Homemade Catfish Bait Recipe vs. Catfish Power Bait

Many of you either use homemade catfish bait recipes or purchase catfish power bait when angling for Mr. Whiskers. Which is better will depend on where you fish and what you are trying to catch, (channel, flathead, or blue). Catfish will eat almost anything that smells and you can do well with both of the above.

It has been my experience that once you find the catfish bait recipe for your local you will have more luck and your stinger will fill faster than with prepared bait.  The problem is this can take a lot of experimentation and have you coming home with little or no fish until you find that combination. Catfish bait recipes can be found all over the internet and I am pretty sure they work for that person in that local.  If making your own bait is something you want to do you can research the internet, prepare and test the recipes or you can purchase Marc Simms  “Catfish Bait Recipes” for $19.95. He has 20 recipes that he believes are sure to catch that cat. I have had some success with one of the recipes but to be honest I rarely make my own bait.

Catfish power baits or prepared baits have never seemed to work that well for me. Sure I have caught some small cats and a carp or two using the prepared baits but have never seen consistent action. With that said, they are easy to use and stay on the hook pretty well. When I have the kids with me a lot of times this is what they have on their hooks. If you do decide to use prepared bait I like Berkley’s catfish power bait.

What I really have success with is something I wasn’t going to mention in this post but would feel guilty if I did not. LIVE BAIT WORKS BEST FOR BIG CATS.  Ok I said it. More on this another time.

Good Luck and may your stringer always be full.