Fresh catalpa worms is your best bait. If not fresh then frozen ones but only if they were processed right. If frozen they need to be kept alive for a day or two and then frozen in tap water. When you get them to the lake keep them in tap water until you put them on the hook. Most other methods will turn the worms black and the insides brown. Good frozen catalpa worms will ooze white when you put them on the hook. If they don't they weren't processed right.
There is a pay lake near Lousiville that a friend of mine fishes at. They allow you to take unlimited fish on your ticket. Over the weekend he pulled out 150lbs of catfish using his frozen catalpa worms. No one else was catching anything there including the people that threw their lines over top of his and then crowded him out.
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