3 Easy Catfish Baits for Bank Fishing

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  • @joebeard4687
    @joebeard4687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I have an easy trick to get worms.... Get a stick about 2ft long, sharpen the tip to a point on one end. Then cut notches down the stick about 1 inch apart. Stab it in the ground and take another stick and rub it up and down the notched stick. The vibration will have all the worms in that area shooting out of the ground as fast as they can. Just pick them up!!!
    This is a trick taught to me by a old man that works like a champ!!! Never pay for worms again!

    • @ricksonora6656
      @ricksonora6656 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I saw that in a video! I think it was Gene the Fishing Machine. It was amazing!

    • @joebeard4687
      @joebeard4687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ricksonora6656 I learned that trick about 30 years ago, when I was 12. I ran into an old man while camping at a national park and was wondering what he was doing. That's when he taught me and we caught dozens of worms in just a few minutes.

    • @ricksonora6656
      @ricksonora6656 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joebeard4687 I’m maintaining a worm farm for nothin’!

  • @calebchristensen900
    @calebchristensen900 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    2 chicken breasts, 1pk of cherry jello, 2-4 tbsp of garlic powder. Cut into 1-1 1/2 inch size cubes. Set in outside in the shade for 2-5 days(depending on temperature) pkg and put in the coolest part of your freezer or fridge in airtight container(they will smell and aromaticslly assault the weaker noses) takeout when it’s time and enjoy

  • @walkaboutclive
    @walkaboutclive 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Still love the good old hotdog…

  • @Superkeyruns
    @Superkeyruns ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've been watching your channel for a couple of months. I sure APPRECIATE the straight-shootin, sound advice!

  • @rickywagner3551
    @rickywagner3551 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bank fishing is how I started . My dad and I would make our own sinkers. We would use an old spoon, poure the lead it. Sparkplugs worked, too expectily, if it was full of snags.

  • @jeffreyneely9283
    @jeffreyneely9283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great content Deter ,fished the bank at lake house yesterday.I used chicken breast, catfish nuggets, and worms , turtle's we're happy to see me right. Catfish didn't have a chance.lol

  • @practicedm
    @practicedm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Fantastic content as always. Thanks for remembering the beginners.

  • @ennard6190
    @ennard6190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I got a secret bait for catfish you can catch lots and lots of cat fish with it 1. Chicken 2. KoolAid small size bottles 3. Garlic powder and don't forget to shake it up in the bag!

  • @Chris_Smith_burner_account
    @Chris_Smith_burner_account 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great stuff brother! An easy bait that has became a staple up north is shrimp. 24 hour access at Walmart. A $6 bag lasts a couple trips.

    • @davidbigreels9809
      @davidbigreels9809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes sir, on the northern Mn Mississippi shrimp were dynamite in the Rocky areas where crawfish were abundant 👏

    • @djgambill8343
      @djgambill8343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed. Been using shrimp in Ohio for years !

    • @Chris_Smith_burner_account
      @Chris_Smith_burner_account 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@djgambill8343 Ohio here too. Will be using shrimp on Sandusky Bay this weekend.

    • @djgambill8343
      @djgambill8343 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Chris_Smith_burner_account Hell Ya ! Good Luck

    • @jstame2221
      @jstame2221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I live in SC and fish the Santee waters mainly and shrimp is my go to specifically for big blues! I only throw 1 or two shrimp because they're not very consistent but when they're hit it's almost always a good sized blue. That's how it goes around me at least and I've used shrimp for over 2 years. I'm also only fishing from the bank so I can't got get the fish lol

  • @vwmountainman9701
    @vwmountainman9701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I will start with - I LOVE to go fishing. Always have - always will !!!
    I have 2 uncle's that I usually went with. So I just did what they did - never having much success.. Had continued to do the same thing for many years. Still with limited success. A couple years ago - I started watching some TH-cam videos on fishing. What a surprise - most of the things I was doing wrong or using the wrong gear in one form or another. Still no big fish - but catching more. I could at least take my daughter's fishing & come home with something for the skillet.
    I only watch about 4 people on TH-cam about fishing. I must say - I really enjoy ur channel. By the way - I'm 52 now - I have spent way TOO MANY years catching much of nothing.
    Just moved to Mt. Home , Arkansas. City of the Twin Lakes - Bull Shoals & Norfolk along with the White River & Buffalo River !!!
    I'm planning on putting my new found knowledge to work. Making up for all those years of little to no fish.
    Keep up the videos. Greatly enjoy !!!
    Have a safe holiday weekend !!!!

  • @fivestring65ify
    @fivestring65ify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've started using chicken breast and I'm having good results with it. I mix chicken liver in with it to marinate it. Let it sit out and get warm, and smelly. Works great.

  • @alanwinge8775
    @alanwinge8775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I've never seen any live earthworms at Walmart, they just leave the old dead moldy ones. If using chicken livers try adding bread crumbs from dried out old bread. They soak up the juices and stick to the liver untill they wash off in the water and become a cloud of chum.

    • @williammason9789
      @williammason9789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've bought live worms at Walmart many times

    • @BigMacAttack83
      @BigMacAttack83 ปีที่แล้ว

      Recently, I haven't been able to find live nightcrawlers at east metro Atlanta walmarts. Most are old dead moldy ones. Plenty of red worms though

  • @walterhuske7976
    @walterhuske7976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Im sure glad im not the only one who thinks that cats liking chicken breast has something to do with clams and snails. Love your videos dieter since watching them ive become a much more successful cat fisherman

  • @brentsorrells1833
    @brentsorrells1833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I found out peanut butter and oatmeal made into a doe works good for small blues channels carp and grass carp

  • @cmartin3721
    @cmartin3721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like to add jello it makes it tuff to get off the hook

  • @fredfreiberger7878
    @fredfreiberger7878 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I appreciate you warning of legal used baits

  • @ashfreman4098
    @ashfreman4098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Zote soap works very very well i have caught 1000s of catfish with it. Its not bad for the fish or the water where you fish it also keeps your hands clean i use the scentless one but you can use all of them

  • @joematt5
    @joematt5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for this info. I bank fish and it is very helpful as are all your videos.

  • @tazdog4528
    @tazdog4528 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My personal best was a 30 ponud flathead from a lake near me. Used beef liver. Its the blood seeping in the water that gets their attention. Ive use night crawlers chicken livers, stinky bait ect. Always did best with good ol night crawlers but still to this day havent caught 1 as big as the 1` useing beef liver. I would like to add that was the only thing ive caught on beef liver lol. When i was growing up the old timers would say the stinker, bloodier, nastier the bait the more catfish will like it. I do believbe this to be true in alot of cases from personal experiance.

  • @davidbigreels9809
    @davidbigreels9809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love casting worms/crawlers, it’s like playing the fishing lottery haha might get a sunny, might get a flathead 😆
    Ps: I came from the podcast, great work 👏

  • @matwithonet7389
    @matwithonet7389 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you have a swimming pool that you use chlorine in you can get unlimited worms. My grandpa would drain the pool down a little and would drain the water on the lawn. The worms would come up like crazy because the chlorine and there was some huge ones that would come up. It doesn’t hurt the grass either. Sometimes I would get a bucket of water and add a little chlorine to it and dump it on the lawn for bait.

    • @mikebeddingfield2144
      @mikebeddingfield2144 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Best way of getting earth worms is to fiddle them up, you go into the woods find a small tree ( about 1 inch in diameter) clear the leaves out around it for about 20 feet cut the tree about a foot above the ground then use a hand saw and slowly drag it across the stump the worms will think it's raining and come to the surface

    • @kaboom4679
      @kaboom4679 ปีที่แล้ว

      Electricity works well too .

  • @bigredsparanormal2879
    @bigredsparanormal2879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don’t use chicken liver anymore I used to use it all the time as a kid but I will tell u a way where it will stay on ur hook a whole lot better. Freeze ur chicken liver a few hours before going fishing put a good bit of salt on the chicken liver while it’s still frozen the salt will make the livers tough

  • @michaelenglish8004
    @michaelenglish8004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Small marshmallows and shake in Ziploc with any flavor

  • @tenorGJ1
    @tenorGJ1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Something I’ve used to great success: I’ll take an old blender and blend up a container of chicken livers and marinate the chicken breast chunks in that. Best of both worlds. Only problem: it’s so popular in the waters fish, just about everything will hit including turtles, panfish, etc.

  • @pedrocruz4710
    @pedrocruz4710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Dieter!

  • @mikebeddingfield2144
    @mikebeddingfield2144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Down in Alabama they sell what is labeled as roster livers for bait, they are very tough chicken livers and stay on your hook very well. But I have found it's the blood that seeps into the water that brings the fish to the bait

    • @Hawken707
      @Hawken707 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm from Alabama, what you see labeled as "rooster" livers is actually turkey livers. They just call em rooster livers. I have caught 1000s of cats with em.

    • @mikebeddingfield2144
      @mikebeddingfield2144 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hawken707 they work and they stay on the hook better that i know

    • @Hawken707
      @Hawken707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mikebeddingfield2144 I agree. Piggly Wiggly where I grew up sells a lot of em. Lots of catfish ponds and lakes close to me. Not to mention 3 good river systems.

  • @donne9768
    @donne9768 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Chicken breast! I cringe to think of the frustration over the last 45+ years I've fought with liver and stink baits. Multi-splash casts, dry blood under the nails, treble hooks in the digits & bait thieves. This is almost too good to be true!
    Hey Dieter, do you ever fish River Valley AR?

  • @BodarkMan
    @BodarkMan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thoughts on chicken gizzards? They’re cheap like liver but actually stay on the hook (sometimes to the point that its hard to take them off)

  • @JustinsFishinFetish
    @JustinsFishinFetish 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! Got to love the chicken chunks!

  • @kennethtephabock5634
    @kennethtephabock5634 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your videos brother maybe one day I can book a fishing trip with you thanks for all you do

  • @chriswalls5831
    @chriswalls5831 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cut bait, liver, nightcrawlers

  • @TreeGenie
    @TreeGenie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw in a video you were saying texas didn't have flatheads over 100lbs made me laugh i worked at a lake for 3 years and caught and seen dozens of flattys over 100lbs one reached 127lbs 59" theres t post for miles around the lake with 75+lbers heads on them most of the giants were not caught on rod and reel tho. Either noodled or trot lines i even noodled a 16.7 lbs largemouth bass off this lake released ofc

  • @achbear10
    @achbear10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I started using chicken breast, sometimes I soak them in chicken blood, seems to help.

  • @Camoandcoldbeer
    @Camoandcoldbeer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Steak fat Marinated in garlic overnight works great for catfish

  • @dahutful
    @dahutful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool thanks

  • @eddieholt5840
    @eddieholt5840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We use a lot of cocktail shrimp

    • @eddieholt5840
      @eddieholt5840 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Should grab you a bag and try it

  • @Chalz108
    @Chalz108 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yesterday we caught some small crappie and sand bass on poles and it's legal to use them if you didn't catch them in a net. The sand bass heads and crappie heads did better than our freshly caught shad yesterday.

    • @makeshiftvirus6494
      @makeshiftvirus6494 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In my pond the only live bait that works is shad and blue gill. The crappie heads didn’t hit much

    • @makeshiftvirus6494
      @makeshiftvirus6494 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had 3 fish in 11 mins on the same pole using just freshly cut shad bait…. It had just rained for hours and the water was still.

    • @Chalz108
      @Chalz108 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@makeshiftvirus6494 that's what's interesting to me. Different waters vary so much on what the fish are going to hit on. I wish I knew why.

  • @djgoodot
    @djgoodot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You ever look at the video by mean gene on the video cutting down a small sapling and rubbing the root tree to trigger earthworms or “fiddler worms” to the surface and have or have not tried to use this tactic to get some and or a lot free bait?

    • @Hawken707
      @Hawken707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think you mean Richard Gene the fishing machine... not mean Gene

    • @djgoodot
      @djgoodot 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hawken707 that’s possible

  • @mr.alonzofairley5476
    @mr.alonzofairley5476 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for this video ....

  • @frankbishop4961
    @frankbishop4961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Curious to why you cut the sides off the gill? Are you using the sides? Or did that to let the blood etc leak ?

  • @corleyburns6939
    @corleyburns6939 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your show, imformative and very helpful, im fishing the Tn river, Nickajack to be specific, catching anywhere from 6lb to 30, 20’s fairly regular, any Ideas for the 40-50lb fish, know their there,any imfo would help, thankyou

  • @KamenRaiden
    @KamenRaiden ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just wondering Deet, why do you cut up the fish alive rather than dispatching them beforehand?
    Your content is great for beginners and you even have tips for old dogs. I mean no disrespect by the comment. Just wondering if there's an advantage.

  • @jokesonyou5629
    @jokesonyou5629 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I caught a 78 lb blue cat off of limburger cheese 🤫 too the ones who see this you'll love me

  • @brucewalker1908
    @brucewalker1908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mr. Melhorn question? If Anis Oil good for Catfishing as an attractant

  • @user-fp7he9yg3c
    @user-fp7he9yg3c 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What do you all think about using shrimp for catfishing

  • @fishinraider3146
    @fishinraider3146 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Suppose catfish are still biting on rainy 60 degree days in shallow river?

  • @lordsteel7153
    @lordsteel7153 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Worms have not worked from the bank in 2 years here. Sorry to tell you this.

  • @naughtydorf18
    @naughtydorf18 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderbread, shrimp, and hot dogs catch cats. Be sure to use raw shrimp

  • @masontyler479
    @masontyler479 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I always scan the banks for muscles it’s like candy to catfish

  • @docd-monik4380
    @docd-monik4380 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Anyone who has issues handling slimy/nasty stuff should understand right off the bat, angling is a slimy, wet, stinky activity. Worms, chicken, dough, bait fish, dip bait, it's all either slimy or stinky or both. Not to mention you will (hopefully) be handling fish you catch. I always bring some wet wipes or a rag to wipe my hands off otherwise I end up hearing about it from my old lady

  • @gregorysucher6987
    @gregorysucher6987 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You just need an egg loop knot for livers

  • @davidkeeling4074
    @davidkeeling4074 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I use chicken gizzards

  • @haroldstickland4045
    @haroldstickland4045 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What is the Best Pond fishing, specially catfishing?

  • @David-vo8zf
    @David-vo8zf 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Do you needed to added anything in the chicken breast?

  • @diamondtbar9818
    @diamondtbar9818 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great videos! How much of a problem do you (or anyone reading this) have with minnows basically chewing/working on your bait until it disappears? I'll carefully cast out my catfish bait, knowing full well it stayed securely on the hook, only to reel it in and find it gone. Again and again. I can tell where minnows have worked on it. Any advice welcomed! Thank you!

  • @davidransom4476
    @davidransom4476 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The hardest part of bank fishing for me has been having the bait come off when casting from the bank.

    • @walterhuske7976
      @walterhuske7976 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you using circle hooks

    • @davidransom4476
      @davidransom4476 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@walterhuske7976 , I wasn't. I was also using frozen shad instead of fresh. Sometimes threw ghost and mud shrimp, but that has to be wraped with bait thread. Grass shrimp are the only ones that stayed on the hooks.

  • @brucewalker1908
    @brucewalker1908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well Mr. Melhorn have you used Anise Oil when Catfishing. Does it work ????????

  • @diamondtbar9818
    @diamondtbar9818 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dumb question: Can you use pre-cooked chicken? Or does it need to be raw?

  • @christophertaylor530
    @christophertaylor530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Does the color of your line make a difference

  • @brandonbutler1068
    @brandonbutler1068 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Probably get asked this all the time but what weight mono is best for catfish

  • @thomasmills8834
    @thomasmills8834 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have you been to Oklahoma to go fishing

    • @DieterMelhorn
      @DieterMelhorn  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Never been there….one day I hope!!!

  • @dougbrown9832
    @dougbrown9832 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you could only use 1 baite what would it be?

  • @ricksonora6656
    @ricksonora6656 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Don’t use chicken thighs. Fry them up for me!
    Has anyone tried making cloth or mesh pouches filled with fish guts?
    Someone said salt toughens shrimp so It doesn’t fall off the hook. I wonder if garlic salt or seasoned salt would make chicken more effective.

    • @Jdsthegamer
      @Jdsthegamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have caught many prego catfish with panyhose amd sardines on a can.. everyone had eggs ... unique lol

    • @ricksonora6656
      @ricksonora6656 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jdsthegamer Well, the ladies do like pantyhose. (Uh oh. I hope YT doesn’t cancel me.)

    • @herbb8547
      @herbb8547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have used frozen shrimp from Walmart to great effect. I get the peeled, raw shrimp in the blue bags. They stay on the hook much better than fresh shrimp and everything eats them.

    • @ricksonora6656
      @ricksonora6656 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@herbb8547 Does salting them make them tougher?

    • @herbb8547
      @herbb8547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ricksonora6656 I haven't done that, but I imagine it would. Give it a try and find out.

  • @scottcondor3365
    @scottcondor3365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not meaning to cause anyone to get upset here, but with the threats of food shortages, I'm eyeing the feral cats around here as potential bait... any ideas on that?

    • @DieterMelhorn
      @DieterMelhorn  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In some places it’s illegal to use mammal parts as bait….

  • @trimbaker1893
    @trimbaker1893 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Dieter, What are your thoughts on eels? I fish in the Northeast Cape Fear River, here in southeast North Carolina. Eels are a pain in the *ss generally and I have used them as bait live, and almost never got my rig back. Eels dig into the cover. Cut eels are tough on the hook. I just wonder if you, or any of the folks you look up to, use eels. Thanks for any of your thoughts on this, I like your videos. George.

    • @davidrobinson7209
      @davidrobinson7209 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've used cut eels alot and excellent bait on the santee river

    • @trimbaker1893
      @trimbaker1893 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@davidrobinson7209 ok, good. seems like they ought to be good. Man, can't get a tougher bait. Gross idea...strawberry jello eel chunks. Might never eat jello again, but I bet it works

  • @davidwoolsey2135
    @davidwoolsey2135 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    GREAT STUFF and FOLKS.....buy STORE BRAND CHICKEN BREAST WITH SKIN AND RIBS , not the fully processed breasts. It only takes a few seconds longer with that fillet knife to get the breast off the ribs and the skin off, but the price for breast done that way instead of fully processed is significantly LESS. Put the rib pieces and the skin in a pot and make some chicken stock for soup or stir fry cooking, to stretch those dollars even further. 😉

  • @tccurtis2932
    @tccurtis2932 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You can dig up all the worms you want in my wifes flower beds you want, but I want to live to actually go fishing.....

  • @jondoe8914
    @jondoe8914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where are you finding chicken breast for $1.50 lol chicken liver is going for over $3 right now in WV lol

    • @chuckstith838
      @chuckstith838 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If the pack of breasts cost around $6 and contains 4 to 6 breasts and you take 1 or 2 to cut for bait then it costs $1:50 and you still have chicken for dinner.

  • @kevinfudge9886
    @kevinfudge9886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Over the years I've seen many people use WD 40 on night crawlers. What are your thoughts on this?

    • @wayfaringmonk6847
      @wayfaringmonk6847 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I feel bad adding more chemicals into the water I fish in. Not something I'd use

  • @terryhancock
    @terryhancock ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Chicken liver's work

    • @terryhancock
      @terryhancock 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Okay thanks but I haven't used it for a while

  • @AsaBraunschneider
    @AsaBraunschneider 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fileting that bluegill alive was cruel!

    • @DieterMelhorn
      @DieterMelhorn  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No death in nature is pleasurable…..

  • @Last_Chance.
    @Last_Chance. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ever use chicken thighs?

    • @MadTuning01
      @MadTuning01 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did you not watch the video ?