How many taste buds does a catfish have?
Channel catfish have many taste bud’s that are located over their entire body. The area with the most taste buds is the barbells, which are their whiskers. These whiskers surround the mouth can have as many as twenty-five buds per square millimeter. That is why the catfish can seek out food in the darkest and dirtiest of water. Because of their many taste buds, it is always wise to use live bait such as suckers, sunfish, herring, minnows and even shad when fishing for a catfish. There are channel catfish that can also sense one part per one hundred million amino acids in water. Since the catfish has four barbells, you can imagine the sensitivity of their sense of taste. Smell and taste is high in the catfish. I have heard of some catfish biting at ivory soap, but I would not recommend this as bait. Live fish will work the best for catching catfish. Underwater conditions that are muddy will still result in catching a catfish. That might be another reason why catfish prefer nighttime fee
