What bait do you use for live trapping?
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It depends what you're trying to trap.  My husband has had great success capturing raccoons with a can of tuna.
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i know for the white bass and large mouth and walleye if any!!! id for sure try a bullet blade (there called alot of different things... the ones i got were called Zonars) !!! ,,,  http://www.in-fisherman.com/reference/weekly_tip/IFD_tip_FreshwaterDrumA.jpg  ... in the picture its the lure on the top left looks just like the pic pretty much... i was just introduced to those this year by a random fisherman who was pulling them out left and right using one... and saw i was having no luck... i was using twisters.. rapalas.. live bait... all of the above.. and i finally ran over to the bait shop and picked up a few of these and nailed white bass and large mouth in the same spot i wasnt catching them B4..but the picture is what they look like not sure what there called in ur local bait shop.. but they were killer... Ive found out that white bass LOVE Silver!!!
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Minnows:  buy a minnow trap and bait it with bread crumbs\nworms:    pick them up off the road after a heavy rain. Keep them in the basment or garage with coffee grounds and dirt\n\ncickets:  catch them as you find them.
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If you are using live bait, for bass I would say either minnows, or crayfish.  If you are using artificial, the #1 best bait to use would be the plastic worm.  Cast the worm near any form of cover, let it sink, and hold on!  I prefer the YUM dinger in the 4 inch length, in the watermelon seed color.YUM makes 3,4,5,6,7 and a 9 inch split tail model of the dinger.  I have drastically improved my catch ratio with the YUM dinger. It is best to have at least 3-4 different colors of each size of dinger that you have, just in case. The second best bait for bass are spinnerbaits.  I prefer darker colors like black and blue.  Only get smaller single blade spinnerbaits, because they catch more fish.  The larger tandem blades do catch bass, but not nearly as many as the smaller ones do.  It is a statistical fact.  Try different retrieves with the spinnerbaits, at different depths. Like I said, I prefer darker colors, but I have a wide assortment of colors, because you never know what color they will bite.  As for perch, I don't know to much about perch.  But I have a Rapala shad rap in a perch pattern, that I have caught alot of perch on. Here are a couple sites to help you out some.   Have fun and tight lines.
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You should try a 3/8 ounce jig head , Texas rig a power worm (color:tequila sunrise) and jig it on the bottom near timber....this will give the worm a fairly slow sink rate and you will get lots of bites while the worm is sinking\n\nTry to use some Rapala baits, preferably the X-RAP, gold and silver colors work the best. Husky jerks work well in spawning bass beds and weeds.\n\nAnother tip is to use a a white tube with red glitter( Venom brand) and inset a 1/16 tud insert weight and jig that on the bottom...but don't push that tube weight all the way up. by doing this that tube twitches more and attracts more fish..also use some liquid powerbait bass attractant with that.\n\nBuzzbaits work very good. so des berkley gulp!\n\nlive shiners...never fail\n\nplastic frogs work very well as a topwater bait.
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-Jitterbug at night during warm weather\n\n-hula popper it the moring, anytime of year\n\n-try senko-type lures like the yamasenko or yum dinger and texas rig them...this is by far the best technique i have ever used\n\nhere are a few website you should check out to help you:\n\nhttp://www.insideline.net/2000/price-0708-00.html\nhttp://www.insideline.net/articles/gary-senko.html\n\n\nIf you want to buy some great lures , here are a few of my favorites: yum dinger, yamasenko, hula popper, anything by powerbait and Gulp, bass stopper magnum, anything by poorboys\n\nIf you want to buy a good rod, try a 6 to 7 foot ugly stik by shakespeare\n\nif you want great line, try Cajun line by Shakespeare or spiderwire (between 8 & 12 lbs would be best)...fire line isnt too bad either\n\nThe best hooks to use are Gamakatsu Offset shank worm EWG size 3/0\n\nhoes this help! best of luck!
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Snapper & Grouper like ANY live or cut bait. (Anchovies, Sardines, Squid, Herring, Medhadden, ect)\n\nMost jigging is done with silver spoons, or with skirted lures. The skirts add a life-like effect to the jigs.
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Probably the best bait would be large black lug and squid. Use a pully rig.First cut a lenght of shock leader approx 2ft.Tie a weight clip on the end ,then slid a bait clip above it a peice of silicon rubber holds it in place.Follow it with a bead then a large swivel another bead goes on next. Tie a overhand knot to form a loop.To this tie a length of nylon about 18ins long use two hooks pennel style,they need to be large hooks2/0 say.The swivel fixes to your shock leader. When you bait up use 2 or3 lug and a peice of squid to tip off .Put the hook onto the bait clip,the weight of the lead will hold it in place.When this hits the water any slack line will make the hook fall away. This time of year the main speices will be cod.These fish have big mouths so a big bait is needed. Hope this goes some way to helping you out.Tight lines.
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go buy wire leader.there will be a clip at one end and a barrel swivel at the other.clip your lure on the clip and tie the barrel to the line .use them up north on blues.youll never lose your lure
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I like to use my silver spinner. Get one with a bight strip on it. If you go in the river use a smaller one, and if you are at the mouth of the river us a medium one. They also like flies. Find out which ones just hatched and go get that bait. They eat it up. Good Luck!
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Just-Me, shad isn't neccesarily a live bait.  Think of       shad, which is what I use for catfish.  I cut it up in chunks and cast off!  Simple!
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Spinner Baits, Slugos, Deep Diving Rapalas. It all depends how warm the water is. The warmer it is, the deeper they go.
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Use a Steel leader, 20-30Lb. test line , and 1/4 - 1/2 Lb. spoons or spinners. Buzz baits work well also.
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I'm going to have to say soft plastics.  The reason for this is because they're sooooo effective and there's so many different presentations you can do with them.  Anything from a texas rigged crawbug to a floating trick worm.  Carolina rig a fluke, or slow roll a lizard.  They work in all conditions, you can get them in all different species and colors, so therefore, not only am I most confident using them, I'm also confident that they're the best all around lures.
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I think the rule is, If it stays on the hook then its bait.\nBread. cheese  Sweetcorn,  Maggots have all been used to a  great level of success. Depends on what you are hoping to catch as different fish like different things.\nRaid the fridge and try everything you find and then call that your lucky bait .\n\nChris
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I usually fish for bass their are not as smelly as the northern pike, although those pike put up a good fight. We usually catch them on a 3/8 oz. spinner bait in a chart. or white/chart color. Red and white dare devils work also, pretty much any thing will work, we have caught them on 7" Black power worms 5" senko's ( they are a little pricey for pike though) my parents neighbor swears by 6 to 8 inch minnows. The spinner bait is probably the easiest way I belive to catch them, as long as they are close by they will inhale them, then it's fight on. Just cast out and reel in. You may want a steel leader I usually just use fire line in 14lb or 20lb and haven't lost one yet, although I would have liked to some times. Good luck and catch them Pike.
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a small 4 foot 6 inch to a 5 foot lite rod, like a berkley lightening rod and a small spinning reel, 2-6 pound test line, an live worms, or the spinners or power bait(orange or green paste)...they are some of the best baits and there are many  more!