Trot lines and ivory soap. It's that time of the year.

Damit, have to miss this cam trip this weekend bc of finals. Have been wanting to try out the soap as bait. Do you use it year around or just around spring time?

wait, you use soap to catch catfish?

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wait, you use soap to catch catfish?

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Yup, and mini marsh mellows for perch

Not kidding

Amite River.


Ivory soap cut into cubes. We've always run the lines starting in Spring through the summer. The soap works best in murky water. Once it clears up you can still use it at night but we generally switch to shiners.

The best thing about soap though is that it only catches catfish. No gue, eels, or turtles. Plus it's nice to be able to wash your hands with the bait when you're done.

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wait, you use soap to catch catfish?

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Catfish often live in murky, muddy water, so catfish locate food by smell. That's why most commercial catfish baits smell like blood or rotten cheese.

I've heard of using ivory but don't understand how it doesn't break when you run a hook in it.

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I've heard of using ivory but don't understand how it doesn't break when you run a hook in it.

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Well I can assure you that it will stay on the hook. After it's been in the water a bit the soap softens up and kinda molds onto the hook. Try using smaller hooks if you are having problems with the pieces breaking up.

Super 1 has that Mexican soap.

Always had better luck with zote. Only on trotlines though.

Where do you run lines at? We have a dock right off Idle Hour road just before Big Johns if you're coming from Fred's. We wakeskate out there a lot.

We usually put in at Fred's and run up river a bit until we start seeing a bunch of obstructions and trees sticking out of the water. That generally keeps the water sports peeps down to a minimum.