What are some good dip baits to use?

[Agronomist_at_IA]

I started to get back into catfishing this year. We started using dip baits and it's worked quite well with the dip worms. Any one know of good dip baits to use?

Here's what I've tried and found.

Sonny's- Blood & regular worked awsome.

Uncle josh's little stinker- Liver worked well.

Doc's-Liver didn't work worth a broke Di@k.

Any body know of some other good dip baits?

[JPenny]

I used to use Bowkers and had great success with it.

[Brad B]

team catfish secret 7. tried it for the first time and got a 24 1/2" 6lbs channel cat with it.

[mainbutter]

How do you guys use your dip baits?

[Agronomist_at_IA]

I simple use a dip worm. Dip it in the dip. And throw it out in the lake/pond/river with a slip sinker rig.

[Brad B]

I used the secret 7 with team catfish's fury thing hooks (basically a circle hook with hard wiskers that hold the dip bait in place). I have tried the worms in the past and the bait seems to wash off to fast with these. the fury things held the bait the best in my opinion.

[Agronomist_at_IA]

The best thing I found to use is a hollow tube worm with holes in it and a sponge over the trebble hook if you're fishing in a current. Dip it in the sonnys and throw it in the river current. Last about 15min. If I'm in a lake/pond/gravel pit that doesn't have any current the plain old plastic worms work fine.

By the way Congrats on your nice cat. I finally got the juice flowing again to catfish after a trip to our local 7 acre gravel pit by town that was turned into a park. Took my two little kids and caught a 3lb cat. So a buddy and i started to fish this 7 acre pit for about two weeks. So far we've caught and fillet a couple 1.5-2lb, 1-3.75 lb, 1-4.5lb, 2-5lb, 1-6lb and last night I landed a 7.25 lb cat. We let the 7.25 go. According to the DNR Survey of the pit there are a couple big flat heads in the 10-15lb range we're trying to catch. Haven't hooked a flat head outta the pit yet though.

We had 4 poles out every time we went with little stinker liver dip, Sonny's blood dip & Docs liver dip. Most bites came on sonny's and a couple on little stinker. Docs never even got a sniff.

[Agronomist_at_IA]

I used to use Bowkers and had great success with it.

I walked into a little podunk true value in one of our small towns and they had bowkers. It wasn't cheap, but I picked up a jar. It will be interesting to see if it is better then sonnys.

Have you tried the old wiskers catfish bait or that junnie's wicked sticky.

[TruthWalleyes]

Has anyone tried to make their own?

[Agronomist_at_IA]

Has anyone tried to make their own?

I never figured it was worth the hassel when you can pick up a jar for a few dollars. Plus, I know when I pick one of those up it works.

[sanka]

If they aren't biting on Sonny's they aren't biting at all.

[Agronomist_at_IA]

If they aren't biting on Sonny's they aren't biting at all.

I'll agree that Sonny's is the nuts. Got out a little tonight for a few hours and tried a couple of different Dip baits on different Rods.

Sonny's Blood= 1 bite

Bowkers= 4 bites

Premio Blood=0 2 bites

Uncle Josh little stinker liver= 0 bites

Junnies wicked sticky= 1 bite

Overall though this season the sonny's has been the best dip bait.

Most of them were really light bites, but had a few better ones on the Bowkers. Kinda feel like a dumb @$$ though, between me and my buddy we missed every one. Had a good laugh though my buddy reel in a fairly good log that he thought was a fish.

[Mike_Bennewitz]

Just came across this thread, and wanted to input my $0.02. I have used about 5 different dip baits over the years on the Crow River and I swear by Strike King's Catfish Dynamite! It is unique in the fact that it's texture is more like soupy creamy peanut butter that has been in the sun for half a day. It is super easy to just slap a worm or furry thang hook in there and even the smallest and flimsiest of twigs will stir it just fine. Other good baits are T.C Secret 7, and Aunt Junies Wicked Sticky bait (and the "sewer" type for fast current as well). My opinion is that if you can flex the whole container and the bait does not hold the flexed shape, or it is not stiff and hard, then you got good bait. Should be about like McDonalds ice cream! Oh and its potent if you sniff it and lose your gut into the container, it was a good selling point with Catfish Dynamite for me lol.

[nsnutter]

I find that Doc's catfish worms dipped in Ol' West Dippin' Sauce gets the big boys on the hook. Sometimes a rattle lizard tipped with Double Luck.