Fishing with Shrimp for Big Catfish 

The beauty of catfish, is you can catch them on almost anything. Shrimp is a very good bait for sure!👍

I can only use 3 rods, so I normally throw out 2 set rods, and I have a few rods for artificial baits. I like to catch my own bait. I'm a bank fisherman. I have not had luck using shrimp. I know it works because I have had people around me using shrimp and landing cats. It was odd. I quit using the shrimp and went to cut Bluegill and started catching fish. People next to me were still landing fish from shrimp. We were sharing the bag of shrimp... odd . Great video!

I went fishing with a coworker years ago at a local lake. We were fishing for a while and I had caught a couple of blues and he hadn’t caught anything yet. He asked what I was using for bait and I told him I was using shrimp. He said he didn’t think shrimp would work because they aren’t native to our waters. I asked him what he was using and he said chicken livers 💀.

Had one the other night in 23ft water on chicken with lemon jello (was out of cherry/strawberry and was going fishing lol), absolutely folded my rod! Sadly apparently there was a tree or coverage down there because he wrapped me around something and snapped my lead line... Only bite of the night, spawning season is rough, but nothing like sitting on a river bank under the stars! I have learned so much from this channel.

Love catfishing in MN.wish they were bigger

Love the videos. I appreciate how you go out trying things and not trying to make “your way” work

Thanks for bringing us along on the latest adventure! I usually have chicken, shad and perch out trolling for blues...never tried shrimp...that will change next time at the lake! Thanks!

Great video Dieter!! Absolutely Shrimp is awesome Catfish bait!! Here in Central Indiana my local grocery has sales on Shrimp when sale by time is up, my Buddies and I will buy a pound or pound and a half to use, the trick is to let them set out for a couple of hours before going fishing so they build up a little stink, we've slayed channel cat with it, Turtles too!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Great seeing you back on the water.

When I use shrimp in my local body of water (tributary to the Potomac), all I catch is alligator snapping turtles (no fun!). Whereas when I use cut bait (chunks of fish) I get a lot of blue cats (a lot of fun!).

I love those Piscifun Chaos XS Baitcasting Reels. That's all I use on my catfish rods now. I now have a box full of unused Ambassadors lol.

Ive used shrimp in iowas small streams for years, at certain times theyre awesome. Theyre always worth trying

My biggest fish (14lb channel) was caught on frozen Walmart brand shrimp soaked in coolaid. That stuff works great.

Works good on saltwater catfish for sure. Never tried it in freshwater. Kept getting hard heads this weekend on both types of bait I threw

I have a big bag of raw shrimp split into bags of eight right now in my freezer. The problem i have is that the wind is gusting and giant waves are crashing the shoreline where id like to fish Plus i just got back home from vacation and none is thawed out. I havent checked the weather for the morning i may just pull a bag out.

I got a double over the weekend, had a bass on one rod and a catfish on the other In the same spot. They actually tangled up the two lines and I ended up reeling them in at the same time.

I live about as far from the ocean as you canbe in the USA, yet shrimp (raw unpeeled works best) is a top producer for not only cats, but big bass, at our local lake. In smaller ponds, liver works good, worms work almost everywhere, and live bluegills work especially well for Flatheads..

I have good luck with shrimp in brown water in rocky areas. Thanks for another good one.

Thanks for the tips 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Shrimp is a favorite bait for many different fish in both fresh and salt water.

Ordered two of those piscifun reels and absolutely love them got the 40 and the 50 I bank cast and they're my best casting reels I have

great video thanks for all the useful info hope your doing well have a great day

Great video and information what about grass shrimp

In the 80s we would use night crawlers and the frozen shrimp 🍤 think the worms worked better but we would catch them on shrimp for sure.

I was thinking of getting one of those big car fever rods but after they uped the price and after using the mad Kats rods I have to say the mad kats are just a better deal

I think they think it’s a crayfish tail…I use pieces for perch and bluegill they hammer it..also caught bass on shrimp also

Question for catfishers. I have 3 or 4, decades old white Ugli-Stick rods. They are more flexible and better than the current models. All of them are for spinning reels. I now use baitcasters on my current rods. Is there any way to remove the guides beneath the tip and replace them with baitcaster guides, glued or clamped in place by me?

It’s funny, sometimes it doesn’t matter where I cast, that one rod will get all of the business while the others might as well not even be in the water.

Peel them it works better.

Hey Dieter. How do you hook on fresh frozen head on shrimp? Headed out in the morning and I want a fair comparison with chicken.

What about using whole shrimp? More scent with the entire body and guts.

Ever used squid?

Dude, I think I just passed you in Virginia. On I-77

What is that rig you are using???

Dieter, would you make a video on how you tell blue from channel?? Most of the time i have no problem, but every once in a while i get one that I'm not sure.

Could you check out the mad katz xalt 6550 im curious about them like if they can actually cast far i fish off the bank and i really don't want to buy another catfish pro they cost way to much lol

They’ve been tearing up shrimp where I live

I have seen guys go fishing for eater size cats using shrimp. I believe it would have been cheaper and a better use of time to just go buy some catfish fillets.

Every catfisherman needs some sewing thread in their tackle box. If you're having trouble keeping something like shrimp, hot dogs, livers, dough baits, etc. on the hook, just wrap with some thread

How come we never see you use the hellcat rods

You will catch a lot of eaters with shrimp.

Noticed you are not fishing out of your LUND boat

Everything eats and likes chicken

I don't know how much shrimp cost but I rather eat the shrimp them use it as bait shrimp taste better than fish does lol

What about shrimp in the kool-aid??

Catfish are ruining our NC lakes. Sad