i catfish with dry salami set it out in the sun and let it get brown and greasy throw it on a striper slider rig.it holds strong on the hook and wont fall apart from smaller fish plucking on it been knocking them down for years that way, my son as cought on quick this year 5 camping trips 6 cats 2 on the same piece of salami daughter has gotten 2 of her own also. give it shot i'm curious how it works on the river
