December 28, 2009
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One of the best catfish baits for blue catfish and channel catfish is what is commonly called cutbait. Dead bait is also categorized as cutbait and either one of these types of catfish bait work great to catch a mess of good eating size catfish.
One of the most common dead baits that many catfish anglers use are creek chubs. You can hook creek chubs as a dead bait or cut them up and use them as cut bait. There are many methods you could use to fish creek chubs and one excellent method used to fish them dead and whole is to thread them. To thread your creek chub tie a your fishing line to a bait needle then push it through the mouth and out the side near the tail. Next pull the need all the way through until you have enough slack to tie on a treble hook. After you have tied on the treble pull the fishing line back until you impel one of the barbs into the flesh. Let the other two hooks exposed.
Another way to use bait fish as catfish bait is by using what is called plug-cut bait fish. Plug cutting is when you cut the head off of a bait fish such as a creek chub at an angle.then then gut the bait fish. You want to hook your plug cut bait fish such as a creek chub with a fishing rig that is called a mooching fishing rig. The first thing you want to do with your mooching rig is push the back hook through the body and out the side. Next push the front hook through the back so it pierces the backbone and adjust the hook to take up some but not all of the slack. A mooching fishing rig works best for drift fishing or a very slow troll where you want your catfish bait to roll. A mooching fishing rig is a excellent way to catch so catfish especially in a shallow lake where drift fishing is common.
Another catfish bait that works great to catch blue catfish or channel catfish is using shad cut into chunks. Get you a large shad and cut it into 1 to 2 wide chunks. Use a 4/0 to 5/0 hook. Push the hook through the back portion of the chunk and leave plenty of hook exposed. You can also fish with skipjack herring and other oily fish the same way.
I have had a great time writing this article we hope you enjoyed our information about cut bait for catfish. Have a great day!
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December 24, 2009
Catfish Bait: article # 17 Find Out How To Use Suckers As Your Cutbait Selection For Catfish Click Here!
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one of the most popular catfish bait that many catfish fisherman use is cutbait. There are so many ways and types of cut bait , We could never mention them all in this article. Some of the more popular catfish baits cut up and used are fishes such as creek chubs, suckers, skipjack herring and shad. There are many ways to fish these bait fish as catfish bait. We will just a few in our article.
(1.) Using Skipjack herring as catfish bait.
Skipjack herring is a common cutbait if you live and fish for catfish in the mississipi river delta areas in Louisana, or Mississippi. To fish with Skipjack herring cut them into 1 or 2 inch strips and use a 5/0 or 6/0 catfish hook tied on either a fixed sinker rig or a slip sinker rig.
(2.) Using creek chubs as catfish bait.
You can fish creek chubs whole without the head for large catfish. For smaller catfish in the 2 to 10lb range you can cut them into 1/2″ or 1″ wide chunks with smaller 1 to 1/0 hooks for channel catfish. You can also use just use a simple split shot rig with light tackle if you want to have some great fun!
(3.) Using suckers as catfish bait.
You can use large suckers without their heads for larger catfish using 5/0 or 6/0 hook on a fixed sinker rig, a slip sinker rig, or a slip bobber rig. You can also cut them into to 1/2″ or 1″ strips and fish them for smaller catfish.
(3.) Using shad as catfish bait.
Small gizzard shad work ideally for catfish and you can fish them whole for blue catifsh or channel catfish. You can also cut a larger shad up into 1″ to 2″ strips then use a 2/0 to 6/0 hook for fishing shad on a fixed sinker fishing rig, slip sinker fishing rig, or a slip bobber rig.
Catfish baits such as the ones listed in our article such as suckers, chubs,skipjack herring and shad are used throughout the north and the south to catch blue catfish and channel catfish.
Well that concludes my article about catfish cutbait. Have a great day and the the best of luck to you on your next fishing trip
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