Catfish Soap Bait Secrets - Sure To Bring The Best Catches

Stories abound about bizarre, catfish bait 'secrets' sure to bring in the best catches of monster catfish, and though none seem more far fetched to the average person, it seems that catfish soap bait just might be a bizarre secret that works quite well.

One thing to remember, if you plan to try your luck at catching catfish with soap bait, is that not all soaps are created equal. In fact, your every day, run of the mill soap just might act as a repellent rather than a bait to entice catfish onto your line. Your soap must be 100% pure, and contain no preservatives, no deodorants, perfumes or fancy ingredients.

Catfishermen have mentioned two brands in particular that work very well catching catfish. The two brands most well known to entice catfish are Zoat and Ivory brand soaps. These two brands have graced the tackle boxes of avid catfish anglers for centuries, but more and more catfish anglers are relying on family recipes for catfish soap bait that they claim never fails to put big, tasty catfish in their freezers trip after trip.

One such home made soap bait is your standard lye soap. Now, if you do not want to make your own, it can usually be found in various places such as specialty stores. If you would like to make your own, it is really not that difficult. Additionally, to the standard lye soap recipe, you can add your own custom ingredients to make it even more enticing to your quarry.

You will need:
6 C. water
24 oz. Pure Lye (sodium hydroxide)
12 lbs. animal fat or lard
*Warning!! Lye is caustic and must always be handled with care. Follow manufacturer's cautions, precautions, and warnings to ensure your safety!!
*Warning!! Lye reacts to metal. Always use lye only in glass or plastic containers!

Intructions: It is important that you pour the lye into the water (not the water into the lye) stirring to dissolve. Be very careful not to allow it to splash or spill. Attend to any spills or splatters with extreme care. Allow the lye and water mixture to come to room temperature. Melt the animal fat in a stove top safe container. Once the fat is melted, allow it to cool to about 90 degrees F.
Don't let it begin to solidify. As you stir the fat with a wooden (not metal) spoon, gradually stir in the lye and water mixture. The mixture will immediately start to thicken and solidify. Don't stop stirring until all the lye and water have been added, and a pudding like consistency is achieved. At this point, you may add ingredients to enhance your fishing experience. Some common ingredients to add are:
Anise
Garlic salt
Canned corn juice

The stirring process may take up to an hour to complete. Then, the soap mixture can be poured in to containers so it can set up. Most people use milk cartons or jugs cut down to a manageable size. It can take three or even four days or more for the soap to set up and harden. Remember, you must use only glass or plastic containers and utensils, and never put the soap mixture in metal containers.

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Catfish Attractant

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1/3 cup veg oil
1/3 cup cornstarch
1/3 cup water
1 tbsp BBQ sauce
1 tbsp Italian Dressing

Directions:
The directions are simple just
Mix water, flour, veg oil, and cornstarch in large bowl. Continue mixing until dough is formed then add the BBQ sauce and Italian dressing. Now pick up the dough ball and knead it in your hands until it turns to a light tan color (it's greasy, but hey, you'll be handling it soon anyway!). Put the smelly concoction in a Ziploc bag. Take it fishing. Catch fish. Bottom line.
NO REFRIGERATION NEEDED

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Spicy Cheesy Beef

Ingredients:
1 pound of bloody beef cubes
garlic salt
Parmesan cheese
shallow dish

Directions:
1. Put the beef cubes in a shallow dish
2. Sprinkle the cubes real good on all sides with the garlic salt and the Parmesan cheese
3. Let marinate a few hours or over night
4. Put a cube on your hook and prepare to catch some fish they will love it.

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Making Boilies

Making boilies is not as difficult as some anglers would have you believe. Although ready-made or shelf life boilies are extremely effective and do catch a great number of carp, making boilies will improve your catches, save you money and can be fun. Many serious carp anglers would not consider using ready mades and insist on making their own. Their argument being that by using only fresh ingredients, which will be more acceptable to the carp, your catch rates will increase dramatically. The other argument in favour of home made boilies is of course cost. Making a reasonable sized batch of your own boilies, especially if you share the cost with a friend, can save a good deal of expense, and once you have some of the basic tools and flavours in stock, they become increasingly cheaper with each batch.

So here is a quick guide to get you started in the art of boilie making. With practice you will soon be making baits that those carp just can't resist.

What you need ;

The basic ingredients of any boilie are a good base mix, ½ a dozen eggs, flavourings, colourings and maybe sweetener. You will also find the job a lot easier if you have available a bait gun and a rolling table. Although these are not essentials, they will save a lot of time, mess and hassle. Other pieces of equipment you will require are a mixing bowl, a fork, whisk or electric mixer, a syringe, kitchen scales, saucepan, metal sieve and an air drying tray in which to finish off the baits. A clean surface on which to work with the equipment laid out ready will help you to complete the job more easily.

Mix it up

Before going into much detail, the rule here is to always mix the dry ingredients together in one container, and the wet ingredients in another. That said, let' sstart with the dry. Place the required amount of base mix into your mixing bowl. For half a dozen eggs, this will probably be 16 oz, but you can always add a little more later if needed. Most mixes will come with mixing instructions from the manufacturer, so always follow these. Add any powdered additives such as sweetener, about ½ a teaspoon of each usually, but again, follow instructions on the container. Mix this well, ensuring that all of the additives are well incorporated into the base mix. Now in a separate bowl, mix the liquid ingredients. First crack open the eggs and place in a large mixing bowl. Now add your liquid flavours. Use a syringe and measure the exact quantity stated. Never overdo it, even if you can't smell it, it is there, and even slightly too much flavour can repel the carp rather than attract them. Now whisk the eggs and flavours very thoroughly or the flavour will not be evenly distributed amongst your finished baits.

Bring it together

Now add the powdered ingredients to the egg mix, slowly stirring together with a fork as you gradually add more powder. An electric mixer can be used here if you prefer, but do start it off on a slow speed, or your ingredients will end up everywhere. Keep adding the base mix and form a paste which is just sticky to the touch but not too dry or your baits will split. If you find the mix sticking to your hands, a little cooking oil on them will stop it happening.
Ready, load, fire
Now is the time to load the paste into your bait gun. First roll it into a sausage shape that fits into the gun. Squeeze the bait out of the gun across your rolling table, forming 3 thin sausage shapes. Place the top of the table over the baits and roll it backwards and forwards a few times. Lift it off again and you should have a batch of raw boilies. If the paste sticks to the table, you need to add more powder next time. If you don't have a rolling table and gun, you are going to be there for a while as you hand roll each bait into a ball.

Prepare to boil

Now boil your water and have ready a metal sieve. Placing few baits at a time into the sieve, dunk it into the water. About 30 baits at a time is good depending on the size of your container. Allow them to boil for about 45 - 60 seconds depending on their size. The longer you leave them, the harder they will, be, so if you have to suffer crayfish in your water, you may want to leave them a little longer. Also the bigger the boilie, the longer they take. I would estimate 45 seconds for a 14mm boilie of average hardness. Once boiled, remove them and place them in a drying tray while you get on with the next lot.

Dry, store, freeze and use

When all of your baits have dried, you can store them for use. If you want them very dry, a week or two in the airing cupboard will help, remember that if they are still moist, they will start to mould unless you freeze them. Freezing is best done in small polythene bags. Remove as much air as you can and place straight into the freezer.

Pop-Ups

If you want to make some pop ups during the above process, this is easily achieved by hand rolling some of your mixture around cork balls. Then cook and store as normal. Don't forget to keep them separately or you wont know which is which when you come to use them. Some anglers make their pop-ups bigger so that they can tell them apart.
Hint. - Always keep a log of the boilies that you make, and always use the same size eggs. This way, to repeat a successful recipe or refine a not so good one, you will be able to look up exactly what you did last time you made it.

Remember - Too much flavour is a waste of boilie mixture. It won't help you catch but will have the opposite effect and scare the carp off.

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VERY CORNY

2 1/2 cup corn meal
2 boxes of jello (any kind apricot peach strawberry work best)
2 TSP of sugar
1 cup salt
1 cup water
4 tsp of whole corn no juice

Put in pan over stove heat on low add water and salt and sugar stir then add 1/2 cup of corn meal stir for 2 minutes add 1 box jello and 1/2 cup of corn meal stir add other box of jello + corn and 1/2 cup of corn meal stir add flavouring (butter nut) then rest of corn meal stir should form a big ball touch with finger to see if sticky if sticky sprinkle some corn meal on it then heat some more take out slice into meat patties let cool to room temp put in container and put in fridge till use (always keep it in ice box when not in use) works real good.

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Korean Dough Balls

Take the powdery corn meal and mix it up with water. Let it dry a little. Then, put it in the microwave for ten seconds and take it out. Ball it up and let it dry. Keep it in the 'fridge until you go fishing. It's a Korean recipe that works great

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SURE FIRE CARP BAIT

1/4 c. salt
4 c. water
2 c. cornmeal
1/2 jar wheat germ
Garlic powder to smell
1/2 bottle anise extract
Ground alfalfa

Mix salt, water, cornmeal. Boil until real stiff, cool. Add wheat germ. Add garlic powder to smell strong. Add anise extract and alfalfa to turn green and stiff enough to stay on hook.

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Carp Baits - Hemp Seed

Carp fishing baits are so varied that it is all too easy to over look the lowly hemp seed.

Hemp seed is one of the most effective and simple carp attractors and feeding stimulants of all time. It offers high feeding stimulus for the carp, high oil content, amazing holding power, simple preparation and low prices when compared to other carp fishing baits.

It is the mixture of its taste, size and texture, which is very similar to that of freshwater snails, that makes hemp seed such a strong bait to have in your carp fishing baits portfolio. As with all particle baits the hemp seed needs preparation, but it is such a simple process that many anglers prepare their hemp whilst they are fishing, and use it as soon as it is ready, this is known as hot hemp, there is no way of keeping it as fresh as this.

How To Prepare Hemp Seed

First you need to soak your hemp seed in a bucket of water for 24 hours.

Then tip your hemp seed and its water into a saucepan and bring to the boil, when it is boiling, lower the heat to a simmer for approximately 30 minutes. You may need to add a little water during simmering to keep the hemp covered as it stews. You will know when it is ready as the seed cases will split and little white shoots will be coming out of the splits in the seed, also the seed cases will have darkened down anywhere from dark brown to almost black.

Then tip your hemp and water into a bucket seal the lid, leaving a small air gap for pressure release and your done.

Use it within a few days or you can drain some of the water off and freeze it for later use, but as with all baits i prefer to use them fresh not frozen.

Carp Fishing With Hemp Seed.

Big beds of hemp seed will attract and hold carp in the feeding area for days on end, they sometimes become so pre-occupied with it that they will feed on hemp seed exclusively until it is all gone. To stop this happening make sure you mix a scattering of other particles or baits into the hemp seed when laying your bed of bait, for example sweet corn and some broken boilies, or maize and some mixed pellets, this will stop the carp from feeding entirely on hemp seed, allowing the carp fisherman to use these other baits as hook-baits.

Some carp fisherman will use hemp (real or artificial) as hook-baits, but i prefer to add some other bait items into the mix and fish with these.

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CATFISH BAITS

Crawdads

Crawdads (crawfish) are one of the primary food sources for catfish in Clear Lake. At times live crawdads are an excellent bait but more often the meat from the tail is the top producer. Just remove the shell from the tail of the crawdad and place the white meat on the hook. Crawdad tails are best used still fishing with or without a bobber since they don't stay on the hook very well. They produce the best results from spring to late fall when they are readily available to the catfish. You can purchase crawdads at several bait and tackle shops around the lake or you can catch your own with a crawdad trap.

Shrimp

Shrimp or prawns as they are called in the fish markets are a perfect substitute for crawdads. Although I have never been able to get a catfish to admit it, I believe they taste just like a crawdad to them. Depending on the size of the shrimp and the desired size of the bait you can use them whole or cut them in half. You can use them with the shell on but most anglers remove the shell. Unlike the crawdads you can use shrimp in heavy current or for long vigorous casting or even drift fishing without fear of losing your bait. They can be purchased in most seafood sections of supermarkets either frozen or fresh. I sometimes soak them in crawdad scent oil but I can't really prove that it helps. They work best from spring to late fall just as the crawdads do.

Cut Bait

The word cut bait covers a wide variety of fish baits. The most common ones that are used at Clear Lake are: shad, anchovy, sardines, mackerel and silverside minnows. Cut bluegill are rumored to be a deadly cut bait but since it is illegal to use them in Clear Lake I have no idea as to the validity of the rumor. Cut bait can be a fillet or a chunk, it depends on your preference. I use them primarily for drift fishing in deeper water since the cats are usually feeding on shad or silverside minnows when they go deep.

Clams

Freshwater clams are another excellent bait for catfish at Clear Lake and can be productive year round. Fresh clams are more productive than the frozen or processed ones but if the fish are on the bite any kind will catch fish. They can be especially productive for pan sized catfish when fishing at night in the summertime.

Worms

This category includes nightcrawlers, minicrawlers and garden worms. Most locals prefer a gob of garden worms or if not available then minicrawlers. They are highly productive in winter and early spring when the creeks and drainage ditches are pouring muddy water into the lake. The catfish lay in waiting for worms and other food to be washed into the lake with the muddy water. It is best to use just enough weight to drift along the bottom in the current to provide a natural presentation. Nightcrawlers and minicrawlers are available at all bait shops around the lake but garden worms must be dug up by the angler.

Live or Dead Minnows

Live minnows, especially large or extra large are a good bait all year round. The only drawback (or maybe not) is that you will catch as many bass, or maybe more, as catfish. Most serious catmen kill their minnows just before they put them on the hook for this reason. They can be used under a bobber in shallow water in spring and summer as well as drift fishing in semi deep to deep water all year long. Minnows are available at only a few baitshops in the area so check my list of bait and tackle shops and call them to see if they're available.

Miscellaneous Baits

I truly believe that a catfish (especially a channel cat) will eat almost anything that is animal, vegetable or mineral. Here is a partial list of stuff that I have caught them on; bread dough, salmon eggs, smoked salmon, corn, hot dogs, bologna, german bologna, salami, green peas, Berkely Power Bait Trout Paste, plastic worms and grubs, and even crank baits. Hot dogs are a very good bait for catfish at Clear Lake. Many fish in excess of 15 pounds have been taken with hot dogs. Another good catfish bait that deserves a mention here is cheese, just about any kind of cheese will catch catfish but orange cheeses like cheddar or american work particularly well. As I already mentioned, I have caught a lot of cats with plain bread dough so I'm sure a prepared doughbait will do well. If you use your imagination I'm sure you can come up with a few new ones.....Good Luck.....

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15 Carp Bait Recipes

#1 Skillet Creek Carp Doughbait Formula

Mix together 8 oz. Fine grated cheese and 2 pints plain flour. Add 5 drops oil of citronelle and enough
warm water to knead into a stiff dough. Roll into balls about half inch through, or a bit larger. Place in
the hot sun to dry. When fully dry, drop them into boiling water. Skim off when they float on top and
again place in the sun again to dry out. This makes a good bait for carp.

#2 Famous “Strawberry” Flavor Carp Dough Bait Formula

Mix together one cup plain flour, two cups corn meal. Heat to boiling one pint water. Now turn the heat
down so water only simmers. Place in water one tablespoon vanilla flavoring, two tablespoons sugar,
one package strawberry gelatin. Be sure to stir all the time these are being added. Use a wooden spoon
or paddle. Dip the flour and corn meal onto top of the water. As bubbles burst through add a little more
of the dry (meal and flour) material, continuing until all the dry mixture has been absorbed. Keep
stirring a full two minutes. Remove from fire. Roll into a lump. Wrap in aluminum foil and place in the
refrigerator where it will keep cool but not freeze, until ready to go fishing. To use: pinch off pieces to
mold around and over the hook. Small pieces on a small hooks works best in carp fishing.

#3 Super Call Carp Dough Bait Formula

Mix 1 cup Graham Flour with 1 cup Corn Meal. Add 2 tablespoons Cherry Oil, 2 tablespoons Red
Cake Coloring. Now add enough warm water to make a thick dough by kneading well. This sweet
ingredient appeals to the carp and the red color makes it easy for the carp to see. Pull off small pieces,
roll into bait balls, dropping as you roll them into boiling water. When cooked, these baits will float.
Skim off. Drop into cold water. Rinse off. Drain. Roll in corn meal to prevent sticking. Handy if packed
into ½ pint jars. Be sure jars are kept cleaned.

#4 Top Summer Special Carp Bait Formula

Mix together 1 cup plain flour, 1 cup corn meal, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 tablespoon sugar. Now add 3
tablespoons strong Coffee and 2 tablespoons Caramel Cake Flavoring. Add warm water slowly, stirring
then kneading into a stiff, tough dough. Can be fished at this stage and is a very good bait. Simple pull
off the small pieces and roll into baits as you need them. Must be kept in a plastic bag sealed to keep it
from drying out. However, if you want a cooked dough bait, simple pull off small pieces and roll into
bait balls, drop into boiling water. They will be cooked when they rise to the top of the water and float,
so skim them out and drop into cold water. Rinse around a bit, then remove. Roll in corn meal dusted
on paper, to prevent their sticking together. Store in plastic bag, or small glass jars till ready to go
fishing. The taste of this Summer Special appeals to the taste buds of the carp.

#5 Shrimp Essence Oil Carp Dough Bait Formula

Throughly mix together 2 cups plain flour, 1 cup yellow corn meal, 2 tablespoons salt, 2 tablespoons
sugar, 35 drops Shrimp Essence Oil. When well mixed, add cool water to stir and knead into a good,
tough stiff dough. It is ready to use. Keep in plastic bag, sealed, if not going to be used for a few days.
Store in the refrigerator. You now have a good bait.

#6 Cherry Flavor Dough Baits

Mix together 1 cup plain flour, 1 cup cornmeal, 2 tablespoons sugar. When mixed, add ½ small bottle
Cherry Extract and enough warm water to knead into a thick , stiff dough. Pull off small pieces and roll
into bait balls not over ½ inch diameter, as these swell when boiled. Drop as rolled into boiling water.
Skim off the baits as they rise and float. Drop into cold water. Rinse off. Remove. Drain. Roll in corn
meal dusted on paper, to prevent their sticking together. Place in plastic bags and go fishing.

#7 Milk N Meat N Cheese Dough Baits

A good Carp bait can be made this way: to 1 pint of sweet milk add 8oz. Limberger Cheese Spread,
mix. Add 4 tablespoons molasses. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat. Add enough oatmeal until as
you stir well, you have a stiff dough. Use small ball on a small, treble hook.

#8 Sour Dough Bread Carp Bait Formula

Make sour dough bread by crumbling up a cake of yeast into a bowl or vessel. Slowly pour in warm
water, stirring. Add enough flour to thicken into a dough. Place cover over bowl. Set on back of stove,
or in a warm place. Allow to sour, which takes several days. It will rise. Then add enough flour to make
a thick dough that is not to sticky. Pull off bait sized balls, mold around a small, short shanked hook.
Carp will go for these! Good fishing!

#9 Good Carp Doughbait

Use 1 box corn flakes, 2 cups cornmeal, 2 tablespoons vanilla extracts, ½ cup warm water. Mix
together slowly adding water to form a good, soft and pliable dough. Sprinkle dough with 2 teaspoons
cinnamon. Keep in plastic bag to prevent drying out.
Vary the above and use 40% Bran Flakes instead of the Corn Flakes. Instead of Bran Flakes use a sugar coated cereal.

#10 Doughballs

Blend together dry 1 cup cornmeal, 1 cup plain flour, ½ cup breakfast oats, ½ cup grated cheese. Use
enough cold water to knead into a thick dough. Roll into small balls. Drop as you roll them into boiling
water to which an onion has been added. Skim off the baits as they begin to float. Drop into cool water.
Rinse off and cool them. Roll in cornmeal dusted on paper. Keep in clean, glass pint jars. Use directly
from the jar.

#11 Dough balls that don't need to be cooked

Mix together 1 cup oatmeal, 1 cup graham flour, 1 cup cornmeal, 1 teaspoon vanilla, ½ teaspoon
cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon nutmeg. Moisten with sweet milk. Work into a good tough dough. Keep fresh in
a zip plastic bag.

#12 Another Doughball recipe

2 cups plain flour, 2 cups yellow cornmeal. Mix together. Now slowly add water till you are able to
knead into a good, stiff dough. Place in a cheesecloth or similar cloth, even an old clean sock (with no
holes in it) and place cloth or sock in boiling water. Allow to boil 20 minutes on a low fire or flame.
Remove dough, allow to cool. After 30-45 minutes it should be cool enough to handle. To add flavor,
put on a pair of thin rubber or latex gloves (and outside) add eighth of a pound of limberger cheese.
Work it in good. Pull off baits. This is a good hot weather doughball for Carp when fished in the river
in the cool of the evenning.

#13 Blue Grass Country Carp Doughball

Mix together 1 cup cornmeal, 1 cup plain flour, ½ cup sugar. Mix dry. Now add only enough water to
hold ingredients together. Place in a frying pan with 3 tablespoons bacon grease. Put into a moderate
oven and bake it well. Remove and allow to cool. Work this into bait size balls.

#14 Syrup Doughbait

Put 1” water in a pan and bring to a boil, stir in 1 teaspoon table syrup and enough yellow cornmeal
(added slowly) to absorb all the water. Use care here. Do not allow to scorch. When thick, form into
pear-shaped baits and use on a short-shanked, small hook.

#15 Carp Getting Doughball Formula

Mix 1 cup yellow corn meal, ½ cup white cornmeal, 2/3 can creamed corn, 1 teaspoon Instant Coffee,
1/3 cup sugar. Boil ¾ cup water, add above ingredients. Lower flame. Stir until a mess is formed.
Remove. Cool. Knead into a ball of dough. If too thin to work, add a little plain flour. It's now ready to
use without cooking. Pull off baits and put on hook.

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Hot Dogs Garlic cheese

3 hot dogs (cut into 1in. pieces)
1 pack macaroni cheese powder
1 tbsp. garlic powder
1 tbsp. olive oil
let this set out of the fridge over night before you go fishing.

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Penrose Hot sausage and Garlic w/ vanilla extract.

3 or 4 four inch pieces of Penrose Brand Hot sausage (in vinegar)
1 Tbsp. Minced garlic in oil from the jar (cheap brand)
1/2 tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. vanilla extract (not imitation) blend and refridgerate till day of use.
I have accidentally left this one in the car for a few days and it gets stronger.

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Super cheese dough

1 part macaroni & cheese powder from kraft or cheapo brand.
2 parts chedder cheese sharper the better
3 parts Jiffy biscuit mix
1 to 1 1/2 tbsp. of olive oil (can be substituted but it works well for me) mix all ingrediants to gether and add oil until dough is packable. keep refridgerated till day of use.

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Hotdog Stink Bait

6 hotdogs
1/4 cup vinegar
2 Tbsp Garlic salt
1/4 Cup powdered iced tea mix
1/2 Cup brown sugar
1 tsp. Seasoned salt
1/2 Cup parmesan cheese
2 slices bacon
In a large ziplock bag or container with lid, combine chopped hotdogs, bacon., vinegar, garlic salt, powdered iced tea, brown sugar, seasoned salt and Parmesan cheese. Keep the container closed until you are ready to fish...whooah it stinks!

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Cheese & Raisin Bait

1 cup of raisins
1 cup Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
2tsp garlic powder
3/4 cup of brown sugar
1/2 a cup of corn syrup
1/2 cup flour
In a medium sauce pan over medium heat, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, brown sugar and corn syrup. Bring to a slight boil. Remove from heat and cool. Add raisins and vinegar then stir. Slowly add flour until the bait forms a dough. Store in a ziplock bag until you are ready to fish.

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Karo Syrup Carp Bait

2 cups flour
8 tablespoons of sugar
16 oz karo syrup
1 pkg strawberry kool-aid
1 bag of yellow cornmeal
In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients and store in a ziplock bag. If you want to fish soon. Pop the bait in the freezer for 1 hour and head off to fish.

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Oatmeal Bait

2 cups cornmeal
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup oatmeal
3 tsp maple syrup
1/2 tsp salt
1 pkg. strawberry Jello gelatin
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups water
1 bag of small fruit flavored marshmallows
In a large pot, over medium heat-combine all the ingredients except for the flour and stir until the marchmallows melt. Remove from heat, stir in flour slowly and make sure it is blended well. We store ours in old whipped cream tubs.

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Catfish Stink Bait

1 package of rotten cheese
1 can Tuna
2 tsp. powdered garlic
3 Tbsp. White flour
1 pkg. Strawberry Jell-O
Water
Shrimp pieces
In a large ziplock bag combine all the ingredients. We close the bag and smush it together to combine...if not its just too aweful smelling to make. Once the bait it mixed, you are ready to go! FYI-this is not a bait that you want to leave in your tackle box in the garage...your neighbors may think you have rotting bodies in there.

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Rice Bait

4lb bag of instant rice
1 bottle of Chocolate Syrup
1 bottle of B.B.Q. Sauce
1/2 bottle of Ketchup
1/2 bottle of maple syrup
1 pack of strawberry JELL-O
Follow the manuf. instructions to cook the rice. In a large bowl combine all the ingredients and put into a ziplock bag and let is set overnight. Form into balls and fish your hear out!

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Top of the Water Carp Bait

1 Can Green Giant Whole Sweet Kernel Corn
4 Tbsp Butter
1/4 Cup Sugar
35 Miniature Marshmallows
In a medium sauce pan, melt the butter and marshmallows until its melted. Remove from heat pour the can of corn. Pour onto a sheet of tin foil. Sprinkle sugar ontop. Store in a plastic container or ziplock bag. When you are ready to go fishing put some of the bait on a #6 hook.

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