Best Bait?

[Big Burk]

what is the best cat bait?

[bobberstop]

sucker meat.                         Ron

[crowkiller]

all i use is night crawlers or live creek chubs n raw shrimp

[grumpymoe]

green prawns....goldeye....extremely late start to the season this year....july/august should be prime for an outing...Grump

[Big Burk]

i was told to put a can of tuna out in the sun for a day or two and punch some holes in it and put it on a rope and throw it by where im fishing. does this work? and would it work in a egg sack type holder?

[bigredfishing]

Fresh cut bait - native to the river system if possible

[camo_fish]

stinky stuff  fresh or frozen/thawed cut bait (suckers, chubs, fallfish, golden eyes, gills, etc.), chicken liver, even some shrimp, crawlers, stonecats (madtoms). There are tons of different baits out there.

chicken liver and cut bait are my favorites.

Fresh cut bait - native to the river system if possible

Exactly 

Good luck, Fish On!

[crowkiller]

use fresh bait not rotten stuff

[GAMBELL]

LEECHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pasquatch]

Cut bait or chicken livers work very well.

As do nightcrawlers and frogs in certain applications.

[Big Burk]

also what is the best depth to put the bait under the bobber?

[Skipper]

use fresh bait not rotten stuff

Very good advice, I prefer cut oily fish or turkey livers.

[Pasquatch]

Try to keep the bait right near the bottom, that's where the cats usually are.

[AD]

Best bait?    Around here in Virginia its chicken livers, Ive tried night crawlers and do catch some off of them, but I seem to catch more off of chicken livers then anything else I have tried so far.     
    Best bet is to try different set-ups and different baits, youll find what will work the best for your area.       Not sure if your allowed more then one pole but if you  are set out a few with different baits and sit back and wait,   if the cats are around theyll let you know what bait they want after a few fish.     
      Down here on a typical night I fish with two to three poles off the bank, two (sometimes one if Im only using 2 poles) with livers and one with something else.   

[Pasquatch]

One important thing to remember is that channels in particular like to move around alot according to the surrounding conditions. If you're not getting any fish, keep looking for different structures.