Zote soap for catfish..questions

[Wac M Trac M]

Anyone on here ever use Zote soap for catfish? How well does it work?


Will big fish eat it?

[JAB 1]

I have used soap on a trotline it worked...no big ones

[ByronF]

I have used Ivory soap. It works but never any big fish. You have to cut it with fishing line so it doesnt crumble

[SolocamShooter]

It works OK. I keep some as a back up in case I run out of my other baits. Biggest fish I have ever caught on it is about 14". What are you going to be fishing it on? It really only works on juglines or trotlines because it takes a long time for it to dissolve and let it's smell out. IMO you would be better off using something else like shad or chicken liver. Just my 2 cents.

[Ron]

Use any kind of liver, that's all its good for anyway.

[Mr. Whiskers]

I'm not very impressed with it. The 1 advantage it has is you will only catch catfish with it.

[Wulver]

....and your hands won't stink. Not from the bait or the fish that you won't catch. lol

[Fishndude]

Use it to wash your hands after you put fresh chicken liver on your hook!

[b.latiolais]

I was listening to a guy here at work talk about a new stink bait his buddy tried this past weekend. Comes in a tub and he says it's got cotton in it which helps it cling to your hook. He just uses a stick and shoves the hook down in the tub, pulls the hook out, and throws it overboard. He said he caught some good fish with it.

[GR5]

Shad... The natural bait. Just thread it on

[Arlington BowHunter]

We use it on limb lines all the time, catches some good eating size channel cats. The key is to find bars that are soft that way you can cut it with a knife and it won't crumble.

[Rubeng]

I just use hot dogs! They work like a charm!

[AgHntr10]

I've never used it but I have a buddy that used to run some lines on the neches and swears by it

[Howard]

n arkansas each year we would always make up our own soap bait. Melt ivory soap down and add another ingrediate- I forget name, but can get it from pharmacy. We caught a ton of fish and had clean hands

[Sean]

I have heard alot of good things about this bait.http://www.teamcatfish.com/store/index.php?cPath=35_50

I personally have always used shad and perch for bait.