Ok Can’t Make Up My Mind

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On my Catfish Rods I had 12 pound test line. Went back to 30 pound test because I put them in Holders and wait for a fish to take it. Plus now it takes 3X longer to get up.

Using Stink Bait with Dip Worm and Treble Hook. Was told get better Hook up with Straight Hook.

Started to change it over but thinking I always did good enough with Treble.

Was also told do better using Floats to get Bait off the bottom but once again I’ve been doing just fine on the bottom so why change.

Yes I’ve used Cut Bait, Chicken Livers and Shrimp but have 10 pounds of Stink Bait that works.

Ok great minds?

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[bfishn]

If you're content with what you're doing, don't mess with it. If I was unable to catch shad, I'd fish frozen shad guts way before any prepared bait, then crawlers as a close second. 

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1 hour ago, bfishn said:

If you're content with what you're doing, don't mess with it. If I was unable to catch shad, I'd fish frozen shad guts way before any prepared bait, then crawlers as a close second. 

I tried Crawlers and was catching 50% Carp.

Got a Big Bucket of SSS Blood because that was all I could get at the time but found Sudden Impact punch bait works as good.

My wife gets on to me changing because someone says this works better. How much better can something be that works? LOL 

Took all this time to think it is better to go down 70 yards and fish than where I normally do because been pulling them up a 5 foot bank. This dummy could fall in.

If you check records most Channel Catfish were caught with Shrimp. Yea I was surprised.

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[fishinwrench]

I like a good dip bait for channel cat, either Sonny's or Bowkers.  Any type of real meat (shrimp, liver, cut bait, ect.) just gets messed with by turtles too much.   

If there's a channel cat within a 40ft. circle of where that dip bait worm is thrown, you're gonna get a bite within 10 minutes.   I give it 15 minutes and if no bites then I'll move.   I don't have enough patience to sit on a spot for hours with no bites. 

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If it works, why switch.  Isn’t a treble hook just 3 straight shank hooks?  

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16 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

I like a good dip bait for channel cat, either Sonny's or Bowkers.  Any type of real meat (shrimp, liver, cut bait, ect.) just gets messed with by turtles too much.   

If there's a channel cat within a 40ft. circle of where that dip bait worm is thrown, you're gonna get a bite within 10 minutes.   I give it 15 minutes and if no bites then I'll move.   I don't have enough patience to sit on a spot for hours with no bites. 

I went with SSS because Sonny’s sold out to them. It took awhile for them to realize they needed smaller Tubes. I bought before they realized this.

But picked up some Sudden Impact Punch Bait found it works just as good as Sonny’s with just Treble Hook.

Set up on the bank I don’t move around but after baiting a few times I’m Chumming and Channels come.

Found using Chicken Liver I liked Straight Hooks because I would wrap regular Sewing Thread around couple times and just break it off. After awhile the Thread would build up. Found it was easier to cut off a Straight Hook.

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