The Truth About Strawberry Jello Chicken Catfish Bait
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- If you fish for catfish, you want the best catfish bait. Sometimes the best catfish bait is fish you can catch, but sometimes the best catfishing bait can be chicken. Many catfish fishermen have found that strawberry Jello chicken catfish bait is the best catfish bait for those who want a simple easy to use catfish bait. Using chicken for catfish bait is a good choice, and it will catch fish.
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I met you in Louisville this year and we were talking about using chicken. I still use chicken, bluegill and shad. Chicken is still my favorite.
Glad we got to chat!!
I have been using strawberry chicken for years and it works great. If you are fishing from a boat it's fantastic but there is a negative side. If you are fishing from the bank turtles also love it and you will catch a lot of them. So, i shy away from strawberry jello chicken when i fish from the bank.
Wonderful wonderful channel. Keep it up love the enthusiasm, the analytics the logistics and the overall effort you put into making these videos !!!!
Can catfish see color? I'd only assume as to why they would go for the jello chicken because it imitates a bleeding bait. Correct me if I'm wrong though. I've actually never even tried that method before, so I went out and bought the cheapest chicken liver I could find and a few packets of strawberry jello. I'm going to try it probably on Saturday and see what happens.
I don’t know if they actually can. Nice heads different ideas on that. I do know that is most lakes and rivers that are stained, it’s almost completely dark below 20’….
Would this vary at all with channel cats? That's mostly what I have around where I live.
Channel cats love it!!!
Have you salt water brined your chicken before fishing with it?
Dang! I've been doing it backwards....I've been using catfish to catch free-range chickens!
Thanks for the honesty Mr. Melhorn - I have difficulty getting fresh bait in the DC area, and raw chicken (Jello or with garlic powder) has been my go-to for blue cats this past winter and current spring.
You are who these videos are designed for!!
We've had great luck with Chicken bait. Last year we, my brother and I, caught over 1000 catfish using it in our highly over fished local lake. Our area frowns on cut bait but we are able to catch shad through the summer and have had some luck with those as well. The shad was really hit and miss on bites but I also had my best day, 28 catfish, using shad when they wouldn't touch the chicken. So we tend to pack a variety of stuff to toss but our go to has been cherry kool aid or strawberry jello soaked chicken.
Great feedback.....thanks!!
"Any grocery store is a bait shop" My new favorite catfishing line.
I always take strawberry jello chicken with me. I’ve caught so many cats on this with no rhyme or reason to the size of the fish. I caught a white bass on a santee copper rig with this on the hook a week ago which made zero sense but I’ll take it!
lmao
I believe there is one ultimate TEST left to do.
Cut Bait vs Strawberry Jello Cut Bait.
Think about it
Happy Fishing
We use the strawberry jello and load it up with garlic powder maybe give that a try and see how that works out
Hey Dave I always used garlic powder on my chicken and night crawlers too and mealworms as a combination mix on the hook
Always add the garlic powder, or the oil from that minced garlic in a jar. I tend to throw a cherry or tropical punch Kool-Aid for the color. My mom always said it made it look like blood and that made the fish excited. No idea how valid that theory is but it seems to work
Would love to see you do a side by side with jello chicken and regular chicken.
Since chicken became pretty much a mainstay in my bait rotation a few years back, both my kayak and bank fishing tackle boxes have a small bottle of hand sanitizer in them. Different baits are available in their respective regions but since chicken happens to be “universal,” I appreciate you sharing this information given it’s part of your livelihood. Now, if I could only find a catfish bait that wasn’t also a favorite of snapping turtles…
Those annoying turtle!
Hand sanitizer is a great option!
Bacon .....that is the softshell magnet here in Marion County Florida
Turtles don't like lead too much ;)
I feel for you as I netted a big turtle this weekend using shrimp.
Strawberry jello shad? Strawberry jello chicken livers? Strawberry jello … I digress as I start down the Bubba from Forest Gump
I would love a comparison between the chicken and hot dogs! I've heard a lot of people using strawberry jello with hotdogs, and if you were looking for another video to test, that would be great!
I’ve used hotdogs soaked in cherry kool-Aid on jugs and it’s worked great
I caught a 17 pounder with hot dog, strawberry jello, garlic, and vinegar.
No wonder I cannot catch any catfish, you are catching them all...........lol
Great Video ! GREAT VIDEO !! 👍👍👍
So was there a plain chicken vs. jello chicken, fish off? I’d be interested.
I do this regularly. Muddy water, plain chicken works much better as the catfish are pretty blind. The white meat stands out better and they have an easier time finding it, similarly to white blades on a spinner for bass in muddy water. Jello all the way when the water is stained to clear. Been doing this for a couple years now.
I have tried it both ways the plane worked just as well
Read my mind
@@nicholasbrown1902 so they dint care about the flavor
Umm I didn't watch it?
I have done grape kool aid and it worked well
Props to you for collecting all that data for us.
Most people would be bias and say the way they do it is best, and they want you to follow to reassure themselves they're in fact doing it right.
More people need to "tackle" (see what I did there?) questions like this scientifically as you did.
Thank you Mike! Trying to keep it real!!
@@DieterMelhorn I know that the jello and chicken works perfectly but what is your opinion on adding garlic powder to the mixture to add some extra scent? I have had success with my homemade baits adding garlic powder it seemed that the bait I added the garlic powder seemed to gotten more frequent attention and hits/bites then the same bait without garlic powder. I've been studying on the Jello chicken bait watching yours and others videos on here but I have never used it before I know people around me that have used it and had success. I'm going to try it and also do my own little experiment using not only strawberry but try other flavors and add garlic powder to some of the strawberry. I would love to know your opinion on the garlic powder please sir if you don't mind replying thanks God bless!!!!
I will ask this, what is it about the scent of garlic that you think attracts them?
@@DieterMelhornman I really don't know other than as stout as garlic is and catfish being bottom feeders and eating dead or stinking stuff figure the garlic may make them think it's something dead I guess. Is that what you kinda think too ?
I've done good on raw chicken never tried Jell-O
I'm glad you took the respectable effort to say that your experiment wasn't just one time and that you did your research over the time course of a year, I'm also glad you had the available time to stay with your research,
Great channel, great information, and a great guy. Thanks for the education!
Saw your videos several years ago and tried it 3 weeks ago. caught my PB "blue" on Lake Tillery off my sisters pier. 30+ lbs. Yeah, I believe in the "strawberry chicken"!!
Thanks so much for this info. After watching you use chicken on one of your videos last year, me and my wife tried it and were delighted at how well it works. Thanks again 😊
Im in greenbrier , where are yall ?
Just a little tip about Jell-O, use the sugar free type it's not sticky. I also use grape flavor too. Chicken breast and/or hotdogs both work well. Great Video too! This bait usually always works when I take the kiddos!
You can also put some small shrimps in it to they will hit them too as long they are thaw out to mixed inside the bag too!
Man I’ve been 110% against the whole kool aid chicken gimmick but I’ve always been a fan of your research in your videos. The numbers don’t lie. I just “may” try some chicken along side cut bait in a few weeks at the lake
I don't guarantee it works everywhere, but try it for 10 consecutive trips and let me know the numbers.....
the next assignment is there a time of year which chicken outperforms cut bait. GREAT video, again! Thank you for your video. I make jell-o shots for my catfish,
Good one!
Dieter Melhorn... Jello chicken 52 inch long 28 inch girth blue catfish . HELP me figure out the weight plz. I have the full video !!!
That’s roughly 50 pounds….great fish!
I just seen a video with chicken breast in strawberry... The next video debunked it. Don't believe everything you see
It works. Is it a miracle bait? No. Does it catch fish? Yes.
Those are some interesting percentages for keeping chicken on at least one hook.
Catching fish one time on something proves it works 😂. Working consistently is a different scenario. Don’t fool yourself lying to people.
That’s exactly right! It takes hundreds of fish to get a good analysis. That’s why I’ve done these test over multiple trips with hundreds of fish in varying conditions.
Jello is made from rendered animal skins, which adds an extra layer of scent for the cat's, or so I've been told. I only bank fish for Catfish, as I do not possess a boat (can't afford one on vet benefits /sadPanda)
Anywho, I also do not understand how plain chicken breast catches Catfish. Chicken is lean, so what does the breast put out that the catfish want?
Amino acids like lysine…that is what attracts them.
I can swear when I first looked at your picture I thought you were kid from kid 'n Play
No idea who that is, but he must be handsome.....
Now you got me curious. Why don't you do a test plain chicken vs strawberry jello chicken. I would but I rarely get to go fishing due to my health. Please give this a shot.
I did. The results were virtually split equally......
Never heard of this before. Do you catch a bunch of flatheads on chicken? The pictures looked like all blues.
Mostly blues........
Great Video, like that you did a side by side comparison. Good Info
Thanks you for doing these tests so we know what works!
Thanks Dieter...I use mostly chicken thighs, because they are tougher to come off the hook when casting, and I use that with hotdogs, or pre-cooked brats soaked in imitation vanilla extract, and/or strawberry, or cherry Jello, and hav'nt noticed much a difference. I think I need to move to TN, or SC, to get me some of those big blues. Not much happening 'cept mediocre channels here in SW Oklahoma. Peace..keep up the good work..I learn a lot from you..thanks
i use pork instead of chicken its more oily and stays on hook better
I use cherry coolaid
Great Video! I learn so much from your vids, Thank you!
Good numbers and Facts.....
Introduced chicken breast to three friends when i first got to SC. When I asked if they had ever used it they laughed. First day on the boat we used it one of my friends said “you made me a believer.” Few weeks later I put a 45lb blue and a 55lb blue in the boat within 30 minutes of each other. Since then many 50+ lb on chicken.
I like to use chicken soaked in team catfish dead red. Works really well, it’s like 60/40 split between dead red and plain.
I just found your channel a couple weeks ago and had never used a Santee rig. I've used rigs that were pretty much the same but not that exact rig. I can't use cut bait because I fish the Arkansas River and 90% of what is gonna eat that is a gar or a turtle.
I wanted to thank you for your videos man. I WRECKED them this evening using your Santee setup with the circle hook and that strawberry Jello chicken. That is the first bait I've used on the river that outfished redworms.
Thank you very much and keep it up. The fishing world needs more folks like you sir. 🤘🤘🤘
Love your channel!!!! I have been debating for a long time if the stains and mess from the Jello is really worth it versus just plain chicken.
I caught a 35 pound blue 40 pound shovel head this summer on Jello chicken I swear by it don't go fishing without it does good at night to
But, still, I haven't been able to catch any fish on strawberry chicken.
I did catch one on a piece of porkchop with strawberry jello.
I think it's that there aren't many big cats in the lake I fish.
Hey Dieter, you should try fresh cut bait with the strawberry jello and see if it increases the number of fish caught compared to straight cut bait. Should be able to determine if the strawberry jello is actually attracting the catfish or just the chicken. I only have bullhead catfish in my area or I would be doing all sorts of experimenting.
I'm wondering if the jello leaves a nice scent trail in the water for the fish to follow in.
Love the bullhead good eating where I'm from otters have decimated them
In the video, didn’t he say the jello decreases the bite for chicken?
@@ricksonora6656 No, other way around. In the vid, the chicken without the jello caught slightly less. It's wild that jello could have an effect.
@@snookcatcher1 You’re right. Jello Chicken versus Cut Bait: 78%
Plain Chicken versus Cut Bait: 64%
He didn’t do plain chicken versus jello chicken.
I’m not too surprised. I’ve caught fish using Red Vines, which have cherry-like flavoring. Some fish go just for the color, but the sugar has to be attractive, too. Licorice and anise are common attractants. What does surprise me is that plain chicken is tastier than fish guts.
This update was awesome. I do not get to fish regularly like you, but absolutely love to catch catfish. I can say personally I agree with chicken work and that I haven’t noticed a difference whether it has jello or not. I have noticed that chicken I have left in a ziplock for a few weeks in the outside bait fridge doesn’t do as well. Fresh chicken produces better. Love Love your channel.
Loved the content of this video! I’m fresh off a bass boat and into a deck boat. I’ve got rodholders all over it to try my hand at catfishing. This is just what I need! Ha! Thank you for your information on cat fishing. I’ll try to put it to good use.
Is using crappie as bait illegal were you are like it is here in NY?
Crappie are legal in NC and illegal in SC
Dieter Melhorn, I have no problem with you using my video on your channel just to show what can be caught with a whole solid chicken breast wrapped in jello, you may have to edit the video I was a little excited. LOL
Did you try the jello with the cut bait?
No, not yet!!
I literally bought chicken today for this purpose because I watch your videos.
I use worms, so I can eat without washing my hands. Worm poop taste like dirt anyway. It’s good for you. Lots of magnesium and calcium.
What’s the biggest fish you have caught on chicken ??
I appreciate the video
We’ve had a couple of 52-54 pound fish, a few in the 40’s, several in the 30’s, and too many to count 15-25 pound fish.
Honestly I think it's because of the color and sweetness the strawberry puts off. Even catfish got a sweet tooth lol
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Chicken soaked overnight in Mr. Pibb works very good as well. Chicken soaked in the oil from sardine cans also works well. Chicken soaked in oil with anise oil added works well. I think catfish just like smells.
1:19 Did he just filletted a fish alive? 😡
Did you just labeled something without a biology phd?!?!!!
Great videos and info!!! Is the chicken fresh, or does it need to be a bit ripe to be effective? We always used chicken liver that was slightly aged 😁 to my wife’s disapproval being left in the fridge😂, does the foul taste attract catfish more? Chicken liver doesn’t stay on the hook very well, especially if we’re bank fishing and need to cast out, always listening for that double splash to know if your bait came off the hook, started using cut up chicken breast and a single piece caught several nice catfish before a new piece was needed to be put on hook. Just kept freezing and thawing out the chicken for each trip out, never tried the strawberry koolaid, gonna give that a try this weekend. Again, enjoy the videos, very helpful!
Hey so good question could I possibly use strawberry extract instead of jello?
Good question!! Give it a try......
@@DieterMelhorn the extract soaks into the meat and makes it a little harder to stay on the hook. However the smell of the chicken becomes a lot stronger with the extract as opposed to the jello.
I did not have the fish out of the water long, my priority was getting a picture or two and get that big fish back in the water.
I do have better pictures if you want some....
It works in Florida too. St.Johns river
Is where I tried it. Caught a nice 25 lb river blue. Since watching your videos for the past few years, I've caught a lot of catfish on Strawberry Jello chicken.
Have you tried cherry kool-aid chicken vs. strawberry jello chicken. I’ve heard different opinions. Might give them a head to head try.
Haven't caught any catfish on cut bait, I've had more luck on hot dogs and red Jello mix, corn and pack bait.
Glad I've found this video right in time for catfish season! I've tried hotdogs+strawberry jello with no luck yet sad.
What about mackerel+strawberry jello? Anyone try that yet? 😂 Imma try that too
Biggest blues my customers have caught was on strawberry jello chicken.
I use chicken breast most of the time I go fishing for blue catfish 👍👍👍 been doing it since the early 80’s
Thanks! I have been using coolaid so I will try the jello!
If I make a bunch of this can I freeze it and thaw it out later to use? Or will it fall off the hook? Thanks and great videos
Well this open up a can of worms! What about other flavors of Jello? What about Jello vs. Cool Aid. And Jello chicken breast vs. chicken livers. Anyway, this is an eye opening video!
IN MEXICO WE USE CHIKEN TRIPE! It goes great on a hook just like a worn, it stinks like sht cus its literally filled with corn and chiken food with stains the water yellow and and it works great! and probably cost you less than breast! local chiken butchers here sometimes give them away! just have a pair of kitchen gloves near by if you to picky bout graving shity tripe with your hand lol
OMG. I went to the store, got chicken breast & jello (cherry, not sugar free) and cut up maybe 1.5" chunks on an angle. I left it on the baggie about 2 hrs.
I live in Ohio, right on Sandusky Bay hyphen-like, literally it is right behind my apartment. I cast out and within about eight minutes a fish hit so hard I almost lost the pole. So I fought that stinker for 10 minutes (15# line, wire leader, larger circle hook) and I won, but.....
The fish had the last laugh. Broke the tip of the pole. 😭
One of the best catfish baits I've ever used is eel. We'd start our trotlines with cut bluegill from our pond and after we caught a few eels the bite would really pick up, and eel has incredibly tough skin so they don't get knocked off the hook.
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My buddy in Kansas uses it successfully but I have tried it on the Mississippi several times with no luck
Thanks for the tip my son and I have been running a dry spell the last few weeks on our favorite holes ready try it out
Good info Dieter , I really think the thighs work better lol.
Over the past two weekends my brother used worms and I use chicken and now he's using chicken also he did away with the worms I do put garlic salt on my chicken
This really works! It's my go to bait now. One thing I did learn was, Jello might be a little sticky but Kool Aid stains your hands and is very hard to remove.
Love your videos I’m new in the fishing. I’m leave in the state of Pennsylvania. Can you pls tell me the process of the chicken and the jello thx.
Thank you for all your shows. If you looking for something different in fishing area, . here in King George Va we are between two great fishing rivers. I would love for you do a show here.
this fall begin i catch nothing, same place i been fish, usually i got 2-3-4-5 or 6 cat a night, but last 6 weeks i get none, sad sad days... 🤓... may be too cold or some thing , and i do not have a boat to go find them... 😝😝...
I’ve used it in Indiana and it just doesn’t work here.
I used to use bran flakes and big red soads dough to sack carp reliably.
Never tried the j chick.
Good to know
You should try vanilla extract. Soak bait overnight.
It may catch more fish but numbers arnt important 50lbers are important and you’ll catch more of those on live bait than chicken, I’ve used both and caught more big fish on live bait/ cut bait
It smells soooo bad though lolol I'd almost rather smell rancid green chicken liver lolol
You’re insane….lol
Always used cut chicken breast....but use sugar free Kool aid strawberry flavor ....but add sprinkle garlic and then just sit it in the sun in a cooler let er sit day or 3 .....take some exam gloves so you don't get that smell on your hands ....but I assume the jello would work too
Can you tell us where you got the Fish Led wall sign from?
It’s actually a custom made neon light…around $600
@@DieterMelhorn oh god 600, looks so good wishin I could hang that up.
I hate strawberry jello... I wonder if cherry, or raspberry would be a good replacement?
I just use plain chicken. I haven't seen any big difference between the koolaid and non-koolaid bite.
Cake batter extract works better then strawberry jello most days
I always heard chicken breast soaked in strawberry jam, never jello. I wonder if they perform the same
Time to do a comparison between plain chicken and strawberry...