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People swear by what they use whether it is a homemade concoction or a store bought mix. Listed below are several "proven" baits that you can make yourself. You can even experiment and add what you know works. If you are looking for a listing of commercial bait products offered on the Web, visit the Fishing Resources Page. If you have a great bait recipe that you know others can benefit from, please feel free to post it in our new message forums! Post new bait recipe now! »»

Cat Food Doughbait Submitted by James, Indianapolis, Indiana For any species of catfish or carp! Ingredients:

[Cat Food Doughbait] [Carp's Lucky 3] [Channel Cat Cuisine] [Catfish Combo Bait] [Catfish/Carp Corn Bait] [Anise Carp Bait] [Pack Bait] [Sauerkraut Bait] [Sure Shot Carp Bait] [Strawberry Blast] [10-20 Pounder Bait] [Blood Bait] [Cat Hole Bait] [Sure Fire Bait] [Buffalo Fish & Carp Bait] [King Cat Bait] [Roy's Wam Bam Catfish Bait] [Peck Stopper] [PB & B Carp Bait] [Catfish Cornflakes] [Catdog] [Foo's Strawberry Catfish Bait] [Bill's Sure Catfish Bait] [Nuke Bait] [Coconut Bait] [Monster Carp Bait]

1. 3 pieces of white bread 2. 3 teaspoons of Kool-Aid-(sweetened) 3. 1 four ounce can of beef catfood (9 Lives)-brand 4. 3 ounces of water 5. 1 ounce of Baitmate Garlic Fish Attractant (you can get it at Wal-Mart) Doughball Preparation: 1. Squish bread flat-roll it up into a giant ball 2. Wet the ball under water faucett for about 30 seconds- squeeze excess water out of it 3. Take the big bread-ball apart and form into one-inch doughballs- Let them dry for a day Catfood Mixture Instructions: 1. Put the Kool-Aid in a jar- add water- stir around till mixed in 2. Add entire four ounce can of catfood into jar

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[Catch Anything Bait] [Gigantic Carp Bait] [Sardine Oil Bait] [Slam Cat Bait] [Bear's Catfish Bait] [Mike's Strawberry/Chicken Bait] [Dave's Bacon & Hotdog Bait] [Khalil's Carp Bait] [Huge Carp Bait] [Hamburger Bait] [Oatmeal/Sardines Catfish Bait] [Carp Pack Bait] [Cat Food/Cat Fish Bait] [Cat & Carp Bait] [Rogers Carp/Catfish Bait] [Instant Carp Bait] [Carp Dough Ball Bait] [Catfish Dough Balls] [Carp/Catfish Bait] [Carp Bait Dip] [Carp/Catfish "Sock" Bait] [Chicken Liver Catfish Bait] [Carp Dough Bait] [Catfish Kool-Aid Bait] [Liver Boilie Bait] [Jello Bait] [Jellied Carp Bait] [Hamburger & Wheaties Bait] [Catfish Cheese Bait] [Your Bait Recipe Here]

3. Add fish attractant into jar. Multiple squirts work well 4. Mix into jar so it is a thick mass of smelly solution 5. Add dry doughballs into mix. Put in refridgerator for 2 days for scent to soak in to balls

Carp's Lucky 3 Submitted by YUNOS This bait is like a magnet! It attracts fish like crazy. The first time I tried it, I caught one carp after another...and a few catfish!! Ingredients: 64 oz. recipe 1. 1 TBS of Corn 2. 1 Slice of Bread without Crust 3. 2 TBS of Peanut Butter Preparation:

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1. Place ingredients in a dish and much together to form a chunk of "Lucky 3". 2. Next, dip in water for 3 seconds, three times. 3. Use 1 piece at a time.

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Channel Cat Cuisine Submitted by Buck J. - Wichita, Kansas 1947 Secret Catfish Bait? Revealed: "Better Than Bait" 1947 Secret Weapon! Catch Catfish Easily www.CatfishFishingWeapon.com

Ingredients: 64 oz. recipe 1. 2 cans nacho cheeze (zesty style) 2. 2 lbs. calf brains (approx) 3. 2 oz. ground annise seed (use pestal and bowl) Preparation: 1. Mix well and place in suitable container for several days before use. 2. Add ground dry cat food (use blender) to desired consistency. Will work as "dip" or "doughball" bait. 3. If fishing from the bank, stand well away from the water when baiting the hook....losing a finger or hand to an agressive catfish just isn't worth taking a chance. Fishing from a boat should be limited to experienced "trophy hunters" only.

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Catfish Combo Bait Submitted By Cody Ingredients: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Tuna Cheddar or Limburger Cheese Garlic Powder Flour Vegetable Oil

Preparation: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Put half and half tuna and cheese in large bowl and mush it up. Add oil until it has reached the preffered consistencey. Add 1 tablespoon flour for every one fourth cup of tuna and cheese. Add six shakes of garlic powder for every cup of tuna and cheese. Freeze.

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Catfish/Carp Corn Bait Submitted By Chris. I - Dallas, Pennsylvania (Guaranteed and works like a charm, no matter where you're fishing. Its good for both catfish and carp.) Ingredients: 1. Can of whole corn 2. Vanilla extract Preparation: 1. Drain the water from the can of corn, and leave only about 5 percent water in the can. 2. Pour enough vanilla in the can until the corn turns a brownish-yellow color (use your own judgement). 3. Shake the can, and let the vanilla absorb into the corn. 4. Depending on your hook, I personally use a #2 treble hook, you should be able to slide on about 4 or 5 good sized pieces of corn, and don't forget to set your drag....Good Luck!

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Anise Carp Bait Submitted By "TrishaBlaze" Ingredients: 1. 7 slices white bread-remove crusts

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2. 3. 4. 5.

1 raw egg 1 raw carrot-shaved 1 cap anise flour

Preparation: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Break up bread into 2 inch pieces Add egg, carrot, and anise Hand mix Refrigerate overnight Next day, lightly flour Make small dough balls (keep in plastic bag sealed to prevent drying out)

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Pack Bait Submitted By Randy's Girl Ingredients: 1. 2. 3. 4.

1 cup flour 1 cup corn meal 1 cup water Vanilla extract (as much as desired)

Preparation: 1. Put the corn meal and flour into a bowl. 2. Put the water into a pot and add as much vanilla flavor as you want. 3. After the water begins to boil add mixture of flour and corn meal, let absorb the water then take the pot off the heat. 4. Knead and mush the mixture until dough is thick enough to stay on your hook. 5. Put into a ziploc baggie after it cools and your ready to go!

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Sauerkraut Bait Submitted By Danny Ingredients: 1. 2. 3. 4.

sauerkraut ketchup flour bread

Preparation: 1. Pour a can of sauerkraut into a bowl. 2. Put some ketchup into the bowl.

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3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Then pour flour into the bowl. Roll pieces of bread into balls. Submerge bread balls into the bowl of ingredients. Remember stir after putting in every ingredient. Good Luck.

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Sure Shot Carp Bait Submitted By Dennis, Southeast Missouri Believe me it works as I have tried them all! Ingredients: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Wheaties vanilla extract wheat gearm banana whole corn sugar

Preparation: 1. Put Wheaties in large type bowl several handfuls 2. Add banana combine with wheaties until it begins to stick together then add vanilla extract 3. Add in wheat gearm, then corn 4. Put a pinch of sugar in also 5. Mix all together until you get sticky type results

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Strawberry Blast Submitted By T. Kennedy Ingredients: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Rice Ketchup Hot sauce Strawberry Kool-aid or strawberry Jello

Preparation: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Cook rice Mix ketchup Add hot sauce Add Kool-aid or strawberry Jello Mix and put it in a container. Let sit in the refrigerator. Go fishing

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10-20 Pounder Bait Submitted By Matt Ingredients: 1. Bread 2. Water 3. Vanilla extract Preparation: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Take crust off bread Lightly dampen bread on both sides Kneed bread until bread turns into dough and make into balls Put balls into bag with a little bit of vanilla and shake if balls are to soft add flour or if balls are to hard add water [Back to Index]

Blood Bait Submitted By Jake S. - a 12 year old angler from Ontario Canada Ingredients: 1. Brown sugar 2. Vanilla Extract 3. Bag of fresh chicken breasts or some other kind of meat with plentiful blood 4. Piece of plywood or some other container Preparation: 1. First start off by pouring your blood onto your container (make sure its a flat container.) 2. Then sprinkle a thick layer of brown sugar onto your blood bait. 3. Let the blood dry up and become crusty and dry. 4. Pour your bottle of vanilla extract onto the blood bait covering as much as possible. 5. Once again sprinkle a thick layer of brown sugar onto the blood bait again, then using a fork punch holes all over the bait. 6. Remove your bait from the plywood or container and let that side dry if necessasary, then cut into 3/4 of an inch by 3/4 of an inch squares or something appropriate for the hook you use. 7. Use this bait with a treble hook and either hold on to your rod very tightly or make sure that you at least have 2 spare rods. [Back to Index]

Cat Hole Bait Submitted By Roy, TX Last week a 3 pound channel cat I caught was stuffed full of 40 percent pellets, so, last night I drilled a hole in some one half inch pellets to use for bait, use small saw to cut pellets in half. If

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you use this recipe, please email me with your results at [email protected]. 1. Use cotton seed cake or (cattle cubes) to bait a cat hole. I suggest you use a burlap, bottom half. Fill with 15 lbs or so to throw in to chum fish. Tie it where fish can smell but not eat. 2. Bait your pole, use no weight as pellet acts as weight. 3. Hooks eye must go thru pellet, I use crappie type hook, it has a small eye. 4. Cast around chum bait. 5. Dip pellet in your favorite cat dip if too slow. [Back to Index]

Sure Fire Bait Submitted By Caleb Great for carp, buffalo, and catfish. If you use this recipe, please email me with your results at [email protected] Ingredients: 1. 4 to 5 cups of crushed corn flakes. 2. 1/4 cup vanilla abstract 3. 1 cup Big Red (or any strawberry soda) Preparation: 1. Mix the crushed corn flakes and ingredients into a microwavable bowl and microwave for 6 minutes. 2. Let stand for 10 minutes. 3. Mix well and make into small balls. 4. Note: If mixture is not firm enough to remain on a treble hook, add more crushed corn flakes. [Back to Index]

Buffalo Fish & Carp Bait Submitted By Laverne, Bowie, TX Ingredients: 1. Cotton seed meal 2. Chocolate sryup or strawberry sryup 3. Add black pepper for buffalo fish Preparation: 1. Combine ingredients and use water, as needed, to make into dough balls [Back to Index]

King Cat Bait Submitted By Aaron M. Please e-mail me at [email protected] and tell me how it works. Thank You!

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Ingredients: 1. Tuna (3 cans) 2. Minced Garlic (1 tsp) 3. Rotten Cheese (1/2 stick Velveeta) Preparation: 1. Add Tuna, Rotten Cheese and Garlic in 1 quart bowl. 2. Stir with wooden spoon.

Roy's Wam Bam Catfish Bait Submitted By Roy O. Good luck - it works for me at two paylakes I go to! Ingredients: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

2 cans of tuna fish 1 tbs of strawberry flavored syrup 1 tbs of molasses 1 tbs of imitation strawberry flavor 1 tbs of ground cinnamon 3 tbs of garlic powder flour, as needed

Preparation: 1. mix all ingredients (except tuna) into a bowl until well blended 2. in a seperate bowl put your 2 cans of tuna and mash with fork until all of the lumps are out, then add this to your other bowl 3. mix it all together very well then add flour until you get it to the right thickness to stay on your hook 4. stir with plastic or wooden spoon 5. put into fridge for 2 to 3 days - then go fishing [Back to Index]

Peck Stopper Submitted By Big John Ingredients: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

1 box of instant rice 1 cup of crack corn squash baby food grits 1 cup of apple brandy

Preparation: 1. 2. 3. 4.

put rice in bucket and add hot water just to the top of rice let sit till the water is gone add crack corn and baby food and apple brandy stir with plastic or wooden spoon

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5. add grits till the bait feels sticky and cover with lid till your ready to fish 6. if dries out add more brandy little at a time 7. sit back and watch them run [Back to Index]

Peanut Butter & Bread Carp Bait Submitted By DTrainNut Ingredients: 1. Peanut Butter 2. 2 pieces of Whole Wheat Bread 3. Water Preparation: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

take two pieces of wholewheat bread and cut off crust spread peanut butter on one side only of each piece put peanut butter slices together and put into bowl add (only) 2 tablespoons of water and work with your hand when ready it will leave your hand and bowl clean [Back to Index]

Catfish Cornflakes Submitted By Slavko Preparation: 1. You need Corn Flakes, water, cheese powder from Krafts's Mac and Cheese, and creamy peanut butter. 2. Take the Corn Flakes and add water and smash it together with a fork. 3. Let it sit for 5 minutes than add the cheese powder and mix. 4. Then add the peanut butter and mix and smush very well. 5. Freeze it until you are ready to fish. [Back to Index]

Catdog Submitted By "rebel28" Preparation: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

go to your local store buy 1 or 2lbs of cheap hotdogs cut them in 1 half inch chunks put the chunks in a jar or anything with a tight lid cover the chunks with garlic powder put lid on tight and let set over night this bait works very very well if anyone uses it please let me know how well it does for you and what size it was. Email me. Thanks and have fun! [Back to Index]

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Foo's Strawberry Catfish Bait Submitted By Matt S. Ingredients:




2cups of instant oats 3 oz of straberry jello lake water (from where your going to fish)

Preparation: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Mix instant oats, straberry jello, and lakewater in a 1 gallon zip-loc baggie. Mix until blended well. Press mixture (in baggie) flat and let sit for 2-3 days. HAVE FUN! [Back to Index]

Bill's Sure Catfish Bait Submitted By Bill Ingredients:








yellow rotten cheese tuna powdered garlic white flour strawberry jello water shrimp peices

Preparation: 1. Mix all together until it sticks to the hook. Be careful, it smells terible but works great.

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Nuke Bait Submitted By Jay, Aurora, Colorado Ingredients:







2 cups cornmeal 1 1/2 cups flour 1 cup oatmeal 3 tsp maple syrup 1/2 tsp salt 1 pkg gelatin(strawberry,cherry,grape-Any flavor)

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1 tsp vanilla 2 cups h2o 1 bag of small flavored marshmallows

Preparation: 1. Pour all ingredients except flour into pot, mix together 2. On medium-low heat, stir all ingredient together till all marshmallows are gone 3. Add 1/2 cup flour and stir till there is no flour left. 4. Add another 1/2 cup flour and stir till there is no flour left 5. And once again add another 1/2 cup flour and stir till there is no flour left 6. Keep stiring till its like dough or till your wrist is broken, what ever comes first :-) 7. Put in a old butter tub and place in fridge till ready to use 8. When at the water, roll into good sized ball around hook. [Back to Index]

Coconut Bait Submitted By Trent, Louisville, Kentucky Ingredients:



cut pieces of chicken bait cocunut essence

Preparation: 1. You will find cocunut essence at kroger or Winn-Dixie or local grocery store. Just mix that with cut chicken bait overnight and you will be ready. Note: Works real well in Paylakes [Back to Index]

Monster Carp Bait Submitted By Matthew R., Greenville, SC Ingredients:






2 cups flour 8 tablespoons of sugar 1 bottle (16 oz) karo syrup 1 fl oz strawberry flavor 1 bag of yellow cornmeal

Preparation: 1. Mix ingredients and then put in the freezer for 1 hour before using them 2. Have fun and sit back and watch um start bitin'!

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Catch Anything Bait Submitted By Ricky B. Ingredients:







1/2 cup of raisins 1/2 cup parmesan cheese 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar 1tsp garlic powder 1/2 cup of brown sugar 1/2 a cup of corn syrup

Preparation: 1. grind raisins 2. next take parmesan cheese then add apple cider vinegar include garlic powder, brown sugar and corn syrup 3. bring to a slight boil 4. let cool then add your raisins and your vinegar 5. use either flour or corn meal to desired thickness for dough [Back to Index]

Gigantic Carp Bait Submitted By Dan & Mike Ingredients:








2 bags of instant oatmeal a teaspoon of garlic salt maple syrup 1/2 cup of flower 1/4 cup of water a dab of salt a tablespoon of sugar

Preparation: 1. Flour up bowl 2. put instant oatmeal, garlic salt, dab of salt, and a tablespoon of sugar in the bowl. 3. Add maple syrup (as much as needed) in bowl and mix. 4. put flour in bowl 5. 1/4 cup of water in bowl and mix. 6. Bake or warm in microwave until hard enough to make a soft ball. 7. Put on hook and cast away. [Back to Index]

Sardine Oil Bait

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Submitted By Jack Seems like everything loves this combo Ingredients:



one can of Sardines with oil a couple dozen worms or crawlers

Preparation: 1. Simply mix all together [Back to Index]

Slam Cat Bait Submitted By "Your My Angle" I named this bait Slam Cat you have to try it to see why. If anyone uses this bait let me know ([email protected]) how well it did for them. It did very well for me. Ingredients:



2 cans of tuna white flour for mixing the bait

Preparation: 1. 2. 3. 4.

put the tuna in to a round blow smash until all chunks are gone add some flour to it and work it in keep adding flour until you get it as thick as you want it [Back to Index]

Bear's Catfish Bait Submitted By Bear If anyone uses it let me no how well it did for them and what size they got. You can email me at [email protected]. Thanks and have fun with it! Ingredients:





white flour 3 ounces of water 2 ounces garlic 2 ounces of b.b.q sauce

Preparation: 1. Mix ingredients add desired amounts of flour, depending on the thickness you prefer. [Back to Index]

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Mike's Strawberry/Chicken Bait Submitted By Mike Ingredients:



strawberry kool aid boneless chicken breast

Preparation: 1. Cut the chicken into small pieces, and then put into a zip lock bag and add the kool aid on top. 2. Next you will need to add water. 3. Let sit two to three days before you use it so the kool aid will soak into the chicken and keep its blood look while its in the water. [Back to Index]

Dave's Bacon & Hotdog Bait Submitted By Dave My Dad taught me how to make this when I was 7, I'm 13 now. Ingredients:








six pack of really cheap hotdogs terryiaki or vinegar garlic salt powdered iced tea brown sugar seasoned salt parmesan cheese

Preparation: 1. Cut hotdogs up into lots of small pieces. 2. Do the same for some bacon. 3. put all the chopped pieces in a jar and pour some terryiaki, vinegar - it doesn't matter what kind. 4. add garlic salt, powdered iced tea, brown sugar, seasoned salt and parmesan cheese. 5. It smells really bad but it's damn good to use!!! [Back to Index]

Khalil's Carp Bait Submitted By Khalil Ingredients:



One Cup Corn Meal One Cup Flour

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Once Cup Instant Oatmeal 3/4 cup of sugar Water (amount varies: 2 to 31/2 cups, more or less depending on preference). Maple Syrup (amount varies)

Preparation: 1. Add dry ingredients first and then add desired amounts of water and syrup, depending on the thickness you prefer. The sweetness is the keystone of the bait. It won't harm to taste a tiny bit of it. If the bait doesn't stay on the hook and you're out on the water with no thickening agent, always bring a small piece of cheese cloth or wire screen, and wrap them around the baited hook with the hook point sticking out. 2. Good luck! [Back to Index]

Huge Carp Bait Submitted By Frank Ingredients:



instant oatmeal hersheys strawberry syrup

Preparation: 1. Grab a handful ofinstant oatmeal and dip in water. Keep squeezing until thick enough to make a ball 2. Get hersheys strawberry syrup, squrit on ball after its on hook, or place syrup in small cup and dip oatmeal ball in it. 3. Cast away! Stay close to pole!!!

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Hamburger Bait Submitted By Gary, Kentucky This bait is awesome for me in two paylakes that I fish here in Kentucky !!!!! Good Luck! Ingredients:





1 pound hamburger two cups wheaties half jar of strawberry jelly flour

Preparation:

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1. Start with 1 pound hamburger, add two cups wheaties and mix together 2. Add about a half jar of strawberry jelly the bait will be very moist and sticky 3. Take some flour and mix and knead bait until you get your desired stiffness to stay on hook.

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Oatmeal/Sardine Cat Fish Bait Submitted By Jerry, Auburn, New York Ingredients:



oatmeal sardines

Preparation: 1. Mix sardines with oatmeal. 2. Add water* until oatmeal will stay on hook *It does not hurt to use the soybean oil that the sardines came in. Adds to the water a slick for fish to follow.

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Carp Pack Bait Submitted By skeeterrich Hold onto your pole I've already lost one. Ingredients:






1 cup flour 1 whole bag of yellow cornmeal 2 whole bags of wheat germ 1 half gallon of feed (hard corn) crushed up in a food processor Any flavoring (strawberry,grape,cinnamon, garlic,ect.

Preparation: 1. Mix WELL and add enough of water to make it into a dough ball.

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Cat Food / Cat Fish Bait Submitted By Ken, Salina, Kansas

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Ingredients:





1 can of cat food 3 tbs of molasses 1 chunk of velvetta cheese melted 4 cups of cattle feed or fish food pellets

Preparation: 1. Combine into large bowl then add hot water to turn cattle feed into mush. Then start adding flour and or oatmeal till it stiffens up and you get a good stiff dough. I make this all the time and bag it up in zip lock bags and freeze it till i need another bag. Submitter's note: Have also done this recipe with dog food, strawberry pop added to this mix. Then I take a large gallon size ziplock bag of the dry cattle feed with me to seed the water where I'm fishing just throw a few handfuls in once in a while. This works well in lakes where they have feeders out. Live in Kansas have tried this at about 26 different lakes last summer only had one lake I didn't get my limit at.

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Cat & Carp Bait Submitted By Dustin, Scottsdale, Arizona. I've tried many different things but none of them work as good as these. Preparation: 1. You take bread, flower, and mix them with either water (both cat + carp), melted Velveeta cheese (cat), or with Koolaid with a bit less water (carp). Mush it together with your hands for a while. If it turns out too sticky, add more bread. No matter what, it's going to be a little sticky. This can be solved by an overnight trip to the refridgerator.

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Roger's Carp & Catfish Bait Submitted By Sharon Ingredients:






Bread or Wheaties LOTS of garlic powder Strawbarry syrup (the stuff you make stawbarry milk with) Peanut butter Cream style corn (optional)

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Preparation: 1. Mix together all ingredients!

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Instant Carp Bait Submitted By Anon. Ingredients:





Garlic Salt Water Cup of Flour Wheaties

Preparation: 1. Mix Wheaties, Garlic Salt and Flour together (Wheaties needs to be crunched) 2. Dip in water 3. Mold, put on hook and brace yourself!

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Carp Dough Ball Bait Submitted By David, Ohio Ingredients:




1 Full box of wheaties 1 Full can of pepsi 1/8 of anise

Preparation: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Mix all the ingredients above Let sit outside in sun for 10-15 mins. Bring back inside and mix all of it again Put on hook and sit back and get ready for the action.

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Catfish Dough Balls Submitted By Joel T., Patuxant River, Maryland

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I have also had a great deal of catfish success with just plain hard crab meat (female crab parts stay on the hook the best, male crab meat is too soft). Ingredients:






1 can of fishy smelling cat food flour or ground corn meal a bag of old dead crabs (If you live in a region where no crab is available, substitute with shad guts or chopped up minnows) a few cotton balls beer, if needed

Preparation: 1. Use a can of fishy smelling cat food, some flour or ground corn meal, go to the local crab truck and obtain a bag of old dead crabs. I get these for free from my local vendor, and he says taking them does him a big favor! Mix the crab guts, flour, and cat food into a sticky dough and add a little stretched out cotton ball to give the hook something to hold onto. If it needs a little moisture, add just a little beer until it is the right consistency. When you have firm balls rolled up, let them get ripe at least overnight, in a disposable container, OUT of the fridge and you're ready to nail the big ones!

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Carp/Catfish Bait Submitted By Anon. - North Carolina Ingredients:






1 large bag instant grits 1 small bag quick grits 4 boxes of jello, any flavor 1 can of cream style corn 1 can whole kernel corn, drained

Preparation: 1. Mix all of the dry ingredients together 2. Add corn and mix well 3. Go fishing

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Carp Bait Dip Submitted By Johann G. - Gauteng', South Africa

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Works well with sweet dough baits. Ingredients:






10 ml Strawberry essence 10 ml Raspberry essence 20 ml Garlic oil 50 ml glycerin 10 ml red coloring

Preparation: 1. Mix all ingredients. Add more glycerin if needed to achieve right consistency.

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Carp/Catfish "Sock" Bait Submitted By Ron L.- Follansbee, West Virginia I learned this simple, yet easy river recipe 13 years ago. You can make this on the lake or river as needed. This has been a very effective bait for both carp and catfish for me. Ingredients:




instant oatmeal flavorings of your choice (jello or kool-aid, anise, vanilla, garlic powder, etc.) plus you'll need an old sock.

Preparation: 1. You take instant oatmeal and add it to a sock (as much as you want to make). 2. Dip it into the water and let absorb as much water as it can, then you twirl the concoction around and around in the air until it rings out the excess H2O. 3. Take the ball of oats out of the sock, it will be sticky. Knead the ball and roll it in your hands until it gets smooth and non sticky. 4. Add your flavorings like jello or kool-aid, anise, vanilla, garlic powder, whatever, and knead and roll some more until it feels like it will stay on hook.

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Chicken Liver Catfish Bait Submitted By Samuel M.- Winston Salem, North Carolina

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Ingredients:




1 pound bag of instant grits plain chicken livers anise extract found in baking section of grocery store

Preparation: 1. First dump grits in a bucket 2. Separately blend chicken livers up with the anise extract then put in with grits mix until the texture is good enough to stay on hook 3. You may or may not need to add more grits 4. First put a sugar corn pop on the hook then wrap mixed dough around the pop. 5. Sit back and reel in the Catfish!

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Carp Dough Bait Submitted By Samuel M.- Winston Salem, North Carolina Ingredients:







1 pound of soybean meal 1 can of cream style corn 2 tablespoons of cinnamon 2 tablespoons of texas pete hot sauce sugar corn pops any kind of liquid flavoring you wish such as vanilla, banana, strawberry, etc.

Preparation: 1. Combine all of the ingredients above and add just enough liquid flavoring to get it to make a dough ball that feels like it will stay on hook. 2. First put a sugar corn pop on the hook then wrap mixed dough around the pop. 3. Sit back and reel in the Carp!

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Catfish Kool-Aid Bait (Carp too!) Submitted By Fred L.- Demopolis, Alabama Ingredients:



1 cup of flour 1 package gravy (white kind)

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Strawberry Kool-Aid (enough to make the bait a soft dough)

Preparation: 1. Pour the flour gravy in a bowl, add the Kool-Aid and knead into a soft dough. 2. Roll into a big long stick and cut into 1 inch pieces. 3. Roll them into a ball in put them in the freezer until you go fishing.

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Liver Boilie Bait Submitted By Michael F.- Chicago, Illinois Ingredients:








10 ounces Semolina 2 ounces Soya flour 4 ounces Liver (liquidized) 1 tablespoon Garlic powder (not salt) 3 tablespoon Clear honey 4-6 large Eggs Your own flavor,color or enhancer

Preparation: 1. Liquidize the liver in an electric blender. 2. Gently fold in the eggs, garlic powder and honey. You can add coloring, flavoring or enhancers at this point if required. 3. Pour the mixture into a large mixing bowl. 4. Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl and add to the liver mixture a little at a time until you have a stiff paste. 5. Add more egg or semolina to get the right consistency. Roll the mix into balls and boil for 2-6 minutes (the longer they are boiled, the harder the baits will be). 6. Lay the baits out on old towels or paper and dry for a least 6 hrs.

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Jello Bait Submitted By Taylor H.- Monee, Illinois Ingredients:





1 cup of water 1/2 package of a Jello (any flavor - strawberry is good) 1 cup of corn meal 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

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Preparation: 1. In a shallow pan on the stove boil the water. 2. Then add the Jello and vanilla extract and dissolve. 3. Reduce to simmer, and gradually sprinkle the corn meal, letting the corn meal absorb the liquid. As most of the liquid is absorbed, shut off the heat (this is the tricky part - if you overheat the mixture it will burn and stick to the pan!). 4. Now stir, stir, stir, with a spoon. You will end up with a nice dough. If sticky, just add a little flour/meal.

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Jellied Carp Bait Submitted By Mike G.- Antioch, Illinois Ingredients:




1 jar concorde grape jelly 1 loaf whole wheat bread Small bag yellow corn meal

Preparation: 1. Mix all contents in a large bowl - use cornmeal to thicken to consistency of dough bait 2. You can add a handful of flour to help make it a little thicker. 3. Portion into ziplocks and refrigerate until needed.

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Hamburger & Wheaties Submitted By Tamara B.- Plainfield, Illinois Ingredients:



Hamburger, as required Wheaties, as required

Preparation: 1. Wet the wheaties a little crunch them up and add the hamburger. 2. The more hamburger, the more catfish - less hamburger = more CARP!! 3. As a note - Strawberry Soda and Wheaties has been know to work well also.

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Catfish Cheese Bait Submitted By Tom L.- Jacksonville, Florida Ingredients:





1 pint of milk 1/2 pound limburger cheese, melted 2 tablespoons of molasses oatmeal

Preparation: 1. Melt cheese and add in milk and molasses 2. Add oatmeal until the right consistency in order for ball to stay on hook. Give the oatmeal proper absorption time before adding too much.

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