Grandpa's Secret Catfish Bait

This bait recipe was passed down from Chase's Great Grandfather, Dempsey Bell. Chase decided to share this secret bait recipe with the world so that others could enjoy the benefits of "Grandpa's Secret Catfish Bait."

The basic ingredients are:

• Cattails: You'll want the ones that are dried up and "fluffy".
• Cereal: Any kind of "flake" cereal will do. The original recipe called for Wheaties, but others such as corn flakes, bran flakes, etc. have been used with equal success.
• Smelly cheese: The smellier the better! The past couple years we've purchased tubes of "Cheese Bait" from Gander Mountain to use, but any kind of smelly cheese will work.
• Other ingredients: No other ingredients are really needed, but we always like to add something to "spice" it up. Let your imagination run wild! We've used things such as other store bought catfish baits, fish oil, garlic salt, strawberry jello, even fish emulsion fertilizer one year. Yuk!
• To make: Now comes the fun part! Get out your mom or wife's best bowl and start mixing it up. You'll want it about the consistency of peanut butter. Keep adding small amounts of dried cattails to make it "stringy". The cattails in the bait allow you to wrap the bait around the hook and up the shank. In other words, it keeps the bait on the hook.
• Storage: We keep the bait in an old peanut butter jar. We do not refrigerate it. We just keep ours out in the garage. This allows the bait to get good and stinky. It's like a fine wine; the longer it ages the better it gets!

If all of that sounds too complicated, just watch the video!