Want to get into catfishing but hate stink baits: Ive tried various stink baits and absolutely hate the smell of them, what are the best alternatives tp stink bait for catfish (any...

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Feb 25, 2020 09:23:28 #

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Ive tried various stink baits and absolutely hate the smell of them, what are the best alternatives tp stink bait for catfish (any species, im still trying to learn the ropes).

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by RTG66

Feb 25, 2020 09:23:32 #

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Chicken livers

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by assassin_erased

Feb 25, 2020 09:23:37 #

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Mayflies

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by _wsmfp_

Feb 25, 2020 09:23:41 #

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Chicken liver. Bluegill heads, shrimp many options

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by LethalBaboon

Feb 25, 2020 09:23:44 #

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I use about 4 inch shiners on a carolina rig and it'll catch blue cats in central VA year round. I've caught flatheads and channels on it too in warmer months. Hook the shiner behind the back fin so it stays alive with a few ft leader from the egg sinker/swivel so it swims just off the bottom. It's deadly.

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by gettinNOIZY

Feb 25, 2020 09:23:48 #

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Catch some bluegill or something while you’re out there. Wrap the guts around a hook or stab the chunks on there.

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by SixionZ

Feb 25, 2020 09:23:53 #

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You can also use beef liver, just as good as chicken liver.

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by chanoctexas

Feb 25, 2020 09:23:57 #

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I have the best luck with nightcrawlers.

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by P00PL0S3R

Feb 25, 2020 09:24:01 #

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Cut bait

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by kvin402

Feb 25, 2020 09:24:07 #

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+1 for chicken livers.

So cheap that if you don’t use the whole tub, chuck it into the water as a chum. Next time go fish the same spot. Rinse and repeat for good results.

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by patient_bill

Feb 25, 2020 09:54:26 #

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

Hoss: catfish will eat almost anything as you may have noticed having rejected stink bait yourself! My recommendation is live perch about the size of a man’s hand if you want to catch big ones...Jist sayin...RJS

Feb 26, 2020 00:19:42 #

Egghead

I use fresh cut bait, soaked in the fishes own blood.

Feb 26, 2020 09:55:44 #

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

I can't help you. All I use is Sonny's Stink Bait. Don't smell bad to me. Must just be use to it now.

Feb 26, 2020 10:29:12 #

fast_randy Loc: Blackfoot, Idaho

I mostly use 1/2 a night crawler threaded up on to the line, and a peeled fresh shrimp. Or small chunk of carp meat. And I mostly use a bobber set to the depth of the water. We can have two poles and I love watching those bobbers.

Feb 26, 2020 10:36:50 #

JRK227 Loc: Cedarburg, WI

Nightcrawlers, raw shrimp, live or dead minnows, chicken, fresh cut-bait from panfish or carp....just to name a few. I haven't had much luck with stink bait. I mainly fish for Channel Catfish.

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