Hey guy what are you favorite baits for catfish?

To be honest I find all store bought catfish bait completely useless. I even tested it once. I had two spinning rods with 8 LB test line casted out. One I baiting with store bought bait and the other with raw bacon. Got two cats on the raw bacon. I also lost a 3rd cat on the bacon because the hook came out.  I did not even have a hit on the store bought catfish bait all day.

I find stuff such as meat(any meat they do not care, even Carne Asada) , mackeral, worms, chicken liver, bread, and dough to be the best baits.

Anyone else find store bought catfish baits useless?

Got this catfish that went 4LBS 8 OZ about two hours ago on white bread.

They aren't useless it just depends on what you're using.

The only things I have ever caught on "store bought/prepared/stink" baits are flies. I always use cutbait for channels, cutbait or live for blues, and a nice live bluegill for flatties. If I am out of shad and wanting some eating size channels, chicken livers and worms always get the pan sized guys.

I like to put a big old ball of worms on a hook (3 or 4 of them) for Catfish. Cast them out with a nice sinker to take them directly to the bottom and wait.

chocken hearts and livers,and shiners.Never caught anything on any o fthe store bought P-U stinkbaits either.