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Chicken liver for bullheads? #7553422
04/09/22 05:34 PM
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Will it work better/worse than nigh crawlers?

Re: Chicken liver for bullheads? [Re: 080808] #7553424
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Used chicken liver for catfish in our Kansas ponds worms seemed to catch more bullheads and liver was better for Chanles. Don't know why?

Re: Chicken liver for bullheads? [Re: 080808] #7553426
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Save yourself a headache and get beef liver if your wanna use liver. Other wise learn to tie a eggloop knot

Re: Chicken liver for bullheads? [Re: 080808] #7553448
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For bullheads its hard to beat night crawlers. I never caught one on chicken liver


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Re: Chicken liver for bullheads? [Re: 080808] #7553450
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Night crawlers worked better for me.


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Re: Chicken liver for bullheads? [Re: 080808] #7553452
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I fish for bullheads a bunch off my dock during the cool summer nights. My two go to baits are night crawlers that I hit with an air needle, to get them up out of the bottom grass. Second is 3 to 4 inch salted minnows, Toss up which is better. Salted minnows are also deadly on trout in the river and creeks at my cabin. Non Iodized salt only...


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Re: Chicken liver for bullheads? [Re: 080808] #7553453
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Chicken livers for cat fish

Crawlers for bullhead


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Re: Chicken liver for bullheads? [Re: 080808] #7553500
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Night crawlers and or leeches for bullheads. leeches last longer than night crawlers on hook.

Re: Chicken liver for bullheads? [Re: 080808] #7553509
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If you have access to some clams, try letting some clam guts ferment in a glass jar in the sun for awhile, wrap them in cheese cloth bundles and they work great for catfish. Probly bullheads too. I did that at Ft Gordon GA in some military ponds and mopped up on catfish on trotlines. laugh
I'm sure store bought ones would work too but expensive.

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Re: Chicken liver for bullheads? [Re: 080808] #7553530
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bullheads dont eat rotten stuff like channel cats will


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Re: Chicken liver for bullheads? [Re: 080808] #7553538
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My Grandpa loved fishing bullheads and took me with when I was around. He used beef liver often and we did well ,crawlers worked well also but it seemed the fish ran bigger on liver.

Re: Chicken liver for bullheads? [Re: 080808] #7553603
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All this talk about wasting good liver on fish is nonsense . That stuff ahould be on your dinner plate where it belongs, right on top of the onions. Delicious smile

Re: Chicken liver for bullheads? [Re: 080808] #7553646
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I'm with Midlander.

Re: Chicken liver for bullheads? [Re: midlander] #7553664
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Originally Posted by midlander
All this talk about wasting good liver on fish is nonsense . That stuff ahould be on your dinner plate where it belongs, right on top of the onions. Delicious smile

I'd rather eat the nitecrawlers.

Re: Chicken liver for bullheads? [Re: 080808] #7553668
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Fresh cut bait works well on the yellow belly bullheads that we have.

Re: Chicken liver for bullheads? [Re: 330-Trapper] #7553693
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Originally Posted by 330-Trapper
Chicken livers for cat fish

Crawlers for bullhead


^ This, around here anyway.

I would add, in lakes full of bullhead it was always hard to catch a channel cat before the bullheads took the bait. The bull heads would always hit crawlers, sometimes hit liver, never hit sand toads or stink bait.

Re: Chicken liver for bullheads? [Re: 080808] #7553695
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Can corn works well for bullheads as well.

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