Guest Andrea Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 An old man told my husband about his way of catfishing. ( This guy is from up north) He said to use night-crawlers and inject them with extra virgin olive oil. Said he catches tons that way and wouldn't use anything else. I have NEVER heard of that. Is that a northern way of fishing? If so, I want to try it. I saw on t.v. the other day these guys stuffing their stink bait into sausage casings. Gonna give that a whirl too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gfourhunter Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Re: Ever heard of this trick? i dont know why just olive oil, but any oil. think about it, what do cats want to eat? blood and oil. try spraying wd40 on chiken livers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robk Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Re: Ever heard of this trick? there is a garlic oil as well that you cn use it jusr depends on what you want to try i have heard of it and some of the old timers have passed that down but there are so many tricks you can use to get that to work and oils aren't the only thing. we've used dogfood and an oil that has kind of a scent like it was a medicine i fogett he name and use garlic oil and you use big chunk dogfood mix it all in a big plastic bag and let it set for a few days and it will make soem of the best bait you ever got and you use a nylong stocking and put it together and tie it on a treble hooks with the nylon hose and just hang on set out a good trot line and check it ever 6 to 8 hours and you will find a lot of cats on there or if you want to bait a hole you fill up a buch of the nylons with the bait and and usually you have a prvate place and feed that hole for about a week or two and then go take your poles and you will catch a ton of fish for fish frys or bring your kids and you will make fishers out of them as it will keep their interest and you will catch form small to giant toads weighing over 30 to 40 lbs. all kinds of good stuff to use rob k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Schmeck Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Re: Ever heard of this trick? Yeah, but that works best for Italian or Greek catfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldawg Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Re: Ever heard of this trick? That also works for big sturgeon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchies Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Re: Ever heard of this trick? Preperation H and bubble gum works good for channel cats as well as ivory bar soap. The old timers have all told me about using these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Schmeck Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Re: Ever heard of this trick? [ QUOTE ] Preperation H and bubble gum works good for channel cats as well as ivory bar soap. The old timers have all told me about using these things. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, but the Preparation H was for their hemmoroids from all the time they spend sitting on the bank waiting for the channel cats to bite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyrod64 Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Re: Ever heard of this trick? I've never injected oil into them but I have pumped em full of air to make em float. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge4x4 Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Re: Ever heard of this trick? sounds like a good idea, ive never heard of it....thanks huntin_girl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Re: Ever heard of this trick? A catfish is nothing but a swimming tounge! It has taste buds all over its body, even on their tail! So if they swim by something and their tail touch's it, if its food they will turn around and eat it! The extra virgin olive oil is being used as an attracking scent. The oil probably is slowly making a scent cloud or trail, the cats smell or taste the oil in the water and go looking for the food! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 Re: Ever heard of this trick? Here's another odd tip: Try putting some food coloring into the water that you keep minnows (or other types of bait) in. The minnows will pick up some of the coloring and look really wild in the water. Works sometimes when everything else fails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest goose21 Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Re: Ever heard of this trick? ive always heard that u inject them with air so they float but never heard of injecting olive oil sounds liekk a good idea ill have to try it and let u know how it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
va_strutstopper Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Re: Ever heard of this trick? we use chunked chicken breast soaked in cherry kool aid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Re: Ever heard of this trick? [ QUOTE ] I've never injected oil into them but I have pumped em full of air to make em float. [/ QUOTE ] LOL me too! we do that all the time. i'll have to try that oil trick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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