used shrimp with soy sauce. Thought he was BSing me until he pulled his stringer out of the water.

Will a chicken liver stay on a circle hook or do i need to get some bait holders?

[icelogger]

Throw in a white spinner bait if the fishery is a low oxygen eutrophic lake with temps above 70. If the lake has an aerator go cast next to it for cats. Good luck.

[StinkyMatt]

Which lake?

What hours will you be fishing?

[CheapPelican]

It's a private lake in my buddy's HOA. 4am-10am.

[lowprofile]

Meal worms and cheese marshmallow. Use a #1 bait holder, thread on two meal worms then two marshmallows over the Barb. Use a c-rig with18" leader.or get some crawdads.

[danjor]

Dont forget the big fat earthworms. If it swims in freshwater it will eat earthworms