Blue River Carp

10/09/2026

Oct 10th, this weekend

Mark your calendars, you don't want to miss this one.

10/08/2026

Fall catfish are feeding up hard before winter — and there's one rig that puts your bait right where they're eating. 🎣

Meet the slip-sinker rig — the Carolina setup every catman should know. Slide an egg sinker onto your main line, add a bead to protect your knot, then tie on a barrel swivel. Run a 15-inch leader of heavier mono to a circle hook, and you're done. The beauty? When a cat grabs the bait and runs, the line slides free through the sinker — no resistance, no dropped baits, no spooked fish. He loads up, you set the hook, hang on.

Thread on a chunk of Blue River Carp cut bait and let that scent trail do the work. Preserved from invasive silver and bighead carp — no cooler, no freezer, 12+ months on the shelf, stays pinned on the hook. Veteran-owned, made in Indiana.

Rip, Rig, and Fish. 👇 What's your go-to catfish rig?

Cut bait, fish oil, and bait ingredients available at www.BlueRiverCarp.com

10/07/2026

The water's cooling off — and that means walleye are moving to where you can actually catch them. 🎣

As fall sets in, walleye slide out of the open basin and stack up on structure: rocky points, main-lake humps, and sharp breaklines where deep water meets shallow feeding flats. Work those edges in the low-light windows — dawn, dusk, and after dark are when those glassy eyes own the water. Pitch a jig tipped with a minnow or pull a crawler harness slow along the break and hang on.

And when the walleye bite fades and you swing over for a few catfish, skip the bait-shop run — just rig a chunk of Blue River Carp cut bait. Preserved from invasive silver and bighead carp, it's oily, tough, and stays pinned on the hook. No cooler, no freezer, 12+ months on the shelf. Veteran-owned, made in Indiana.

Rip, Rig, and Fish. 👇 What's your go-to fall walleye spot?

Cut bait, fish oil, and bait ingredients available at www.BlueRiverCarp.com

10/06/2026

Here's a plan for your next evening on the water: catch bluegill 'til the sun drops, then let the same spot turn into a catfish hole. 🎣

Bluegill are schooling and feeding hard this fall — find cover near a dock, a laydown, or a w**d edge and it's nonstop action on an ultralight and a little bobber. It's the perfect way to pass the golden hour, and to get a kid hooked on fishing.

Then when the light fades, don't pack up. The flats and channel edges those gills live on are the same water catfish cruise after dark. Switch rods, rig a chunk of Blue River Carp cut bait on a circle hook, and soak it in the strike zone. Preserved from invasive silver and bighead carp — no cooler, no freezer, 12+ months on the shelf, stays pinned on the hook. Veteran-owned, made in Indiana.

Rip, Rig, and Fish. 👇 Panfish or cats — which do you fish more?

Cut bait, fish oil, and bait ingredients available at www.BlueRiverCarp.com

10/05/2026

Stop holding your rod all day — build a PVC sand spike and let the bank do the work. 🎣

Here's the whole project: grab a two-foot piece of 1.5-inch PVC, cut one end at a sharp angle so it drives into the mud, and notch the top to cradle your rod. Total cost? A few bucks. Total time? Ten minutes. Shove it in the bank, set your drag, and prop the rod high so a running cat loads the tip instead of dragging your setup into the river.

Then bait up and wait. A chunk of Blue River Carp cut bait — preserved from invasive silver and bighead carp — sits in the strike zone putting out scent while you kick back. No cooler, no freezer, 12+ months on the shelf, stays pinned on the hook. Veteran-owned, made in Indiana.

Rip, Rig, and Fish. 👇 How many rod holders you running on the bank?

10/04/2026

The water's cooling down, and that means crappie are about to get predictable — if you know where to look. 🎣

Once fall sets in, slabs slide off the open flats and bury themselves in cover. Find the brush and you've found the fish: sunken laydowns, brush piles, and standing timber along creek-channel edges in 8 to 15 feet. Ease a jig or minnow right into the branches, keep it still, and let them come to you. They'll hold on that wood all season.

And when the crappie bite winds down and you're ready to chase a few cats, you don't need a bait-shop run — just rig a chunk of Blue River Carp cut bait. Preserved from invasive silver and bighead carp, it's oily, tough, and stays pinned on the hook. No cooler, no freezer, 12+ months on the shelf. Veteran-owned, made in Indiana.

Rip, Rig, and Fish. 👇 What's your go-to fall crappie depth?

10/03/2026

Hook a wiper and hold on — these things hit cut bait like a runaway freight train. 🎣

Hybrid striped bass are pound-for-pound some of the hardest-pulling fish that swim, and they're built to chase. Find the shad and you'll find the wipers: wind-blown points, schools busting the surface, birds working bait. When they're keyed in on forage, a chunk of oily cut bait parked in the strike zone is more than they can stand.

That's where we come in. Blue River Carp cut bait is preserved from invasive silver and bighead carp — and Shad scent is deadly when they're chasing baitfish. No cooler, no freezer, 12+ months on the shelf, and tough enough to stay pinned when a wiper slams it. Veteran-owned, made in Indiana.

Rip, Rig, and Fish. 👇 What's the hardest-fighting fish you've ever landed?

10/03/2026

Gotta love the 5-stars, better than customer saying bait is too tough.

10/02/2026

No cooler. No freezer. No bait shop run. Here's your entire catfish setup in about 15 seconds. 🎣

Step one — rip. Tear open a pouch of Blue River Carp cut bait. It's been riding shelf-stable in your truck, ready to go, no ice required.

Step two — rig. Thread a chunk onto a circle hook. It's tough and oily and stays pinned through cast after cast — no mush, no re-baiting every five minutes.

Step three — fish. Cast it out, prop the rod, and watch the tip load up.

That's the whole thing. Preserved cut bait made from invasive silver and bighead carp — turning a problem fish into a trophy-catfish magnet. 12+ months on the shelf. Veteran-owned, made in Indiana.

Rip, Rig, and Fish. 👇 How fast can you get a line wet?

10/01/2026

The Palomar is the strongest, simplest knot you'll ever tie — and it's the one I trust on every catfish rig. 🎣

Here's the whole thing: double about six inches of line and run the loop through the hook eye. Tie a loose overhand knot with the doubled line, leaving the hook dangling. Pass the hook through that loop. Then wet it and pull the tag and standing line together to cinch it down tight against the eye. Trim the tag. Done — no slippage, nothing to overthink.

Tie it to a circle hook, thread on a chunk of Blue River Carp cut bait, and you're fishing. Preserved from invasive silver and bighead carp — no cooler, no freezer, 12+ months on the shelf, tough enough to stay on the hook. Veteran-owned, made in Indiana.

Rip, Rig, and Fish. 👇 Palomar or Snell for your hooks?