I am, by no means, great at fishing. I’ve gone out many times, usually with little to nothing to show for it. Therefore, I thought I’d ask the experts, just what IS their secret ?!

Ok, so I posed the question on both GetREELed.com (http://www.getreeled.com/forum/topics/strange-fishing-tips) and Facebook, “what’s the strangest thing you’ve done or used to catch a fish?” as I was curious to know what sort of weird stuff everybody was using (and maybe help myself out next time I get out on the water). I got some really great responses from a ton of people (thanks guys!!), and wanted to share some of the tips, techniques and bait with everyone.

So here goes … I hope everybody is taking notes:

• Canned corn = panfish
• Cigarette butts = perch (I don’t really recommend this approach due to environmental issues but apparently it did work)
• Ketchup = randoms
• Chicken fillets = bass and catfish
• Chewed bazooka bubblegum = catfish
• Chicken liver with Strawberry Koolaid = bluecat
• Rolled oats = smelt
• Marshmallows, Peas and Chopped weiners = randoms
• French fries = tarpon
• Cardboard = blowfish

So, that’s it for now. So get out there and try some of these yourself! As they say… There’s never a wrong way to catch a fish!

If you have any other tips, techniques or random bait that you’ve used to reel them in, I’d love to hear them.

Cheers & Happy Fishing everybody!