Can I use bass lures on catfish?
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I’VE NEVER BEEN CATFISH FISHING, I HAVE NOTHING BUT BASS LURES AND TACKLE. BESIDES THE LEADERS IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I CAN USE? DO SPINNERS OR BUZZ BAITS OR ANYTHING WORK ON CATFISH?
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Yes catfish eat almost anything. They are scavengers by nature. I recommend H&H double spinners, squrit some crawfish oil on em and fish with them slowly. Better yet get a corke and walk through the woods for a sec and grab some bugs into a can. Also the color of the bugs will tell you what color to use. A pice of lunchmeat on a hook is killer on em also. Good Luck
treble hook and a gob of nightys
I have cought three cats on various lures ine on a original rapala one on a spinnerbait and another on fly fishing gear all legally cought through the lips they hit the lures but this is very rare I would say stick to baits like chicken livers you will likley never catch a cat on bass lures
That is a waste of time. Best bait is a piece of fresh chicken liver, about the size of your thumb nail, on a small hook, fished on the bottom.
Channel cats will take lures with no problem. Crawfish imitators seem most popular.
For any other kind, you will need information from someone living south of me.
The occasionally Cat WILL hit lures but it is rare.
If you really want to target Cats you should use cut-bait or a live shiner fished on the bottom.
Good luck!
I have caught a few on crank baits, but it is very rare. You need to get chicken liver, or some kind of blood bait designed for catfish. I have caught them on minnows as well. But lure fishing for catfish is not something you should do if you are targeting catfish.
Use live bait, cut bait, livers, etc. I have caught catfish on jigs or small spinners while fishing for crappie but it is very rare. The one that amazed me was a nice cat I caught on a large rattle trap while bass fishing.
i have never caught a cat on lures. use the packaged stink bait.
ya but they wont bit on it, buy a box of worms,
All i used to fish for was catfish when i was kid, the best thing you could use is a piece of raw chicken liver, only once had a catfish on a lure.
just go get some treble hooks and a big cork. Bait depends on where you are. Here in Louisiana, I find that crawfish tails work great. It helps to leave the exoskeleton on, though, as it keeps smaller fish from eating the crawfish meat.
I was trolling for walleye last year using a dixie spinner and caught a huge cat. These spinners are also great for bass…overall great lure, check them out.
Why not? catfish eat anything.
use your plastic worms around the dam and rocks during spawning season about may / june time frame in tx. Several of the Bass anglers catch them. Or try your jigs with a pigtail or worm on the end of it.
I have only caught 1 cat on a bass lure. it was a rappala. I found that nightcrawlers work best or chicken/turkey livers. I caught my 68lb Flathead on nightcrawlers.
Id just use a slip sinker rig with a hook and a night crawler or a hunk of chicken liver. you dont need to go out and buy new gear or anything. im sure you probably have everything you need already
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