I dont care what you say the best thing to do is buy a throw net learn online how to throw it properly and catch the bait the catfish in your area are already feeding on and use it as cut bait or whole live on limb lines. In my neck of the woods its shad, and what i am going to tell you next is the single most important thing of the whole paragraph. When using shad for cut bait the shad must be alive when you cut it i repeat the shad must be alive when you cut it and put it on your hook. If your shad die throw them out and go catch more. When shad die they secrete some type of oil that turn the fish off sure the little ones might bite it but if you want to catch them hogs they will not touch it if it's dead before you cut it. they must be alive so you can't go to the bait shop and buy the Frozen shad and expect those forty pound blue to bite. They to have to be alive when you cut them I can't stress this enough those of you who pay attention to this or about to be extremely rewarded in your catfishing to come. good days on the water to all. One more thing if one is dead throw him out, dont leave him in with the others and invest in some of that blue water stuff for bait fish.
I dont care what you say the best thing to do is buy a throw net learn online how to throw it properly and catch the bait the catfish in your area are already feeding on and use it as cut bait or whole live on limb lines. In my neck of the woods its shad, and what i am going to tell you next is the single most important thing of the whole paragraph. When using shad for cut bait the shad must be alive when you cut it i repeat the shad must be alive when you cut it and put it on your hook. If your shad die throw them out and go catch more. When shad die they secrete some type of oil that turn the fish off sure the little ones might bite it but if you want to catch them hogs they will not touch it if it's dead before you cut it. they must be alive so you can't go to the bait shop and buy the Frozen shad and expect those forty pound blue to bite. They to have to be alive when you cut them I can't stress this enough those of you who pay attention to this or about to be extremely rewarded in your catfishing to come. good days on the water to all. One more thing if one is dead throw him out, dont leave him in with the others and invest in some of that blue water stuff for bait fish.