Saltwater Bait in Freshwater

[MudCat08]

live killifish are excellent for stuff like bass perch and crappie in lakes, and ponds.

[PAMonger]

I've used cut mackerel and bunker for cats in the big D. For cats, you just need something bloody and stinky. I don't think they care what water it was alive in.

[Bruce Litton]

Killies are great for smallmouth. Bunker for channel cats--even northern pike, when the water is coldest, will hit bunker cut bait. I guess they smell it. As for flatheads, they're not like channels & I guess not like blues. They go after live forage...like smallmouth bass in the Delaware, so live bluegills, suckers, even live eels--another saltwater bait--work best on flatheads.

[Bruce Litton]

When fishing small rivers, you can use a real small bait tote to hold a dozen killies, and use one killie over & over. They're many times hardier than shiners, and they don't get ripped off the hook as easily, either. The largest of the pint or quart cast a mile too.

[gnuisance]

mackerel is very oily so it is a great cut bait. I use it for bass, sharks, cats, everything. For flatheads I definitely prefer live bait though...

[Deepdeckhand]

Live line a peanut on a bobber...they live fine in freshwater/ just don't get greedy and only put 10 in the bucket before you head to the lake...everything that swims loves to eat peanuts...

[GetANet]

Good to know always wondered about peanuts in fresh water but never tried it. Be good to use as chum chunked up too then..... I can cast net em five minutes from my house maybe have to try it next year!!! Thanks for the tip!