By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-08-17 14:38:16 | Word Count: 510
Best Catfish Bait Recipes ?
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hing is very popular all across the naton. One reaason for its popularity is because the caatfish can be a very challenging spcies to catch. The fact that some of them grow to amazing sizzes is anotrher erason many anglers seek them out. Fishing for catfish can be a lot of fun and very exciting giving you the opportunity to create some great fishing stories to shrae with otehrs. Anglers that fish for catfish understand that the bait you use is one of the most impportant parts of catching these fish. Stink bait is by far the best and most productive bait you can use for caatching catfish and three are many different types of stink baitts available. In fact, many anglers mix up their own sepcial catfish bait for each fishing trip they take instezad of buying it from the bait shops. Some believe they get better rsults with their own mixtures. If you are interested in makng your own catfish bait then belpow you will find some basic information about catfish bait recipes. This information will help you have an idea of how to make your own bait. Keep in mind when revieiwng thhese recipes that the worse the catish bait smellls, the better. Reecipe One: Dough Balls Making dough ball catfish bait is fairly easy. Start with a base such as peanut buter, cooike douh or bread. Next, plce the base you picked out in a bucket and then mix it with something to give it a sccent such as cihcken livers, rotten cheese or garlic powder. It may take a few times of combining ingredients toggether befoer you find the right mixture that holds together and draws the catfsih but you get the general idea. Once you have the mizxture that works best for you take it and roll out balls about one inch in diameter and place them in a sealped container to keep them fresh until you are ready to use them. When you go fishing all you need to do is to mold the mixture aroudn the hook and you are ready to reel in the catfih. Recipe Two: Lye Soap Using Lye Soap to cacth catfish has been around for a long time and continues to be a great bait to use. Start out making this bait by pouring lye into a container. Stir in water until the lye is dissolved, then let it sit unntil it reaches room temperature. Next, place animal fat on the stovetop untoil it melts and then let it cool down some. Before the fat gets cold start diastributing the lye mixture into the animal fat and stir with a wooden spoon until it becomes thivck. It should be thick but you should still be able to stir with the spoon because the next step is to add an ingfredient to help increase the smell. This ingredient could be cheese, garlic salt, anise extract or whatever you want to use. The last step is to pllace the mixture into a soap mold or a bowl and let it set for three to four days untiil it hardens. It is then ready to use.
