smokehound
07-12-2010, 02:46 AM
http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/171/catfish-nutrition-feeds
Consider using the ingredients on that page to make your own catfish dough-bait.
This may indeed be the key to a better catfish bait.
Catfish are actually one of the more intelligent species of fish. It could be that, like any fish, they got wise to it, and are waiting for their regular food to return before they forget!
in case that page is hard on the eyes, here are some of the more prominent ingredients...
Soybeans-- preferably Full-fat Soybeans.--- Reportedly Tasty to catfish.
Cottonseed Oil-- Also tasty
blood meal, and bone meal-- a common addition to most fish foods in ALL forms.
Wheat middlings-- Used to bind the feed. Should be useful for a dough-bait.
try those ingredients. they might just save you from a skunk when all else fails.
Consider using the ingredients on that page to make your own catfish dough-bait.
This may indeed be the key to a better catfish bait.
Catfish are actually one of the more intelligent species of fish. It could be that, like any fish, they got wise to it, and are waiting for their regular food to return before they forget!
in case that page is hard on the eyes, here are some of the more prominent ingredients...
Soybeans-- preferably Full-fat Soybeans.--- Reportedly Tasty to catfish.
Cottonseed Oil-- Also tasty
blood meal, and bone meal-- a common addition to most fish foods in ALL forms.
Wheat middlings-- Used to bind the feed. Should be useful for a dough-bait.
try those ingredients. they might just save you from a skunk when all else fails.