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John's Journal... Entry 38, Day 5

Put The Dogs On Catfish

Click to EnlargeYou can chum up cats using dogfood. Use an ice pick to punch two-dozen holes in a can of inexpensive dogfood. The day before you fish, sink the can of dogfood on a rocky, clay or a sandy bottom without mud. By the time fish the next day, the dogfood should have chummed the cats to the spot where you want to catch them.

To chum cats in quicker, purchase the more expensive canned dogfood packed in gravy. Take the ice pick with you when you go fishing, and only punch the holes in the can when you're ready to sink it. The gravy will get out in the water quickly to call cats in faster.

Click to EnlargeWhen you fish small ponds or little lakes, use cheap, dry dogfood. Anchor your boat and every two to three minutes, throw a handful of dogfood out in the water. With this method, bream often show up first, allowing you to catch a mess of bluegills and shellcrackers. In a short time, the catfish will begin to come to the chum, and you can catch the cats.

Mike Handley, a friend of mine, had run out of catfish bait the day before he planned to put out a trotline. He searched through his refrigerator to find anything that might lure in catfish. He used his creative ability and a pack of hot dogs to develop a deadly catfish bait.

Click to Enlarge"I cut the hot dogs into small pieces that would bait well on my hooks," Handley explained. "I put the hot dogs in a quart fruit jar, poured Fish Formula Catfish Lure into the jar to completely cover the hot dogs and let the jar sit overnight.

"The next day I baited my trotline with these Fish-Formula-soaked hotdogs. Within the first two hours, I caught more cats than I'd ever taken before on my trotlines. I immediately went back to the store, bought another pack of hot dogs and another bottle of Fish Formula Catfish Lure, cut up the hot dogs and soaked them in the Fish Formula. I used this bait for a day and a night and caught more catfish than anyone else in the camp using any other type of bait."

Click to EnlargeIf you don't have time to soak hot dogs in a product like some type of catfish lure, you can produce the same effect by using a needle to inject the wieners with the substance.

To learn more about how anglers fish for catfish all across the country, go to Night Hawk Publications' Home Page (www.nighthawkpublications.com), and click on fishing books to see "The Masters Secrets of Catfishing."

 

 

 

Check back each day this week for more about what's the best catfish baits...

Day 1 -Shad Guts, Shrimp Cocktails, Bonito and Leftover Fish Scraps
Day 2 -Get Catfish With Possum, Beef, Kidneys and Livers
Day 3 -Cheese and Honey Sponge Bait, Awful-Smelling Mixture and Bad-Dip Bait
Day 4 -Doughball Delight, Rice, Peanut Butter, Wheat and Soap
Day 5 -Put The Dogs on Catfish

 

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