for eaters a box of chicken livers on a small treble hook will flat out destroy them
we use cut bluegill FROM the lake the catfish are in for the big catfish ,heads and bellies
but to be sure shad work really well if you can ketch a few
sum kawl me tha outlaw ketchn whalesfunbun LIKED above post
I started trying "live" gills a few years ago, and won't go back to "smell" baits, livers, etc unless I'm just being lazy or not really trying.
If shad are prevalent, they will likely work better, but, from what I've seen, the bluegills are great.Plus, its a blast catching the gills!
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