01-16-2008, 05:38 PM
Welcome to bigfishtackle.com Fawn! That's a good question and you should get some interesting responses.
For me, i've used a lot of different things for bait for many different species.
I once filled a stringer with panfish using some old bacon fat that was carved off prior to cooking. I was really surprised how well it works, but they seem to like the salty white offering.
I've caught catfish off of a bar of Ivory Soap. Just sliced off a piece and tossed in out into a channel cat hole. Sure enough, he took a bite and caught the barb end of my fishing hook. LOL, never would have thought that one. What struck me to try it is that I had heard that old timey trot liners used plain old ivory soap for bait with great success. I'm still skeptical though, but it did work.
I caught a black sea bass off a piece of bologne. We were parked off the reef and weren't catching a thing. I was eatting a bologne sandwhich and drinking a beer and figured what the hell, nothing else was working. So I threaded on a piece of bologne and dropped it on down. Sure enough, a small sea bass decided a bologne sandwhich sounded pretty good and chomped down on my offering. Pretty nifty. LOL [
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For me, i've used a lot of different things for bait for many different species.
I once filled a stringer with panfish using some old bacon fat that was carved off prior to cooking. I was really surprised how well it works, but they seem to like the salty white offering.
I've caught catfish off of a bar of Ivory Soap. Just sliced off a piece and tossed in out into a channel cat hole. Sure enough, he took a bite and caught the barb end of my fishing hook. LOL, never would have thought that one. What struck me to try it is that I had heard that old timey trot liners used plain old ivory soap for bait with great success. I'm still skeptical though, but it did work.
I caught a black sea bass off a piece of bologne. We were parked off the reef and weren't catching a thing. I was eatting a bologne sandwhich and drinking a beer and figured what the hell, nothing else was working. So I threaded on a piece of bologne and dropped it on down. Sure enough, a small sea bass decided a bologne sandwhich sounded pretty good and chomped down on my offering. Pretty nifty. LOL [
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