Suckers for Cat Fish Bait

[skeeter]

How Do You Cut Up suckers when using them for cat fish bait?

from the back bone down to the belly, in 1/2 " chunks??

[brifishrgy]

How Do You Cut Up suckers when using them for cat fish bait?

from the back bone down to the belly, in 1/2 " chunks??

 

yup, if you get alot of hits and misses cut it smaller, some of the bigger suckers end up with 3" long chunks of cutbait and they suck on it instead of eating it, cut in half and your good

[skeeter]

thanks brifishrgy

i now have good bait for the cats

[GBW]

gee, I wonder how...

[bassman87]

goodluck out there with the cats.

[young_one]

you tie them with spawn mesh? I heard hot pink works great around this time!!!

[Fisherpete]

Hey Dann, when you heading down to the Grand? I hit it AGAIN last night, this time with my brother Will... we started late, on the water and fishing around 3:30pm and, well, you will just have to wait until later today for my Kittycat part 5 report... Will is still grinning...

 

As brifishrgy mentioned above, don't make the chunks too big, I had my first two cats get off yesterday at boatside, and both times, they were not even hooked - they had just clamped down on the sucker meat!!! (both times I had used big pieces). I fillet the fish as you would a walleye, except cut through the ribs instead of teasing the meat off of them. The bones don't seem to turn the cats off at all... I then use a strong pair of scissors and cut the fillet into 1" wide x 2" long chunks - the thick back meat and about half of the rib meat. I find that the small to medium suckers are the best - with the big ones, the chunks can be a bit too thick - the smaller cats have a bit of trouble getting it in their yap.

Edited April 23, 2010 by Fisherpete

[skeeter]

fisherpete:

thanks for the advise but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

why are you making me wait, dam tease

 

thats like watching a really good movie and then seeing the " to be continued"

 

LOL

[fish-miester]

jeeze I just use micro tubes or gulp fish fry..

thats what was working for 2 cats on scugog last night :|

[The JAY]

Went up to the Grand between Caledonia and Cayuga last night, not a single bite until the sun set, then the cats were hitting worms like they owed them money... Wonder what the wife has planned for tonight that I can get out of......

[Fisherpete]

LOL... sorry Skeeter, fish porn on the way... give me half an hour or so...

 

And fish-meister... Scugog don't got no big'ol cats... dose dere bullheads is mere kittens!!!!

[Daplumma]

Try using circle hooks,takes a little getting used when "setting"the hook but lots of hookups and no deep gut hooks.Good luck!

Joe

[Afraz]

Good stuff, Whats the trick to striking at a bite while using circle hooks ?

[young_one]

I find that the small to medium suckers are the best - with the big ones, the chunks can be a bit too thick

 

uh oh...

[Fisherpete]

LMAO young_one...!!! I'm not touching any chunky suckers from now on!!!

 

With the circle hooks, you do not 'set' the hook as with normal fishing... just a gentle 'sweep' back on the rod... this causes the point of the circle hook to find it's way into the corner of the fishes mouth virtually every time. Not setting the hook is a hard habit to break... but practice makes perfect! I'm actually going to try some smaller sized circle hooks baited with corn in a month or so when the carp start going crazy on Rice Lake.

[skeeter]

rice lake !!!!!!!!

why wouldnt you be fishing for the trout and white fish on rice lake?

they are now in there, dont cha know !!!!!!!!!!!!!