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Catfish Bait: A66 Special Report On How To Fish For Catfish At Paylakes! And Info On Channel Catfish Click Here!

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There are many anglers who would jump at the chance to catch a trophy catfish but do not have the know how or resources to do so. Pay lakes can solve that issue. Many time these anglers do not have boats or the fishing savvy to hunt for the big catfish in the wild. But many of these anglers never catch a trophy cat because they don’t position themselves correctly to catch these large catfish at these pay lake pounds.

To catch trophy blue catfish, channel catfish, and flathead catfish at pay lakes there’s a few tips and techniques you need to know to be successful. Many times if a pay to fish area has multiple ponds, the pond with the trophy catfish will be separate from the other ponds. Also if there are multiple ponds. chances are one will be stocked with channel catfish in the 1 ½ to 3 lb range specifically for table fare or for the novice fisherman.

Just like in the wild blue catfish , channel catfish , and flathead catfish will relate to structure that is located in the pond. If any where in the pond there is are known submerged debris or tree trunks the big catfish will be close by. Also, if you do not want to compete with other fisherman fish your local pay lakes at night. Get to your local pay lake before dark so you can pick the right spot to catch your trophy catfish. If you can find a submerged stump close to shore that is great because big flathead catfish, channel catfish, and blue catfish cruise the shore lines at night.

There are questions you need to ask the pay lake proprietor before spending your money. First ask to see a list of the types of fish and their weights that are stocked in the ponds. Next if there are multiple ponds get specifics on which pond or ponds hold the trophy catfish. Next ask how deep the ponds are Just a note, the deeper the pond the better. If the pond has a deep hole ask specifically where it is located. Also ask where known submerged structure is located.

The ideal spot to set up for your bait fishing catfish trip in a paylake is 6 to 8ft deep flats near to the deep water. Also find areas with submerged rock and wood cover that are adjacent to the shallower flats and ledges.. Normally the big catfish in pay lakes will be close to lots of cover and the deep water.

The best catfish baits for pay lakes are natural bait fish such as goldfish, creek chubs, and shiners. The ideal size for these baits are 3 to 4 inches in length. If you are targeting large catfish such as blue catfish , channel catfish or flathead catfish in pay lakes you need to have heavy tackle too match your prey. A surf rod 7 to 8ft in length , medium power and either a bait casting or open face reel designed to be spooled with 25lb to 50lb test line. My preference in line type is a fireline.

A catfish fishing rig for a pay lake is a good hardy large slip bobber rig. To make a slip bobber rig slide the bobber stop up the line firs. Next slide your 6” to 8” long slip bobber up the line first. If you are night fishing I recommend you get one with a small battery powered led light on top. This will help see your bobber at night. Next tie on a two way ball bearing swivel to the line. And last tie a 6 to 8” leader with a 6/0 to 7/0 hook. The large hooks are important . Next either fish your catfish bait live by hooking right through or just behind the dorsal fin. Or if you are fishing dead cut bait, cut your bait fish into large chunks and put them on your hook . Make sure the barb of the hook is exposed.

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The channel catfish is often thought of as the smallest of the catfish that are sought after in reservoirs. They may be the smallest but you can catch many 1 ½ to 3lb good eating catfish fairly easy. The channel catfish may be smaller when comparing to the other blue catfish and flathead catfish in reservoirs but channel catfish can grow to well over 50lbs in these freshwater impoundments. You won’t find many of these monsters because channel catfish grow very slowly but they are there. Also catfish catches over 8 lbs are not rare in big reservoirs.

Channel catfish are affected by the seasons and there is enough of a migration with the season changes to make them predictable. As the seasons change you can target different migration areas once you learn where they are. As spring breaks and the water starts to warm you will find channel catfish mixed in with blue catfish chasing a variety of bait fish along the banks. Normaly they will be holding on the windward side. There main food source in early spring are the winter kill of shad. If you can find multiple dead shad in an area most likely there will channel catfish feeding on them. Once the shad kill is depleted the channel catfish will travel up the small tributaries located around the reservoir and will stay there feeding aggressively in a pre-spawn mode until early summer.

The channels will seek out cutbanks, riprap and hold there for unsuspecting bait fish. Channel catfish also love mussels as catfish bait and if you can find sandy flats that hold mussels and that are close to deep water, you can go bait fishing with mussel meat and catch some great table fare. Once the water really warms channel catfish will head back to deep water. They normally do not like open water structure so look for deep water on the main body of the reservoir at the mouth of large creeks and rivers that dump into the reservoir, channel catfish like to hold there. For example if you can find the mouth of creeks and rivers that have structure and is adjacent to deeper water you can catch channel catfish and blue catfish.

Look for points or a bar that drops into the creek near where the creek empties into the main reservoir. Also if you can find a large flat that is close to the opening of the creek you will catch channel catfish. A flat at these locations are ideal setup locations for night fishing for channel catfish and blue catfish.

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Catfish in reservoirs is not a natural occurrence. Although bait fishing for catfish in reservoirs is booming today because of original stocking and migrations of native river catfish into the reservoirs. Reservoir building during the 1950’s, and 1960’s and still today, has opened up a vast water areas for catfisherman. The original habitat of channel catfish, blue catfish, flathead catfish, and white catfish have always been in the river systems of the United States and they still thrive there today.

Reservoirs are water impoundments that get their water supply from rivers that have been dammed. These new water impoundments vary in shape, size, depth, water color, productivity, and potentially many other characteristics. The catfish populations as well as other species come from the migration of the species from tributary feeds, you can bait fish for catfish such as channel catfish, flathead catfish, and blue catfish in some reservoirs, but just about all the reservoirs in the USA hold very good populations of channel catfish.

To catch catfish in reservoirs takes some practice because natural habitat and structure is abundant in reservoirs. To catch catfish you need to understand the reservoir you intend to fish. It important you get your self a Topographical maps of the reservoir. They can normally be obtained from The army core of engineers. Many times local bait shops also have maps. Also paying attention to the catfishes food chain is important. For example reservoirs almost always hold large populations of shad. If you can find the shad schools you will locate some blue catfish, and channel catfish. Normally flathead catfish don’t follow the shad schools. One key indicator there are shad near is multiple birds flying around. This a good way to locate shad schools for bait fishing for catfish. If you are looking for trophy catfish then reservoirs are where you need to fish. Blue catfish, channel catfish, and flathead catfish grow extremely large in reservoirs. Catching a blue catfish over 30lbs is not uncommon.

Another key factor to catch catfish in reservoirs in understanding where the original series of channels were located. Catfish will remain a river fish instinctively even in reservoirs even in reservoirs. There will be good populations of channel catfish, flathead catfish, and blue catfish living in structure that is close to the original creek and river channels.

To catch flatheads locate areas near the original river channel or original creek channels. Flathead catfish are not a roaming catfish like the blue catfish. If you intend to go bait fishing for flathead catfish you will need to find there location. These fish will not move far.

To catch blue catfish in reservoirs head to areas that have current flow, and to where the shad schools are located. Blue catfish do not hold as tight to the original channels as do flathead catfish, but the will still be located in these areas. If you are going bait fishing for blue catfish you can use live catfish bait or dead cut bait, the blues like either. Their favorite food sources are oily schooling fish such as threadfin shad, gizzard shad, and skipjack herring. If you can locate the shad schools in reservoirs you could have a outstanding day of fishing.

To catch channel catfish in reservoirs you can fish anywhere in the reservoir where there is adequate catfish habitat. If there is a better spot for channel catfish on a reservoir it would be far up small tributaries adjacent to the main reservoir. They are like the blue catfish and they will feed on live baits such as shad and crayfish, mussels or cut bait. If you plan to bait fish for channel catfish through line just outside the current in structure areas channel catfish are like flathead catfish and do not prefer to stay in current.

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There are 10′s of thousands of catfish anglers who seek catfish baits that will put them ahead of their competition. Well to find the best cat fish bait you need to understand how different species of catfish such as channel catfish and blue catfish make decisions on what they want to eat.

Catfish have over 175,000 taste buds all over their bodies. They also have multiple barbels around their mouths that ate used to taste and smell their food. Catfish also hear sounds at a much higher frequency then other game fish. Catfish and bait fish minnows hear better then even game fish like the mighty large mouth bass. The reason their hearing is so incredible is because they have  weberian ossicles, which are bony structures that connect the swim bladder to the inner ear. There is also research that suggests that catfish have what all fisherman refer to as the “sixth sense”. This sixth sense is found un very few animals. The six sense allows the catfish to detect weak electrical fields produced by living organisms, as well as some non living sources. This sense helps them detect prey in muddy or cloudy waters, and is why they can detect your catfish fish bait at night so easily. Catfish are extremely sensitive fish and if you can learn how to attract catfish with catfish bait that stirs there senses you will be amazed how much you can increase your catch of catfish.

If you really want to increase your chances of having multiple catfish attack your catfish bait then you need to learn  the art of chumming. Chumming for catfish can be delivered in a variety of methods, but the main reason it is used is to arouse the catfish’s sense of smell. Catfish like to roam for food so if you can get them to congregate around your chum location you will catch multiple catfish if you use the right catfish bait. There are a number of things you can use for chum but one of the best I have used with great success is all types of catfish guts and blood. When you are getting your cut bait together keep all the guts and blood and put it in plastic bags and tie them off. Next place them in a mesh bag and lower it to the bottom. Drop one catfish bait as close to the chumming bag as you can , and the other fishing rigs approximately 10ft away from the bag.

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Catfish are an amazing and adaptive game fish that are also excellent table fare. They can thrive in small pounds as well as the strong tail waters of some large river systems. They can eat day and night either animal mater or vegetable mater and you can you can learn to use either as a catfish bait. Catfish can live in water temperatures approaching 100 degrees or live comfortably under the ice, and continue feeding in either habitat condition. You are probably wondering how they can do that? Well we are going to discuss a few of the reasons in our article today.

In order for catfish to survive and adapt to such extreme habitat conditions they need to have a special anatomy. The catfish has a highly sensitive nervous system that includes a elaborate taste system. Many pro catfish anglers know and understand this fact about catfish and prepare their catfish bait that will stimulate the big and smaller catfish’s tasting senses. Catfish also have good sight and great hearing. The catfish needs their sensitive nervous system to be able to adapt to so many different habitats.

Scientists have given the extremely sensitive senses a special name that combines all of their acute senses together. This unique name is called chemoreception, and includes a combination of the catfishes smell,taste,feel,vision, and hearing. The chemoreception of catfish is critical to the catfish if they are to survive by ,avoiding predators, locating fish the species as them, and reproduction at spawning time.

The catfish’s sense of taste is incredible. For example the channel catfish can actually taste your catfish bait from 15 feet away! Catfish have openings on both sides of there nose and they are called “nares” These nares lead to small channels inside the catfish called folds. Catfish have more then 140 folds which enable them to taste foods from such long distances. Many catfish anglers use this to their advantage when they are concocting their special secret catfish baits. Also chumming is a very successful way to attract catfish to your area because of the catfishes exception taste buds.

The catfish is built for taste. On their head they have 7 taste buds per square millimeter. On their barbells (whiskers) they have 25 taste buds per square millimeter, On their lips they have 10 taste buds per square millimeter. On their mouth the catfish has 5 to 25 taste buds per square millimeter. On their gills they have 7 taste buds per square millimeter with some areas as high as 50 taste buds per square millimeter. Over all the catfish has 20,000 internal taste buds, and externally they have 175,000 taste buds. The bottom line this fish species is flat built for taste!

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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.

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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.

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One of the best catfish baits that works consistently to catch blue catfish or channel catfish is a bait fish called chub minnows. There are some tips I recommend tat work very well for me when I use chub minnows for my catfish bait selection.

There are a couple of way to prepare chubs to be used to catch catfish. You can either fish chubs live, as a whole dead bait drifting or trolling or as a cut bait. I have used all three methods as catfish bait, with good success, but the most consistent method used in different water conditions has been using chubs as cutbait fished from a three way swivel fishing rig.

To make cut bait from chub minnows catch or purchase at leaste 2 dozen 3 inch to  6 inch  chub minnows. Keep your chubs alive with cool aireated water until it is time to use them for catfish bait. In the next step I recommend you use a fillet knife. Take the three chub minnows from the bait bucket and cut them into 1″ wide chunks.

If you want to drift or troll with dead chub minnows hook them by pushing the 5/0 hook through the mouth and up through the back. To hook your chunks of chub minnow catfish bait, push the barb into the chunk up the shank of the 5/0 hook. Make sure the barb is exposed. To make a three way swivel catfish bait fishing rig is very simple.

Step #1 Tie a three way swivel to your fishing line using a Palomar knot.

Step #2 Tie a 8″ steel leader to the open eye oppisite the eye you tied your line too.

Step # 3 Clip a number 5/0 hook into the leader.

Step #4 Tie a Carolina catfish fishing rig to the open eye on the three way swivel that is pointing downward.

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Any good old catfish angler won’t give up his secrets about what he uses for catfish bait easily, but many would agree the blood baits work very well if they were asked if blood baits would catch a good mess of blue catfish or channel catfish. This catfish bait works especially well in waters with a current. The current will Carry the smell of the for 100′s of yards and attract catfish to your catfish blood bait. But Their are ways to get the blood flowing say to speak in not current water areas that work very well too. For example if make a about 3 or for casts to points on a triangle allowing your catfish bait to continually bounce off the bottom as you reel it in you are going to attract any catfish in the area.

How to make blood catfish bait:

Step 1

Go to a local slaughterhouse and get yourself some fresh blood. You will need to get enough to fill a good size baking pan at least 3/4″ deep. Poor the blood into the baking pan and place it into the refrigerator.

Step 2

Let the pan sit in the refrigerator until the blood bait mass feels almost like a rubber surface. This may take up to 5 to 7 days time.

 

Step 3

Now comes the easy part for you. Take your blood bait pan out of the refrigerator on a very hot and sunny day. elevate it above the ground so no critters can get into it. Let your blood bait pan sit in the sun all day until the top of the blood surface gets a hard surface. Next you will want to cut the pan into 2 inch squares and fill small plastic bags with no more then 3 squares each. The last thing you then want to do is put your plastic bags back into the refrigerator until you are ready to use them for catfish bait at a later date.

 

How to hook blood catfish bait:

Step 1

Get the spool of fishing line you intend to use for your catfish bait. Make sure it is no less then 12lb test line. Tie one end of the line to a 3/0 treble hook and the other end of the line to a barrel swivel the large size.

Step 2

Get your self some pipe cleaners and skin the fuzz all the way off. Now you want to take one end of the wire and bent it up like a hook and place the hook in the open eye of the barrel swivel.

Step 3

Take One Of the 2 inch square pieces of blood catfish bait and pierce a hole in it with the strait end of the light gauge wire. Next pull the wire and the leader through the hole you pierced and impale the treble hook into the blood bait.

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Most people think catfish eat only stick and rotted baits and blood baits but that could not be further from the truth. Yes, cat fish do like stink and rotted catfish baits and catfish blood baits in certain fishing situations but these baits ar not there primary food source. Here’s a few examples of catfish baits that all catfish species will eat on a daily basis that work well when fishing them as live bait or as dead bait ,or cut bait, and they include such baits as nightcrawlers, suckers, chubs, shiners, goldfish, shad, skipjack herring, bluegills, catalpa worms, grasshoppers, leopard frogs, bullfrogs as cutbait, waterdogs, adult salamanders, crayfish, saltwater shrimp, clams, and blood baits.

Actually a catfish’s daily diet is mainly live bait and consists of about 90% of there food intake daily. Probably because these foods are readily available in there food chain. It is a myth to think that catfish only consume dead cut baits,stink baits and blood baits although like i stated above these baits will work in certain fishing situations.

Catfish are aggressive night feeders and become extremely active at night. Some very large trophy catfish have been caught during the night hours. Don’t think that you have to go fishing for catfish only at night though. Catfish will bite during the day also but not as aggressively as at night. When the water temperature hits 70 degrees Fahrenheit you can expect some great catfish action during the day or night. This is the temperature that catfish prefer. The catfish bait we are going to talk about in this article will pertain only to channel catfish and blue catfish but some of these baits will work occasionally to catch flathead catfish also. Just to give you some insight, we want to discuss briefly the three main types of catfish.

 

The channel catfish is very common and has a range from the northern to southern united states. They are blueish gray in color and often have spots along the sides of their bodies. The tail has a deep fork, and the anal fin is shorter and rounder then the bluecat. The world record channel catfish weighed 58 pounds and was taken from the Santee-Cooper Reservoir in South Carolina, July 7, 1964. Channel catfish grow very slowly and a channel often takes over over 9 years to reach a weight over 5lbs. Channel catfish are very tasty and a 1 1/2lb to 3lb fish is excellent table fare. This catfish species will hit on live bait, or dead cutbait as well as prepared catfish bait and also blood catfish baits.

The record blue catfish was caught in may of 2005 in the Mississippi River and weighed in at 124 lbs. The blue catfish grows much faster then the channel catifsh and sizes in the 20lb range are not uncommon. Blue catfish love cut bait from large shiner minnows, sunfish, suckers, and carp, but blues will also hit on live baits as well. They also love blood baits and stink baits in special fishing situations. The blue catfish is typically a blueish gray color simalar to the channel catfish but without any spots. Also blue catfish has a much longer anal fin then the channel catfish.

The flathead also has other names such as the yellow cat, opelousas, and shovelhead cat. The flathead catfish can be fond in areas west of the Appalachian Mountains, in large rivers and their basins of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio. Their range goes as far north as North Dakota, and as far west as Arizona, and south to the Gulf of Mexico including northeastern Mexico. The shovelhead catfish can grow very large and will consume catfish bait primarily live bait. In some areas of the south they are a undesirable fish because they love to feed on bream and large flatheads can wipe out populations of these fish. But in many areas they are considered a prize gamefish because they grow so large. The record shovelhead was caught May 14, 1998 from Elk City Reservoir, Kansas and weighed 123 lb 9 oz. Shovelheads like to hide in deep pools, in lakes,and large slow-moving rivers. The flathead catfish has a wide flat looking head very small eyes and are very brownish color. They have more of a square tail and their jaw protrudes beyond the upper jaw.

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