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What is the best bait for wells catfish in France?


battmiceter

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

 

Good answer!

 

Ian

Behave Barry!! :lol::lol: .....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 :wink:
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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.

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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

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