When Catfishing with Hotdogs, Expect the Unexpected...

DanChamberlain

Who knew  bass would eat a hotdog off the bottom? Yes, I know I have two pair of glasses on. I'm an old fart who needs my readers...

mitdr774

I know bluegill will take bait off the bottom.  Never thought of bass fishing with a hotdog though.  Might have to try it in the spring.

Spk

Bass will eat a hotdog off the bun if you let them!

NN

nice fish

earlyagain

Hot diggidy!

sakodude

Nice bass. I've caught bass, walleye and northern on bottom baits so you just never really know.

Sako

jaywapti

Took my ex-sil catfishing a while back, he was using hot dogs we both caught some than he hooked up with a real monster, when he finally got it up it was a huge soft shelled turtle.

JAY

DanChamberlain

Yup, hotdog and circle hook! I take the barbs off my hooks so they remove easily. I'm surpised this guy didn't surface and try to shake the hook, but he stayed under until I lifted him out of the water. 

tennmike

Turkey bacon works good for a lot of fish, too. It's O.K. to use turkey bacon as fish bait; it ain't real bacon to start with, so using it to catch food with is putting it to a higher use! It's got a good wiggle if you cut it in Loooooong triangular pieces.

jaywapti

For years long before there were soft baits we used bacon hooked to a bucktail, it seemed to work as good or better than a piece of shrimp and stayed on the hook longer.

JAY

hawk18

Caught a bass on a limb line once. Like you said. All he had to do was jump and throw the hook but he chose not to. 

Hawk