jigs or lures?

[Sharon]

I always fish with livers or live worms, but I was just curious, is there such a thing as a jig or other type of lure for cat fishing? I dont think Ive ever seen one. Is it truly the smell they go after, not the site of a lure? Perhaps a plastic worm would work? Or does it really have to stink? :confused:

[Illinoisgiller]

I haven't caught cats on bare jigs myself, but have heard of them hitting curly tail jigs a lot and have heard of them taking a slow crank bait.
The jigs I've caught them on were tipped w/ wax worm.
Wax worms are "catfish candy":cool: Mike

[Timotha7]

Biggest flathead I caught took a twister tail when I was fishing for walleyes
and I have read articles where a lot of people that fish the big reservoirs
use deep diving crankbaits to catch them

My favorite bait for eating sized channels are big leechs for larger channels
and flatheads I like chubs in the 3-6 inch range

[gofish]

caught more flatheads over the years on purpose on crankbaits/big jigs than on livebait.but my biggest have all been on livebait. most averaged round 15 lbs with many 20+s,and a 33lber.lots of times driftin vertically i use a big jighead with cutbait too.........been catchin lots of channels last couple weeks on crankbaits crappie/bass fishin

[Sharon]

Ok, like I said, was just curious because I dont think Ive ever seen a lure meant for catfish, but I guess if the feeding frenzy is on, just about anything might work... First bass I caught down here was on a live worm with my ugly stick fishing for cats... so go figure :p

[gofish]

happens every year bout this time,prespawn cats is all.........seen pics an talked with guys cross the pond that catch the wels cats that way too lol.lures are jus made ta catch fish,they dont care what hits em,caught tons of other kinds of fish on "bass"lures....lol