Do Catfish Eat Soap?

Soap is a universal winner for all catfish species -- they love it. To use: Chunk soap into 1-inch pieces and thread onto your hook. Soap works great for trotlines and it has staying power in the water.

Can you catch catfish on soap?

Some types of soap have been used to attract catfish for more than a century. Ivory Soap, made by Proctor & Gamble since 1879, has been used by hardcore catters for more than a century. Zote and Octagon soaps are favorites, too.

Why are catfish attracted to soap?

Perhaps the strangest of those choices is soap. Yes, Ivory bar soap will catch a catfish. Catfish love the smell of lye and will go after it just as well as any other stink bait. Anglers take the bar and cut it into small squares and cast it into a current so the smell will disperse and attract catfish.