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How to use chicken bait to fish?

When fishing with chicken bait, particularly for species like catfish, you'll want to use a method that takes advantage of the bait's strong scent to attract fish. In the context of the video from Richard Gene The Fishing Machine, he's using a product called Magic Bait, available at Walmart, which comes in flavors like grasshopper and chicken blood. This type of bait is especially effective around areas where there's spilled grain and corn from barges, as the catfish are drawn to the stinking, souring bait.

Here's a step-by-step guide to fishing with chicken bait based on the techniques shown in the video:

Select the Right Bait: Choose a chicken bait that has a strong scent, as this will be more attractive to catfish. In the video, Magic Bait is used, which is a prepared bait with a potent smell.
Prepare Your Hook: Instead of just hooking the bait, pack it onto the hook tightly. This ensures that the bait stays on the hook when you cast and while it's in the water.
Choose Your Rig: Depending on the situation, you may need to adjust the position of your weight in relation to the bait. Sometimes you'll want the weight right on the bottom, and other times you may want it slightly off the bottom. This can be critical in presenting the bait in the most natural and enticing way to the catfish.
Cast and Wait: Cast your line into the area you're targeting, and be patient. Catfish will often be attracted to the scent of the bait and may take some time to find and bite it.
Detecting the Bite: Pay attention to your line and rod tip for any signs of a bite. Catfish bites can sometimes be subtle, so a sensitive setup can help you detect when a fish has taken the bait.
Setting the Hook: Once you feel a bite, set the hook with a firm but not overly aggressive motion. Catfish have tough mouths, so a good hook set is necessary to ensure the hook penetrates.

Remember, the effectiveness of chicken bait can vary depending on the environment and the feeding habits of the catfish in the area you're fishing. Always be prepared to adjust your technique and experiment with different presentations to find what works best.

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Dog Days of Summer Fishing | How To | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → with worms, with jigs, with soft plastic stick baits. I like to fish soft plastic stick baits myself, they're nice and slow, has enticing fall. The idea here is to get these fish to come out underneath that canopy to attack that lure. And a lot of times, the more active fish are on those edges patrolling around looking for those bait fish. So you can catch a lot of those active fish along there. Crankbaits work really well if you can prevent them from getting snagged in those weeds. Spinnerbaits work really well as well. If probing the edges doesn't work, then, you've got to go and dig them out. And what I do is I'll take a jig or a plastic creature bait, for example, a Rage Tail. A Rage Bug for example works really well. Any kind of a beaver-style bait, small, compact, four or five-inch bait works really well because you want to get through the canopy. So anything that's got a lot of appendages on it or a big, long tail like a sickle tail worm or something can get hung up in those weeds and it won't get through. And you want to put a heavy weight on it, like a half ounce to an ounce and a half weight bullet sinker. And the idea here is you take it and you throw it up in the air and let it come down and it will punch through that canopy to where those fish are waiting. That's the key.

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A Simple Way To Catch Catfish With Magic Bait From Walmart by Richard Gene The Fishing Machine → this is a perfect way to get you a lot of good eating catfish and do it a simple way this is called magic Bay now you can get this at your local Walmart all of them carry it this is an excellent selection bait selection for what we're going to be doing today we're going to be fishing specifically for channel cat I had the reason why I'm using this and they make a couple different flavors this is grasshopper and chicken blow and I also have some in here that's chicken blooded just chicken blood but anyway the reason why they're hitting this stinking stinking stuff let me show you oh my goodness that stains I cannot tell you how bad that stays okay you can imagine what okay see what it looks like it stinks just as bad as the real thing but that's good it stinks so but the reason why it's working here around these barges is because this is where corn and also grain is loaded up onto these barges and a lot of it's spilling over into the water sink into the bottle souring oh it stinks a lot of it's floating up here on the surface right now and I'll show that to you but most of it's on the bottle and in this hot water it will sour and stain just as bad as this now these Channel Cats will draw around these ball barges especially when there's a spill and

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A Simple Way To Catch Catfish With Magic Bait From Walmart by Richard Gene The Fishing Machine → they'll fade on the Grain and the corn because it stings they're used to feeding on stinking stuff so that's why this is very very effective it's just that simple this is a situation type deal okay but this is not the only situation that this kind of stuff will work it'll work in Creeks small rivers when it comes to channel cat all right folks let's open up some of this stinking stinking stuff right here let's see over that stains I can't tell y'all how that stings now this is an excellent Channel cat bait especially in a situation like this and what I do is just like I'm doing right there I'll pack it on I don't just hook it on I pack it on like that real tight and this stuff believe it or not it don't come off too easy all right let's get busy let's see yeah it's still showing some fish there now sometimes you know you have to mess around with this stuff I mean sometimes you need to fish up off the bottom oh a foot to four feet and a lot of times you need that weight to be right on the bottom and sometimes the weight to be just off the bottom I mean just off the bottom now that's something you'll have to play with um anytime you're catfishing no matter if you're fishing like this or with a live bait

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Dropshot Tube - How To Fish | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → Even if it's a lake, there's still current, whether it be wave action, wind-driven, something like that, but the water's always moving. It's never stagnant. That's going to move the bait as well. Light breeze, little chop on the water, that's going to be tapping against your line, and that will be transmitted to the bait as well. So it's always moving, even if you're holding still. And this is a real subtle approach. It's a methodical way to of fishing. This is how you entice a reluctant fish to bite, is just hold it in place. Hold it for as long as you can stand it. There's no real set rule, but this is a real slow, methodical way so the slower, the better. You cannot fish it too slow. And once you want to move it, alls you want to do is just lift up on the rod tip and let it fall right back down to the bottom and then hold it steady again. Don't even move it at all. One thing you can do is while it's sitting in there, is you might want to impart a little bit of action after you've let it sit for a while, is just shake the rod tip, just like that. Just let it bounce. It just takes a little bit of action, not much at all. And then let it stop again. Just let it sit. I can't tell you how many times you'll be sitting here and all of a sudden, your rod tip will bend.

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