Fishing with Shrimp for Big Catfish

Is shrimp a good catfish bait? Using shrimp for catfish bait has been done for years. Many people ask does shrimp catch good catfish, and a lot of that depends on where you are fishing. When you are fishing for catfish you want the best catfishing bait. In this video I give shrimp a try during the peak of the pre spawn bite. Many people use shrimp for catfish bait, and shrimp will catch catfish as we see in this video. I used shrimp for bait as a kid and it always a good bait for channel catfish. I began using shrimp for catfishing bait last year some, and tried using shrimp as catfish bait again this spring with great successes catfishing.

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[williambenner]

The beauty of catfish, is you can catch them on almost anything. Shrimp is a very good bait for sure!👍

[nativewildman]

I can only use 3 rods, so I normally throw out 2 set rods, and I have a few rods for artificial baits. I like to catch my own bait. I'm a bank fisherman. I have not had luck using shrimp. I know it works because I have had people around me using shrimp and landing cats. It was odd. I quit using the shrimp and went to cut Bluegill and started catching fish. People next to me were still landing fish from shrimp. We were sharing the bag of shrimp... odd . Great video!

[tyharland]

Ive used shrimp in iowas small streams for years, at certain times theyre awesome. Theyre always worth trying

[JefroMullins]

Love the videos. I appreciate how you go out trying things and not trying to make “your way” work

[violentdawg]

Had one the other night in 23ft water on chicken with lemon jello (was out of cherry/strawberry and was going fishing lol), absolutely folded my rod! Sadly apparently there was a tree or coverage down there because he wrapped me around something and snapped my lead line... Only bite of the night, spawning season is rough, but nothing like sitting on a river bank under the stars! I have learned so much from this channel.

[RunninLive]

I went fishing with a coworker years ago at a local lake. We were fishing for a while and I had caught a couple of blues and he hadn’t caught anything yet. He asked what I was using for bait and I told him I was using shrimp. He said he didn’t think shrimp would work because they aren’t native to our waters. I asked him what he was using and he said chicken livers 💀.

[SS-fjdn]

Thanks for bringing us along on the latest adventure! I usually have chicken, shad and perch out trolling for blues...never tried shrimp...that will change next time at the lake! Thanks!

[dragoncloude]

great video thanks for all the useful info hope your doing well have a great day

[conrailfan]

Great video Dieter!! Absolutely
Shrimp is awesome Catfish bait!! Here in Central Indiana my local grocery has sales on
Shrimp when sale by time is up, my Buddies and I will buy a
pound or pound and a half to
use, the trick is to let them set out for a couple of hours before going fishing so they build up a little stink, we've slayed channel cat with it,
Turtles too!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[LeAnn]

I love those Piscifun Chaos XS Baitcasting Reels. That's all I use on my catfish rods now. I now have a box full of unused Ambassadors lol.

[TheDewman]

Ordered two of those piscifun reels and absolutely love them got the 40 and the 50 I bank cast and they're my best casting reels I have

[LifewithJames]

Works good on saltwater catfish for sure. Never tried it in freshwater. Kept getting hard heads this weekend on both types of bait I threw

[dannycornett]

I have good luck with shrimp in brown water in rocky areas. Thanks for another good one.

[bigDbigDbigD]

Love catfishing in MN.wish they were bigger

[bradpritt]

My biggest fish (14lb channel) was caught on frozen Walmart brand shrimp soaked in coolaid. That stuff works great.

[koreywilliams]

I got a double over the weekend, had a bass on one rod and a catfish on the other In the same spot. They actually tangled up the two lines and I ended up reeling them in at the same time.

[raygissendanner]

Great video and information what about grass shrimp

[reddrockingeezer]

Question for catfishers. I have 3 or 4, decades old white Ugli-Stick rods. They are more flexible and better than the current models. All of them are for spinning reels. I now use baitcasters on my current rods.
Is there any way to remove the guides beneath the tip and replace them with baitcaster guides, glued or clamped in place by me?

[davidnewton]

Hey Dieter. How do you hook on fresh frozen head on shrimp? Headed out in the morning and I want a fair comparison with chicken.

[bryceevans]

Damn respect the fish you did that firat fish dirty 😂