Catfish are attracted to garlic. Garlic serves as a homemade fish bait that helps to attract Catfish because of its sharp flavor and potent odor, which makes Catfish get hooked and encourages them to take a bite. Once properly dried and appropriately prepared, the garlic is dropped into the water body, and its strong and attractive smell quickly spreads through the water and draws catfish from far and near. You need to properly dry your garlic bait to stay together in the fishing line when inside the water. Garlic can be used in its fresh or powdered form when mixed with chicken liver or a ball of bait dough to get a stink bait. Catfish have a large olfactory ability which makes garlic effective.
What Is a Stink Bait?
Stink bait is made up of ingredients with malodorous flavors. It is designed this way because catfish depends on their sense of smell to feed. Stink bait is usually bonded to a fishing hook and dropped into the water to entice Catfish. Its putrid smell is like that of rotten cheese or like the smell of bad blood or garlic.
Stink bait is not the only available bait that’s used in attracting Catfish. Other naturally occurring baits with pleasant odors and smells are Asian carp, Crawfish, Nightcrawlers, Shrimp, Punch bait, etc. However, stink bait is our major focus in this article, and it is a doctored malodorous bait with a fetid smell that usually produces results in catching Catfish. Some examples of the most common stink baits are garlic chicken liver, innards of gutted fish, liquid additives, and garlic balls of dough.
How To Make Garlic Fish Bait
Garlic is sure to give your homemade fish bait the special odor it needs to attract catfish. Carps and catfish get attracted to the strong smell of garlic; hence, garlic is commonly used to make stink baits. For you to make garlic fish bait, you need the following ingredients:
- Fresh or powdered garlic
- Wooden spoon
- Stove
- Saucepan
- Towels (paper)
- Oven
- Salted crackers
- Bowl for mixing
- Dough balls
- Chicken livers
- Aluminum foil
- Refrigerator
- 3 cups of water
- Sheet (baking)
- Cat food
Steps To Making Garlic Dough Balls
Garlic Dough Balls
- Get a mixing bowl ready. Locate your cat food and put a small portion of the cat food into the mixing bowl. Add a very small number of unsalted crackers into the cat food inside the mixing bowl, and also add a portion of garlic into the mixture.
- Mash the crackers into the cat food inside the mixing bowl using a wooden spoon. Do this until you have a smooth consistency of all the ingredients inside the bowl and a solid paste is achieved in the mixing bowl.
- Afterward, wrap the mixing bowl with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for one hour.
- At the end of the hour, get your baking sheets and line them with aluminum foil.
- Set the oven to 200 degrees.
- Peel off the refrigerated dough and use a melon baller to take out small portions of the dough balls.
- Then, Place the dough balls at least a hair apart on the baking sheet and into the oven.
- Then bake the garlic dough balls for one hour or until they are fully dry. Ensure the garlic dough balls are completely dry before you take them out of the oven.
- Put the dried garlic dough bait on the fishing line to hold your bait and attract Catfish.
Steps To Making Garlic Chicken Liver Bait
Garlic Chicken Liver Bait
- Get a mixing bowl and fill it with 2-3 cups of water. Put the raw chicken livers inside the water and add garlic to it. Pour the mixture into a medium saucepan and heat over relatively medium-high heat until it reaches a timely boil.
- Use a strainer to pour the boiled liver. Allow the liver to cool down. Place the cooked chicken liver at a reasonable distance away from each other (at least an inch).
- Do not place the garlic chicken livers on a bare surface but on a paper towel to soak up the water content and quickly make it dry.
- Sundry the garlic chicken livers on paper towels for three hours and make sure that no Cats are in sight while this is in place.
- Put the dried garlic chicken liver to the hook with an extra fishing line or cut the toe from an old set of hosiery to create a mini pouch to grip your bait.
Is Garlic a Good Fishing Bait?
Garlic is popularly used in home dishes as a seasoning, and it provides many nutritional benefits to people. It also serves as good fishing bait for fish such as catfish, carp, and trout that are attracted to the strong garlic smell. If you want to fish for any of these above-mentioned fish, most especially Catfish, you can add garlic to your bait to increase your chances of catching them in a great way. Also, fish that get attracted to garlic is known to have a strong sense of smell, so it is not shocking that they are attracted to the pungent scent of garlic.
Do Catfish Like Garlic Powder As A Fishing Bait?
The most powerful fishing bait for Catfish is fresh garlic, but you can also use powdered or jarred garlic as bait for Catfish. Although the use of a powdered form of garlic or the jarred form is not as effective as fresh garlic, it will still serve as a bait to attract Catfish.
What Amount of Garlic Is Enough to Attract Catfish?
This depends on the number of Catfish you are trying to attract. If you want to attract a lot of Catfish, for example, you can try to add a small amount of garlic at first, then subtly increase it until you find a degree that works well to drag them in.
Can I Use Garlic As Bait For Any Other Kind Of Fish Apart from Catfish?
If you add garlic to your bait, it can be a very beneficial way to attract fish. Nonetheless, you should assess the type of fish you are trying to attract before you add garlic to your bait. If, for instance, you are fishing for cold-water fish like salmon it is most advisable not to use garlic as bait because its strong smell can scare these types of fish away.
Conclusion
You can add garlic to your bait for fish like carp or catfish. It will make the fishing process very effective and, importantly, help you catch a lot of them.
