Catfish bait?

[Tin-Can]

I have been thinking about carrying some kind of non-perishable catfish bait in case I ever run out of the fresh stuff. Something like Gulp! minnows or along those lines? Maybe PowerBait something? Any ideas?

Craig, there are hundreds of commercial baits for Cats. And probably as many more that are catters "favorite standby secret" baits. Although Cats tend to go for many different things at different times, and places, I have caught more fish of more species on the good old nitecrawler worm. My theory about that is, worms are probably the most common naturally occurring bait item in most any fresh water. Now, you are looking for something you can carry in a small bait bucket but not have to keep refrigerated. I was just perusing thru some baits online a few days ago, and I saw many, many commercial baits that were advertised as Cat catchers. There were even several that were supposedly processed worms, made into hook size pellets. I have tried a few commercial Cat baits with varied success or lack thereof. I actually have a bag of Gulp brand Cat baits that are supposedly chicken liver flavored. I have not caught anything on that bait yet this year. But it sticks to the hook well, and slowly dissolves as the bait soaks. And I keep it in a small 6 pack size cooler, but not refrigerated.
So I guess you can do lots of experimenting.