You simply dump about half a sack of cubes in the water. Protein % doesn't really make a difference, although some folks will tell you it does. You can also scatter it a bit with a coffee can or small pale. But keep the "zone" small. If fishing off a bank, I find a spot close to an underwater drop off. And scatter along the bank for about 15-20 yards there. Lettem sit for a few hours. Or repeat for a few days. Then fish them. Works better on channel cat during the May/June timeframe when they are getting ready to spawn. You can fish it in 3-10 foot of water. Anchor outside the feed zone and cast into it with a bobber set up.And some kind of stink/dip bait. I've also used shrimp. But I peal the shell off and thread it on a long shank #6 with the barb in the body. Use just enough to cover the hook. And a split shot to get it down. As to the dip/stink bait, sometimes it's heavy enough to get down on it's own, pending how deep you're fishing. Sometimes a split shot is needed. Keep your bait off the bottom. Let it suspend. Cats sometimes go on the prowl when feeding. And will swim around looking for food.
I've also used cotten seed cake. But it's really hard to find since many old gins have shut down. I break it up and put it in a sinking fish basket. Let it sit on the bottom. And repeat every 3 days or so. It will break down easy when wet. And sift through the fish basket. The channels will gorge themselves on it. You cn also do that with commercial stink baits. I've also used cat and dog foods. Both canned and dry. The canned cat foods work fairly well for a quick set. Dry food will absorb water. It also floats most of the time. I use a mesh bag with a draw cord. And a rock in the bag to get the bag submerged with the dry food. It will not only draw cats, it draws pan fish and bait fish too. After leaving them baited all summer, the sandies start making regular runs by them to clean up the bait fish and shad that hang around them.
First time I'd ever seen corn used was by a neighbor I had when I lived in Ft. Worth. He had been to PK on a guided trip. And that is what the guide had been baiting his holes out with. Plain old corn, and soured corn. Those cats were spit-n up corn as fast as we were filleting them.
I've also used cotten seed cake. But it's really hard to find since many old gins have shut down. I break it up and put it in a sinking fish basket. Let it sit on the bottom. And repeat every 3 days or so. It will break down easy when wet. And sift through the fish basket. The channels will gorge themselves on it. You cn also do that with commercial stink baits. I've also used cat and dog foods. Both canned and dry. The canned cat foods work fairly well for a quick set. Dry food will absorb water. It also floats most of the time. I use a mesh bag with a draw cord. And a rock in the bag to get the bag submerged with the dry food. It will not only draw cats, it draws pan fish and bait fish too. After leaving them baited all summer, the sandies start making regular runs by them to clean up the bait fish and shad that hang around them.
First time I'd ever seen corn used was by a neighbor I had when I lived in Ft. Worth. He had been to PK on a guided trip. And that is what the guide had been baiting his holes out with. Plain old corn, and soured corn. Those cats were spit-n up corn as fast as we were filleting them.
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