05-31-2006, 03:55 AM
Well, your first mistake was trying fresh cut bait for channel cats. Channels are scavengers, not predators like it's two big cousins the Flathead and the Blue; even though the blue eats it's fair share of dead food as well.
I've used every bait there is for channels, everything from Ivory soap to hotdogs, and the most productive bait for them is good ole' chicken livers. I've heard so much crap about this or that stink bait works the best, or i've got a recipe for this or that, give me a break. Sure some of that stuff might work, but you can get yourself a $1.99 container of chicken liver and slap that on a 6/0 kahle hook and you're good to go. Something else that works really well are Canadian Night Crawlers, the big fat ones. [cool]
Give the chicken livers a try, I promiss they'll work. Make sure you're fishing in a deep hole with structure, that's where they hang out. Good luck
[signature]
I've used every bait there is for channels, everything from Ivory soap to hotdogs, and the most productive bait for them is good ole' chicken livers. I've heard so much crap about this or that stink bait works the best, or i've got a recipe for this or that, give me a break. Sure some of that stuff might work, but you can get yourself a $1.99 container of chicken liver and slap that on a 6/0 kahle hook and you're good to go. Something else that works really well are Canadian Night Crawlers, the big fat ones. [cool]
Give the chicken livers a try, I promiss they'll work. Make sure you're fishing in a deep hole with structure, that's where they hang out. Good luck
[signature]