Okay i use liver on most of my outing when i go catfishn and i had people tell me to put Garlic and salt in the liver. im thinking of trying it but want to see  if anyone else has done this and caught some thing??  and is the "better it strinks the better the fishing" saying true 

Yeah it actually work real good. The garlic has a stronge small that attracts the cats to the bait. They eat it up.

I never use liver. Caught my pb channel this year using frozen squid.

Had a friend in Chula Vista, CA that use mackral (sp) fillets soaked in garlic and salt as his go-to catfish bait. I have read, in another post that salt toughens the liver.

hot dogs and chicken liver are both baits i use

Has any one used Suckers, Blue Gill, and Chubs for bait i went a few nigts ago and i had a good night till it Down o me LOL

Here in western colorado bluegills work great as cut bait for channels.

Whatever makes it smellier is good. 

I have used livers,shrimp,worms,blue gills,cut bait all soaked in garlic, vanilla, seasoning salt,worshester sauce. I chummed a spot with two week old shrimp plain with a couple of hotdogs and caught a thirty inch channel.So I do not think using all that extra stuff really makes that big of a difference.

Posted By bsullivan on 04 Oct 2010 03:55 PM
I have used livers,shrimp,worms,blue gills,cut bait all soaked in garlic, vanilla, seasoning salt,worshester sauce. I chummed a spot with two week old shrimp plain with a couple of hotdogs and caught a thirty inch channel.So I do not think using all that extra stuff really makes that big of a difference.

It counts more when the fish aren't as active.

I will keep on fishing and trying all the tips and advice I can pick up on here.

I SPRIKLE GARLIC POWDER IN THE CHICKEN LIVER TUBE THE DAY BEFORE I GO FISHING PLUS I CHUM THE AREA.

I like to drain the juice off the livers put them on a baking sheet and douse em good with garlic salt and let them sit out in the
sun for a day or two till they get kinda leathery so they stay on the hook better!

I like to drain the juice off the livers put them on a baking sheet and douse em good with garlic salt and let them sit out in the
sun for a day or two till they get kinda leathery so they stay on the hook better!

well i haven't tried the garlic and salt trick but i know for a fact that if you use rotten liver (if you can stand the smell and looks of it) is great but really really hard to handle with out vomiting lol. but if you use it and you dont get any hits from any type of catfish in a few minutes then there are no catfish in that hole...

Ilike to cut off the head of little white bass and white perch and gobies. Ihave caught some channel cats on it.