I'm no catfisherman either, but I'd sure think one of those stink bait concoctions would work for hooking into one. Funny story, one of my accounts in a small town was invited to a formal dinner put on by one of the vendors and they had peeled boiled jumbo shrimp on the befit. This young guy was pretty blue collar and I'm not sure that he had even ever seen a plate of boiled jumbo shrimp. Anyway he picked up a handful, put them in a napkin and then his pocket to use as catfish bait! I'm sure that the catfish hadn't seen many boiled jumbo shrimp either and they seemed to like them real well according to the guy. Best $15.00 a pound catfish bait that he ever used. At least you could eat the left over bait if the fish weren't biting.
