livers

[shaleetoo]

anybody  have a solution  to  keeping  chicken livers  on  the  hooks  ty

[Graybeard]

Use a square of panty hose to wrap it in before putting it on the hook.

[RF]

Use a square of panty hose to wrap it in before putting it on the hook.

And so far as I could ever see, that's kind of a mess too.  :lol:

I used to really be fond of chicken liver for bait, but the stuff was just so much of a PITA to use that it prompted me to invent my own dip type bait.  Main ingredient was chicken livers that I liquified in an old blender.  I would then use little pieces of floating sponge...just big enough to float a small wire hook...fished on a carolina rig with about a 6 inch leader.  This was lake fishing, and believe it or not I think catfish aren't too good at picking bait up from the bottom.  I think that leads to all the "peck peck" bites and bait stealing...but on this rig they generally SLAMMED it and just kept going.

[.308sniper]

Need to try that.

[jerkface11]

I bet that blender is loads of fun to be around  :eek:

[DaveP]

Once the water gets warmer and the livers wont stay on,I begin to salt them.Just layer liverssalt,livers,salt,and let sit ,in the fridge,a day or two.Seems to toughen them up some,and they stay on better.

[suthincomfort]

just lay them out on a piece of board or a boat paddle they dry out real good in the sun the more rank they get the better they work

[kyelkhunter3006]

I've used panty hose, but wasn't too impressed.  I try to get in the gristle when I put them on the hook, and that helps.  I've salted them and that worked pretty well, and so did letting them sit in the sun.  I've also salted them with garlic salt to try something different, but had better success with the regular livers.

[sparkyjan14]

I had the same problem.  Around here liver is pretty darn good for the channels.

I bought some red thread, and when i put the liver on my hook i wrap a piece of that thread around it real good.

This is a very successfull technique and i never loose liver, even with a good ole hard cast i find that my liver stays on using the thread.

[prairiedog555]

I pour salt into the container and leave it to set up.  it toughens them, preserves them and I think they like the salt.  I thought of this after reading how plastic bait manufacturers put their bait in salt, they say that blood has a salty taste.  Works for me. 

[kyelkhunter3006]

That the same place I got the idea from too.  Also, I figured, people use salt to cure hides and preserve meat, why not livers too?

[Inrut24/7]

I simply Start the day with frozen livers, I like to use them when they are just frozen enough to pull apart from the next liver, they stay on alot better when casting than a thawed out liver.

[Ratltrap]

Get some of the netting material used in making roe bags for salmon and steelhead fishing and tie up the bags while the livers are still partly frozen.

[KYBOY]

First cut them into bait sized chunks befor you leave the house. You can use a treble hook. Put a snap on the end of your leader. Unsnap the hook, push the hook thru the center of the liver then re snap the hook. It helps a lot.

[bubbinator]

  Use beef liver-it comes frozen in 1/2" "steaks, cut it into cubes you like while frozen and it is not too messy.  Keep it in small zip lock freezer bags until ready to use.  Thaw about two hours before use and it goes on, stays on and catches fish great.  I'll never fool with chicken again!

[ihookem]

I never thought beef liver was as good, and I never though tabout cats not good at picking off the bottom but I think it's the little cats. I alao do better if the stink bait is just a few inches off the ground.

[kyelkhunter3006]

I use beef liver too, it doesn't seem to generate the action that the chicken liver does, but the fish that I catch on beef seem to be bigger on average.  Cats have no problems whatsoever picking bait up off of the bottom.  In areas that have lots of mussel beds, the cats gorge themselves on mussels.  Which are flat smack on the bottom.  I'm sure that getting just about any other kind of food off the bottom is easier than sucking a mussel shell off the bottom, and the cats aren't deterred one bit by the shells.