crappie cowboy there are just so many great ways and things to use for channels but if you do use dip baits use the things with sponge or put a piece of sponge on the ones your making because the bait soaks in and stays longer than on a piece of rubber or plastic and also if i was going jugging i would use a treble or j hook and bait it with shrimp or water bugs if you have access to those but with water bugs you have to be sure to use a small sinker to hold them down a lil or they will swim back up and hang out on your jug until you get back to the jug to find that they have just been chillin in the sun lol water bugs have an odor and they move and swim alot channels can not resist them of i have also used chicken liver tied in pieces of panty hose i just make them up before i go and then i dont have to mess with it while im there and the liver cant be pulled off because the fish would have to rip the fabric and all off the hook then and we all know chicken liver works well for channels another one that will stay on your hook i about forgot is take chicken breast and buy the most fatty ones you can find cut them in bait sized pieces then put them in a bag or empty coffee can and pour in a few packages of red cool aid powder and mix it up really good let it set over night and you will have a blood red bait that stays on a hook well it dosent have to stink for a cat to like it just an odor of sorts because a cat is really just one big taste bud i have seen videos on in fishermen doug stange said that they can even taste with the outside of their body kinda weird i know but its true

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is that a bite...YEAH FISH DONT HAVE HANDS