"Earth!" 503 Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 right men. there is a small lake near me,full of crusian and also apparently holds a few catfish. ive never caught or fished for catfish, what do you lads that do fish for them suggest what bait i should use?? Quote Link to post
hullhunter 219 Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 right men. there is a small lake near me,full of crusian and also apparently holds a few catfish. ive never caught or fished for catfish, what do you lads that do fish for them suggest what bait i should use?? bar.of.soap.it.works.for.the.tribes Quote Link to post
Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Big dead baits or even heard of calfs liver Quote Link to post
Teddd 84 Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 youll take them no bother on some fishy type 18/20mm boilies :thumbs: Quote Link to post
"Earth!" 503 Posted June 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Big dead baits or even heard of calfs liver i did think of a smelly dead bait as like ive wrote, it only holds crusian carp. does liver work well? fresh liver? Quote Link to post
ivebeen 176 Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Anything meaty and stinky will catch em! Chicken livers is popular, ive had decent luck using other fish dead or alive, including goldfish, mackrel, sardine, anchovy.. Quote Link to post
long dogs 580 Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 pigs liver, makrels head, hallabat pellets some take boilies Quote Link to post
Moby 0 Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 what always used to work well for us was 22mm halibut pellet but by far the most exciting is a livebait fished about ten inch under the surface. Quote Link to post
steve66 3,361 Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 what always used to work well for us was 22mm halibut pellet but by far the most exciting is a livebait fished about ten inch under the surface. Thought they were bottom feeders Quote Link to post
ivebeen 176 Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 what always used to work well for us was 22mm halibut pellet but by far the most exciting is a livebait fished about ten inch under the surface. Thought they were bottom feeders They are. I usually drop it to the bottom. Quote Link to post
keymac88 8 Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 I took my 57lb with half tin luncheon meat they love it Quote Link to post
Moby 0 Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 what always used to work well for us was 22mm halibut pellet but by far the most exciting is a livebait fished about ten inch under the surface. Thought they were bottom feeders no i have caught many cats just under the surface like this Quote Link to post
neilnbeanie 10 Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 What i would do mate is find out exactly what other species are in the lake, then you need to decide if you dont mind catching some of these in between or not. If you only want cats, I would go for, fresh pigs liver, squid, leeches (buy online) or live or deadbait (Pike?) if allowed. If you dont mind other fish in between i would go for big lumps of luncheon meat, fishy boilies, 22mm halibut pellets (soak them in oil 1st) and bunches of lobworms. As a rule of thumb the hotter the weather, the higher up in the water they tend to feed, on really hot summer nights i have seen them crashing about on the surface taking chicks and ducks. They all seem to love trout pellet so its a good idea to fish your bait over them as a sort of groundbait. Good luck mate, if you need any more information let me know, remember to use good strong hooks and plenty of good line, your going to need it ATB, Neil. 3 Quote Link to post
"Earth!" 503 Posted June 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 What i would do mate is find out exactly what other species are in the lake, then you need to decide if you dont mind catching some of these in between or not. If you only want cats, I would go for, fresh pigs liver, squid, leeches (buy online) or live or deadbait (Pike?) if allowed. If you dont mind other fish in between i would go for big lumps of luncheon meat, fishy boilies, 22mm halibut pellets (soak them in oil 1st) and bunches of lobworms. As a rule of thumb the hotter the weather, the higher up in the water they tend to feed, on really hot summer nights i have seen them crashing about on the surface taking chicks and ducks. They all seem to love trout pellet so its a good idea to fish your bait over them as a sort of groundbait. Good luck mate, if you need any more information let me know, remember to use good strong hooks and plenty of good line, your going to need it ATB, Neil. thanks for that advise neil, ive never fished for them. the lake is 3/4 football pitch size and an island in the middle. the ONLY other fish are crussian carp. what bait SHOULD i have the best chance?? Quote Link to post
ivebeen 176 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 STINKY FISH ANCHOVY, SARDINE, MACKREL... ANY SMALL BAITFISH... PORK LIVER, CHICKEN LIVER, BEEF LIVER... People catch catfish on everything.... WORMS, CHEESE, MARSHMALLOWS EVEN! Quote Link to post
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