I take cracked corn, put it in a 5 gallon bucket 3/4 full. Add a gallon of water. 6 bags of cherry kool aid, 6 cans of tuna and 1/2 gallon molasses and stir it all up. Put it out in the sun for a month or so with the lid on and shake it around every couple days.

Corn, brown sugar and syrup.

Distilled corn from ethnol plant ,mix craw dad oil in to liking and glycerin oil in freezing weather.

I will be the first person to say, if you have success or confidence in a specific lure/bait then stick with it! However, in my opinion alot of people really over think dp bait, especially if your in moderate to high coon populations. I barely broke $100 in bait, filled the traps heaping full, and broke my goal this year! My "secret bait"......cheap fry cat food at walmart, nothing more. I do think some things have a better percentage of catch rate then cat food, but for the price I can't justify spending the extra money when (in my opinion) catfood will catch between 1/2 or 1/3 coon that walk by, and when I believe I have 5 or 6 on that trail every night, it's bound to produce. Just my thoughts.

Tooltime, I am not positive but fairly sure I’ve bought smaller bags than five pounds. About one half bottle per bag yes. I have a large plastic container with lid for mixing and shaking until all soaked up.
I just get the cheapest dry cat food I can find at dollar general. Prefer fish flavored but I don’t think that matters either.
I have quite using fish oil at sets. Costs extra and catch rate didn’t seem to improve with it.
A little coon lure might be helpful in colder weather. Who knows.
Jim

Thanks jadNE. I’m going to try just dry cat food like Iowa Trapper and mix some with molasses to see what work’s best.

i use dry cat food also. i also used to use fish oil but it made no difference.

put your traps where they are going to be and you will catch them.

Our coons like dry cat food as well. They just like grape koolaide mixed with it.

Dry cat food ,bacon grease and gummy worms.

Dollar general also usually has some jello mix boxes pretty cheap. Strawberry, cherry, grape, you name it. A dollar can of sardines mashed up and mixed in would be good too. Just keep it cheap, simple, and set on sign.
Play the numbers game. Lots of sets, lots of locations, cheap bait, and go get ‘em.

I tried the bacon grease and cat food. Besides being a mess, it seems to draw every possum within 50 miles!

My trouble with cat food is, for some odd reason, cats seem very attracted to it.

No possum on my land......I'm surprised.
I don't put alot of grease in just enough.

I mix dry dog food and dry cat food, just because the dog food is cheaper…. I use a tiny smear of Lennon’s coon lure on a tree by the gang set. Cheap and easy. No mess.

Never caught a cat in a DP, but my son ended up catching 3 greys in them. Then again I think they are from the feline line.

Lots of free range cats around here. Some are little kids pets, some are just wild and some are farmer's best mousers. I don't want to catch any of them.

(you all can save your opinion on free range cats, we've all heard it a million times)