There is
lots of nutrition for
bass in a hotdog and every hotdog thrown in the water eventually winds up in the belly of a fish. One of those spots is the dock that Art was talking about. Of the 40 or 50 bass that the guy caught, you can be sure that he caught some of those same fish multiple times that day.
Will fish eat hotdogs?
Hot dogs are a common food taken along on fishing excursions and double as excellent catfish bait. Points to remember when using hot dogs as catfish bait include: Cheaper hot dogs seem to catch more fish.
What fish can you catch with hot dogs?
Yes, you can catch fish with hot dogs as bait, especially fish species like
catfish, carp, northern pike, and sometimes bluegill
. A little bit of hot dog can go a long way, so cut off small chunks rather than feeding a fish the whole dog!
Do hot dogs work for fish bait?
You
can catch channel catfish using hot dogs as fishing bait
. Although not as good of bait for catfish as live or cut natural bait is, hot dogs certainly are capable of catching nice channel cats, especially if you add garlic, Kool-Aid, and even alcohol to enhance their flavor.
What is a largemouth bass favorite food?
Largemouth bass will consume a
crayfish
or two as opportunistic predators but they generally won't seek them out like smallmouth bass will. Bluegills, golden shiners, yellow perch, and frogs are definitely favorite bass foods but crayfish are more occasional “nice meals” rather than important food sources.
Do catfish like garlic powder?
Yes,
garlic works as a bait attractant for catfish
and seems to get catfish stimulated. Especially when you use it in conjunction with other highly scented baits or natural scented baits such as nightcrawlers, baitfish /cut bait and shrimps.
Do carp eat hotdogs?
Hot dogs can
be a very effective bait for carp
. Most carp anglers fish their bait on the bottom, but don't rule out a bobber. …
Do catfish like peanut butter?
Peanut
Butter Sandwiches
Experienced anglers say that peanut butter sandwiches, made with stale bread and sometimes gussied up with birdseed or garlic, are great for catching codfish, catfish, carp, and bluegill.
What's the best bluegill bait?
Live bait works especially well for bluegill. The most common baits are
worms and night crawlers
because they are readily available and bluegill love them. The key is to use only a piece of a worm—just enough to cover the hook. Other productive baits include crickets, grasshoppers, red wrigglers and meal worms.
Is Sausage good bait for fish?
Vienna Sausages (
good bait for catfish
).
This is kind of a no-brainer for catfish, up there with chicken livers, gizzards, and cut fish. But, it does work OK.
What attracts bass the most?
Stick Bait
The legendary Stick Bait is the most popular and fundamental Bass lure ever. Many argue that Green Pumpkin, Cinammon, and Chartreuse are the most productive colors and we agree. You can work these fattys on just about any soft plastic rig, but the most famous method is the Wacky Rig.
What's a bass favorite food?
“If they are available,
threadfin shad
are probably the favorite food of largemouth bass. We find them in bass stomachs more than anything else,” says Cross. “Shad are soft-rayed fish, which means their fins aren't as spiny as, say, a bluegill's. Soft-rayed fish are easier to swallow.”
What colors do largemouth bass see best?
Bass apparently do see color. Their vision is strongest in the areas of
medium-red to green
. It fails rapidly moving into the blues and purples, as it does towards the far reds. If our picture of bass color vision is accurate, then color is meaningful to bass in some cases but not others.
