Use hot dogs instead if baitfish! Easy to find and cheap too! I always have success using hot dogs when I go out on a boat tho. I really don't think fishing from the shore will make a big diffrence. Ik there's a video on YouTube about "the best catfish bait" and they mix up hot dogs and strawberry jello mix. Don't know if it works but you could give it or just regular hotdogs a try! Not saying the baitfish won't work but my favorite is hot dogs! Hope this helped -drew