What is the best bait for wells catfish in France?

[battmiceter]

Thanks

[cobleyn]

Red wine and Camembert.

[johnhere]

Their is no such thing as "The Best Bait" for any fish.

Cats will eat anything.

 

I think its fair to say live baiting produce a lot of Cats (and you wont get troubled by Carp).

 

John

[battmiceter]

Wots the best bait for carp and cats, I'm guessing lincheon meat is a good one...?

[travisbickle]

Maybe do a little research on the water you are visiting....its no different to over here...fish are fish....Research

 

Failing that...start with a good fishmeal based bait.......or large halibut pellets

[battmiceter]

Lol, that's why I was asking..... research

[travisbickle]

Lol, that's why I was asking..... research

...I mean research the particular water you are visiting.....catch historys etc etc

[chris71]

Red wine and Camembert.

 

Good choice...

[andy52]

Had some nice cats on fresh mice

[travisbickle]

Im reliably told pike like your younger brothers chinese hamsters when you are in your teens and completely obsessed with getting the biggun out of the mere

[welder]

Lol, that's why I was asking..... research

 

Good answer!

 

Ian

[travisbickle]

Lol, that's why I was asking..... research

 

Good answer!

 

Ian

Behave Barry!! .....I did say to ask about the said water...not in general......one of my syn di waters hasnt had a carp taken on a fruit bait in over a decade....regardless of major application of one...battmiceter.....simply do a search on your desination and check up on catch history....if youre after cats primarily...as said...fishmeals....BIG halibuts on the hair...four or five 24mm jobbies......or if its a mixed bag...fishmeal based boilies...but go big and double up

[fishski]

Fresh Eel/fish sections; halibut pellets

[boismande]

We had an angler on our lake desperate to catch his first cat after trying all the usual baits (halibut pellet etc) he put a bit of leftover pork on the hair, 10 mins later he was into a 40lber. The following morning he saved a sausage from breakfast and caught on that. He had 4 cats in total all on pork.

But as a rule, if cats are hungry they will eat anything/everything.

[nathanhuynh]

Thanks

dunno about france but in st jhons a load of 3 massive drilled stink pellets popped up with a big bit of cork worked. I heard that live crucian carp is supposed to be good because they move alot. (that and that they drive me insane at tockenham resi)

[onefishmike]

My local water is the Ebro and I used to fish for cats a lot.

In the "good old days" we used a carp live-bait of 3 to 4 lbs, an eel or a bunch of bleak (a Christmas Tree).

Then live baits were banned and we found that a trout or any sea-fish worked well. These days most guys fish with 50 mm halibut pellets, a string of 6 or 8, popped up; sometimes a large squid, a piece of liver or chicken guts.

Like JohnHere says "Cats will eat anything".

Worth remembering if you float fish with a large live or deadbait, cats attack from below and behind, not like pike who take sideways and turn to swallow head-first. Consequently the hook - best a BIG treble should be dangling from the back.

Incidentally, there is never any reason to stick a hook in a live fish, especially if you put the bait out with a boat; in fact this hinders hooking.The best way is to attach them with cotton thread and a sewing needle.

OneFishMike