Catfish Bait Recipes

Summer is the best time to go fishing. There are a lot of people out there with a lot of fishing lines in the water all the time. However, many of them opine that catfish bait recipes are very difficult to make, and hence use baits that readily available in the market. The only negative point about homemade bait recipes is that they do stink a lot, to the extent that you will have to keep your nose covered all the time. Catfish baits stink, as catfish have a sense of smell which puts the human sense of smell to shame. This smell are all riled up and sends the catfish into hunting frenzy and they come straight to the hook to be caught by you. Making catfish baits is not a difficult task and does not require a lot of preparation either. We will now see some recipes to make baits.

Easy Catfish Bait Recipes

The eyesight of the catfish is very poor, but catfish are known to find food using their sense of smell, which is very powerful. Hence, when you use any of the bait recipes, it is important you ensure that the bait smells strong enough to grab their attention. Click to read on fishing bait tips.

Bait Recipe 1

Ingredients

• Old Moldy Cheese 1 pound
• Chicken Livers 8 ounces
• Cornstarch cup
• Baking Soda cup
• Cornmeal cup
• Garlic Powder cup

Method

• Cut each of the chicken liver into 4 pieces, but do not throw away the blood and mix it with cheese.
• Add cornstarch, baking soda and cornmeal to the cheese and liver mixture.
• Now is the time to add garlic powder to the mixture, add water and make pizza consistency dough with it.
• Now shape the dough into meatball size balls and place them on a cookie sheet covered with wax paper.
• Drizzle chicken blood over the bait balls and let the balls absorb the blood.
• Then liberally sprinkle garlic powder over all the balls.
• If you are not going fishing any time soon, then you can place the bait balls in plastic bags in the refrigerator.

Bait Recipe 2

Ingredients

• Hog Liver 1
• Minced Garlic 1 large jar
• Garlic Salt 1 large jar

Method

• Cut the liver into small bait size pieces.
• In a large mixing bowl, add minced garlic to the liver pieces and mix well, so that all the pieces are well covered with garlic.
• Let the mixture stand in the refrigerator overnight.
• Remove from the refrigerator and mix well again.
• Now add garlic salt to cover all the meat and mix well.
• Let the mixture stand for a few hours, so that the salt soaks in well into the meat.
• Add the remaining garlic salt and mix well again.
• Divide the entire mixture into small bags, which you will carry with yourself, when you fishing. Let the remaining stay in the refrigerator.

Bait Recipe 3

Ingredients

• Tuna Fish 3 cans
• Minced Garlic 1 teaspoon
• Cheese stick

Method

• In a bowl mix tuna fish, minced garlic and cheese together.
• Stir till you are about to make dough with it.
• Make small balls and refrigerate them for a few hours, before you go out fishing.

For more information, read on

• Fishing Tips and Tricks
• How to Catch Catfish

Along with these catfish bait recipes, you can also make use of frozen shrimp, shrimp paste, raw fish, stinky cheese, sardines, anchovies, etc. to make baits as well. You can also be creative and try out different combinations to make baits. All you will have to ensure is that the baits are stinky enough for the catfish to be attracted.