Trotline bait

[Ryder]

cheese. or hotdogs.

I have used hodogs a lot with set poles or just a rod. Had my bait in a plastic bag one night by me on the bank. Went to sleep and was rudely awakened by something running over me. Nutria or big rat.
Like to have scared my liver out.

[LRTX1]

http://www.fishbites.com/shop/product.p ... =117&cat=0

I have not tried this particular product, but have used other stuff they make with good success

[Ouachita]

Lamb heart. First time I ever baited 25 hooks and had 25 fish. They can't get it off the hook like liver. If they want it, they gotta take it, hook and all. Small chunks do well, and often get multiple uses

[Brute 23]

Tried cut shad - nothing. Tried soap - caught 2 so far

I use them whole... don't cut any thing up when I am setting lines.

The only reason we use perch and shad is because we can throw a net or set a perch trap and catch as many as we need.

[backhoeboogie]

He!! I didn't know you used anything else but perch for flathead's.

Flatheads are what I am after. If it doesn't wiggle, they won't bite. Perch is all I use. Occasional crawfish. Polywads were great until they told me what the fine was.

[JSCATTLE]

He!! I didn't know you used anything else but perch for flathead's.

Flatheads are what I am after. If it doesn't wiggle, they won't bite. Perch is all I use. Occasional crawfish. Polywads were great until they told me what the fine was.

If polywads are the same as mud cat it's not illegal to use them for bait . I have a friend that's a game warden and we fish together. I ask him and he said they aren't a game fish .

[Caustic Burno]

Will the real outlaw hunter and fisherman please stand up.

That's you Space Cowboy.
The worst outlaw's make the best game warden's.

[JSCATTLE]

Will the real outlaw hunter and fisherman please stand up.

That's you Space Cowboy.
The worst outlaw's make the best game warden's.

You can also look it up on the Internet . I just spent 30 mins researching before I said anything . Just to make sure I wasn't telling on someone .But you are right they do seem to always know the other wardens where a outs and secdule

[Caustic Burno]

Will the real outlaw hunter and fisherman please stand up.

That's you Space Cowboy.
The worst outlaw's make the best game warden's.

You can also look it up on the Internet . I just spent 30 mins researching before I said anything . Just to make sure I wasn't telling on someone .But you are right they do seem to always know the other wardens where a outs and secdule

I wasn't talking about the mud cat's.

I was talking about your hunting buddy, bird's of a feather flock together.

[JSCATTLE]

I see how you wanna be lol !!

[backhoeboogie]

Yes they are mud cat. There's a 100 names for them I guess. Little cats that never get much over 10 inches. They last the longest on the trotline and flatheads love 'em. We had a stock tank full of them. You could fill a perch trap overnight and be set for a week. The drought dried up that stock tank last year for the first time in over 30 years. Hence, it looks as tho they are no longer an option anyway.

[JSCATTLE]

Yes they are mud cat. There's a 100 names for them I guess. Little cats that never get much over 10 inches. They last the longest on the trotline and flatheads love 'em. We had a stock tank full of them. You could fill a perch trap overnight and be set for a week. The drought dried up that stock tank last year for the first time in over 30 years. Hence, it looks as tho they are no longer an option anyway.

I had a pond full too . The pond dried up completely last year . I was walking around it a couple days ago and saw hundreds of baby mud cat balled up along the bank . They looked like tad poles but I splashed some out on the bank and it was catfish . I guess the eggs stayed in the dirt because there isn't any run off to the pond .

[backhoeboogie]

Yes they are mud cat. There's a 100 names for them I guess. Little cats that never get much over 10 inches. They last the longest on the trotline and flatheads love 'em. We had a stock tank full of them. You could fill a perch trap overnight and be set for a week. The drought dried up that stock tank last year for the first time in over 30 years. Hence, it looks as tho they are no longer an option anyway.

I had a pond full too . The pond dried up completely last year . I was walking around it a couple days ago and saw hundreds of baby mud cat balled up along the bank . They looked like tad poles but I splashed some out on the bank and it was catfish . I guess the eggs stayed in the dirt because there isn't any run off to the pond .

That makes me wonder about mine

[slick4591]

I've heard that the mud cats can bury themselves in the mud and make it through a drought.