The Truth About Catfish Bait + Drifting Below A Dam For Catfish

[@pebblesrobinson2467]

🐟That's some good to know tips. 🐟

[@kingmuffasa27]

Fresh always best

[@riverhawk203]

Fresh fish catches fish best for me.

[@avail1.]

some nice fish Hagan, i been gettin largemouth at a local spot. time to go fishin friends, thanks again🤗

[@Jacob-cr1yj]

In the shoot by the lock is a good spot over there

[@markanthony7335]

Awesome video as always

[@dwightaustin7577]

Great video

[@bobbydennis6231]

Got to match the hatch in my opinion.

[@RaisedOutdoors]

Silver carp is hard to beat, but I’ve had days where drum was all they’d eat. Great video

[@owenmanygoats8037]

I tended to use corn when the carp are spawning for channel catfish. Because carp eggs are yellow and channel cats feast on them.

[@Jason_Laster]

I like strawberry jello chicken lately. Where i am the channel cats wear that stuff out

[@tsr_outdoors]

Nice

[@harlincolkmire933]

Great video thank you for your teaching and explaining how you fish. Do you ever take people fishing. God bless you and your family.

[@artcliff4631]

Here around Tulsa Ok you have to fight for skipjack I went Saturday night early Sunday morning I had liver and nightcrawlers Sat there 20 minutes not one bite I got up threw my cast net cause about 30 shade And got a bit every ten minutes

[@jimjordan5630]

Have seen several of your videos and just now realized I had never subscribed!! Well, that just got taken care of!! Thank you for your videos and for including your son!!

[@russhayes4882]

Great video Hagen !

[@bankmasteroutdoors]

you didnt blink in the intro lol

[@geoffhenson9913]

Same here. You never know. Plus live vs cut makes a difference.

[@steventodd5678]

Chesapeake bay is supposed to be over run with blue cat I wonder what carp bait would do there one exotic helping remove another win win

[@CreoleCatfishing]

Fresh bait is definitely king!!! Great video my friend 🤘🤘

[@zackmurray6107]

Good job Hagen and Landon

[@robertpake4371]

Can you bump with plainer boards ? Or can you use plainer boards effectively while slipping backwards with the current ?

[@hagengrubbsfishing]

I haven’t done it myself but Chris souders here on KZbin has some videos of how he uses planer boards to suspend baits while he is bumping. Thank you for watching👍

[@CatfishWeekly]

Great video Hagen

[@garyhanson7135]

Hagen how do you determine current speed

[@hagengrubbsfishing]

I let the boat drift at the speed of the current and use the gps on my fish finder. Thanks for watching 👍

[@derongalbreath9334]

Do you think that the difference is frozen vs fresh ?

[@fishin-impossible2992]

Awesome info Hagen I agree some days they just want a certain bait. Thanks for sharing brother

[@mr.chesthead4554]

Thanks for the video sir ! Keep them coming

[@dalebrames5573]

I think when you said the sliver carp were spawning , you may have hit on something. The catfish could be keying on the carp spawn. Big numbers of them mean’s easy pickens. Great videos. Good luck Fishing guys

[@billcoulter1984]

Good video, good to present different baits to see what they want.

[@BobcatOutdoors]

Great info bud, and your editing skills combined with Landon's filming always make for top notch content A+ bud

[@CatfishandCrappie]

I have experienced this many time Hagen! Just last week in Mendota being the most recent! Great Video!

[@bdubsfishing6941]

Fish are not hitting any type of frozen bait right now if it ain't fresh might as well go on home

[@someoldmanoutdoors9136]

Thanks for another informative video. I always enjoy seeing you in Landon fishing together

[@budm9982]

Good video content. Nicely produced and edited too. Thanks for the tips. We live on the upper Mississippi just above the Missouri confluence. Will be hitting the dam soon to try out your technique.

[@michaelclinard4969]

I really try to watch the video all the way before I comment or like it that way I know I like what I'm watching because if you like it off the bat then something could happen that you don't see that you don't agree with but in your channel that's not the case I can like it without watching it even though I don't do that I watch them all the way through what I mean is you have great content and I love how educational and information it is keep it up brother I look forward to seeing Landon make his own show or channel on KZbin

[@dougroberts3643]

Did you see where the new WV state record blue cat was caught on the Ohio River. Old record was broke and a week later that record was broken. Can't remember the size but I'm thinking 50 inches long and 67 pounds

[@mauser8515]

Thanks for the tips. In my own locale, I've resorted to using skip-jack. I tried all the store bought methods, and I've tried live bluegill, but discovered if I catch the bluegill in my pond and hit the Coosa, I don't catch squat. The last time I used frozen skip jack I snagged a big 8lbs striped bass bumping. I'm going in a couple of days below a rocky dam, and I'll be catching fresh skip jack, fresh bluegill, and using that. Once I find some fresh shad I'll try that, but the shad are up in the slews now. None near the docks, boat ramps. I keep watching folks pull in empty nets, so I am sticking to what I know. I also tried Drum with no luck. Fishing in central Alabama btw and the water has been bouncing around 76°F

[@ramonbrown8361]

I used to fish the Coosa when I was stationed in Anniston. If you can catch suckers in the creeks that was the cutbait I caught most of my Blues on. Cut Buffalo was 2nd best. Cut Shad and frozen skip jack was 3rd. I caught most of my Flatheads on bass until I found out they were illegal to use, then just settled on live bluegills. I did very well with them but I always had to suspended them 3-5' off the bottom. Never caught any on bottom with livebait there.

[@mauser8515]

@@ramonbrown8361 thank you for the tips. I fished Jordan Dam yesterday and got my personal best blue on fresh skip jack. Using a 7/0 circle hook and cutting the bait about an inch wide. When I cut it larger I wasn't catching anything. I was fishing rocky bottoms near a rocky cliff that was under Cut. I'm going back Thursday evening , and will put in the work for bluegill and suspend like you say throughout the night.

[@daleley7645]

I didn't know catfish were that picky. Thanks for the video.

[@kevinbrown2630]

Friday night on the river I was using pretty good size hunks of shad wasn't getting anything, so I changed it up. Filet off one side of shad and cut tail off. Immediately got a 15 to 20 pound blue.

[@Mikeypaulslingshots]

yo your content is dynamite! wish your videos were a little longer, I enjoy watching you and Landon fish

[@bigcatkev]

Fished tournament years ago and they wouldn’t touch skips but would hammer the asian. That stretch of river on the ky side is full of Asians.

[@ericorange441]

Hard to believe that fish can be that picky, but they are. I've had it happen also. On a side note what size of crane swivel do you use?

[@hagengrubbsfishing]

I can’t remember the size but I usually go by the pound test rating. I think mine are like 110lbs or something. I’ve never had one break. Thank you for watching👍

[@ericorange441]

@@hagengrubbsfishing thanks!! I always look forward to watching your videos. Missed not having one last week

[@STEEZY3AM]

Don't sleep on silver carp you can always get them fresh pretty easy. My favorite thing about fishing with carp is its so tough if you get a good bite and no hookup you don't have to reel up and check bait ...it's still there ..baitstealer denied