HOW MANY PEOPLE EVER HEARD OF USING SOAP AS BAIT FOR CATFISH .. WELL IM HERE TO SAY "IT WORKS"  LAST WEEK I COUGHT A 24lb CATFISH USING MY TROUT ROD AND 4 lb test IT TOOK ME 1HR & 30 MIN JUST TO SEE THE SIZE THEN ANOTHER 40 MIN LATER I FINALLY GOT IT IN THE BOAT ... WOOOOO WHAT A CATCH I LITERALLY PISSED MYSELF... WELL THATS ITS PEOPLE USE IVORY SOAP AND YOU ARE GOING TO CATCH A MONSTER CATFISH.....

When I first heard about soap as bait I thought "yea, and I've got this bridge in Brooklyn....."  I have since read too many reports of this working and even one posting here about a soap that is made as a catfish bait. Soap used to be made from animal fat, so why wouldn't it work? Tom

Posted By joconnor2 on 14 Aug 2010 12:04 AM
HOW MANY PEOPLE EVER HEARD OF USING SOAP AS BAIT FOR CATFISH .. WELL IM HERE TO SAY "IT WORKS"  LAST WEEK I COUGHT A 24lb CATFISH USING MY TROUT ROD AND 4 lb test IT TOOK ME 1HR & 30 MIN JUST TO SEE THE SIZE THEN ANOTHER 40 MIN LATER I FINALLY GOT IT IN THE BOAT ... WOOOOO WHAT A CATCH I LITERALLY PISSED MYSELF... WELL THATS ITS PEOPLE USE IVORY SOAP AND YOU ARE GOING TO CATCH A MONSTER CATFISH.....

Works really well. As a matter of fact, Last night on River Monsters, they had the fishermen in the congo using live bait and chunks of soap. I have used it a long time ago for fiddlers, but then got into the trophy side and started using live bait. there was a member of the nafc who used to sell his bait soap. here's a link to his website, not sure if he's still in biz, but well worth the shot to have a look see and see how his works. http://www.catfishbaitsoap.com/

Talk about CLEANING YOUR CATCH...LOL's

When I was in the Air Force at Barksdale AFB in Louisiana, some friends and I decided spend a weekend fishing on Boggy Creek in Fauk Arkansas . We didn't catch a thing. Sunday morning a jon boat comes down the creek loaded with catfish. We asked the guys in the boat how they caught so many fish when we couldn't catch anything and they said if we weren't using Ivory soap we might as well pack up and go home.

hello everyone.. i have a dumb ??? how are you keeping the soap on the hook? do you just cut little chunks and run it thru the hook? thank you ..

I assume so...maybe eggsac bagging it, maybe slipping them into tube baits...

i've seen guys soaking sponges in axle grease to catch cats and it does work

I sure hope nobody take my bar of soap for hand cleaning to go fishing with...

you bet if the water is right. My dad use to catch big bluecats using it on the trinity river. it clouds up around the hook and they like it for some reason.

I've never done it, but I'm thinking using a bait needle and a hair rig, like for carp.

i will try to use ivory soap i live on the little wabash,big wabash,and ten miles from the ohio river cant wait.

I read about using Ivory soap for catfish bait as much as 50 years ago, I also remember that they said the fish should be cleaned as soon as possible to prevent the fish from getting a "soap" taste in the meat.

I will definitely try this. I sort of remember my Dad and uncles talking about this years ago.