SOAP

[semperfi]

I LIVED DOWN SOUTH FOR A WHILE,,AND A GOOD OLE COUNTRY BOY SHOWED ME HOW TO USE IVORY SOAP FOR CATS,,I COULD NOT BELEIVE IT,HE OUTFISHED ME 10 TO 1,,I USED WORMS,,TRIED IT UP NORTH,AND IT WORKS FINE..SOME SOUTHERN STATES OUTLAWED THE USE OF IT,,JUST GIVE IT ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO PICKUP THE SCENT,,THEN ITS GAME ON

[Martian]

  Aer you saying just a chunk of soap on a hook? It makes you wonder who would find out such things., (but when no one is looking, I might try)

[Zoo Angler]

  Aer you saying just a chunk of soap on a hook? It makes you wonder who would find out such things., (but when no one is looking, I might try)

The person who found this out must have been a hillbilly that just didn't know what soap was for.

[pwfisher]

I have heard the same thing the is a TV show called river monster where a guy goes out and fishes for huge freshwater fish and has caught huge cats on soap

[slipperybob]

sometimes a stinky fish needs to take a bath. 

[Wyofarmer]

Any particular kind/brand of soap?

[mark d.]

ivory soap is what they use.i spent a lot of time in the south normally in the springs when the commercial guys are running there trot lines 1000 hooks or more they will put a small square about 3/8 to 1/2 inch of soap block on the hook and the channel cats love it but only for a short time three four weeks i think.don't know how they found out about it but it is old i'm forty two and heard about it going back for years.the guys use it most in lake Okeechobee

[thinskim]

My wife is originally from the south and had heard of this too.  She used almost dried out turkey livers to catch catfish with. 

[eplindstrom]

I've had luck using soap in the summer after reading about it in a book. possibly a sales ploy, but it said it absolutely needs to be ivory unscented.  it sure beats any other cat bait for the smell it leaves on your hands 

[surflizard]

Don't let em kid ya, they know what Ivory soap is for, they just claim to be allergic to it is all !!

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[Martian]

 If you go to you tube, lots of soap recipes, seems crazy but,,,