Talk Fishing

I recently watched a video that was sort of a round table discussion on fishing with live bait and/or 'people food' like hot dogs, breads, different meats, etc.

When they were discussing catfish, they said it doesn't matter which bait you use but to soak it first in cherry kool-aid. I have never heard that before but they all agreed. Any of you ever soak catfish bait in cherry kool-aid before? Results?


I like to bank fish so not much bass fishing. They seemed to be high on using live frogs when bass fishing. Granted there may be lures and such that work better, but as far as live bait what would you use?

 

I rarely fish with bait. When I do it’s usually when we’ve taken a multi day trip on some river. Then we will just catch some bluegill, or small spotted bass put them on a circle hook and let it ride. Eventually the big cats will find them and pretty much just hook themselves. Kind of like jug fishing.

 

When I was a kid in Florida my brother and I would fish or crab just about every day. I've never heard of anybody soaking bait in cherry kool-aid. I only catch catfish by accident anyway. Not a fan of cleaning those. But my father and his friends would go specifically for catfish. They used chicken livers usually.
There was a borrow hole near our house that had filled with water and someone actually built a small floating dock on it. My brother and I would sit there and catch/release small brim with just line, hook, and little balls of bread.
We would tie chicken pieces to the bottom of our crab nets and take home 2-5gal buckets filled with blue crab. Those things were everywhere. Some old dude told us once to leave the chicken outside overnight and let it get good and rank. But we did just fine without having to deal with nasty rank chicken.
I never had any luck with a casting net or surf fishing. Now I live in the real south and I'm still a bank fisher.

 

Don't drink the Kool-Aid

Since I live by the ocean I felt I had to fish. I gave it up years ago but I kid you not when I say I caught at least 200 sand sharks. Fished the bay with a piece of squid and pulled them in one after another. Good think they don't have teeth. Now days I live one minute from a lake but I don't fresh water fish.

 

There’s nothing stopping you from bass fishing from the bank. Yes, bass do love frogs, snakes, ducklings, small turtles…. Basically anything they can fit in their mouth

 

Kool-aid works, but so does many things in catching catfish, but only certain kind. There are some catfish that actually prefer live bait, and aren't strictly scavengers.
As for bass, I always go by what is a local food source to where I'm fishing, and at least try to replicate that. Example: if I see shad schooling, I go that color, and actions, or spring frog, then that, and so on. It always seems to work