Am I a pioneer or is this an old bait?

[towtruk7]

I have used hotdogs before and had a lot of hits, but like you noticed they are hard to keep on the hooks. I just kept rebaiting the hook. I suppose you could wrap them in cheese cloth or a similar material, I do this with chicken liver.
I have tried to use my wifes pork chops before but they were too tough to get the hook through.

[Dennis Steele]

Ouch!
LOL!
Boy I hope you keep her offline! You won't be getting even penut butter sandwiches.
Natural casing weiners will stay on the hook a lot better.Probelm with them is they are so darn good they usually get eaten up!

[Guest]

I recently when for a little cat action on the Mississippi and caught several really nice eating sized cats using sausage. My question is, is this a common bait or did I stumble upon something new? A couple of months ago, I bought some of those precooked sausage links at ther grocery store and tryed them and really didn't like them. They stayed in my freezer until last week when I decided to go out on a limb and give em a try. I was very surprized to find out that as soon as my rig settled on the bottom, the rod was almost yanked out of my hands. Ths was the way it was for roughly 3 hours. I would have caught more but the sausage came off the hook rather easily. I'm sold on it now. Anybody tryed this before? If so, who you be willing to share any tips for keeping the sausage on the hook for longer?