catfish blood bait

Old School Catfish Fishing Family Secrets

There are many catfish anglers that think the best catfish bait to use to catch channel catfish and blue catfish are blood catfish baits. Blood baits are known to work exceptionally well for these two species of cats especially when you drag or bounce them off the bottom to get the fresh sent of blood flowing through currents. If there is no current you can cast your blood catfish bait out numerous times and drag it along the bottom to attract the catfish to your area.

How to make blood catfish bait:

Step 1

Go to a local slaughterhouse and get yourself some fresh blood. You will need to get enough to fill a good size baking pan at least 3/4″ deep. Poor the blood into the baking pan and place it into the refrigerator.

Step 2

Let the pan sit in the refrigerator until the blood bait mass feels almost like a rubber surface. This may take up to 5 to 7 days time.

Step 3

Now comes the easy part for you. Take your blood bait pan out of the refrigerator on a very hot and sunny day. elevate it above the ground so no critters can get into it. Let your blood bait pan sit in the sun all day until the top of the blood surface gets a hard surface. Next you will want to cut the pan into 2 inch squares and fill small plastic bags with no more then 3 squares each. The last thing you then want to do is put your plastic bags back into the refrigerator until you are ready to use them for catfish bait at a later date.

How to hook blood catfish bait:

Step 1

Cut off about 12 inches of fishing line and tie a number 1 to 2/0 treble hook to one end of the line. On the other end of the line tie a large barrel swivel.

Step 2

Pick up some small gauge wire, about 12 to 14 inches in length. Take one end and bend it 90 degree upward like a hook. Next slide the hook end into the open eye of the barrel swivel.

Step 3

Take One Of the 2 inch square pieces of blood catfish bait and pierce a hole in it with the strait end of the light gauge wire. Next pull the wire and the leader through the hole you pierced and impale the treble hook into the blood bait.

Well folks that concludes our article about blood catfish bait We sincerely hope you use our fishing information on your next fishing trip Good Luck!

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