Located in southwest Ohio, extremely muddy and wooded.
How would you go about fishing this, never really been into catfishing but i wanna broaden my fishing experience
Made some catfish noodles, ig we'll see how it goes this week!
Last night I casted a medium sized bluegill head on a 2/0 or 1/0 circle hook, targeting channel cats. Hooked the head thru bottom jaw and out top of the mouth (plenty of hook exposed) After 15 mins or so something runs hard and fast with the line - I count to ten then start reeling. Nothing. Cast back out. Same thing happened three more times.
Turtles have messed with my cutbait before but with how fast this was taking off I feel like it wasn't them. Could it have been a small cat and didn't fit the whole bait in mouth? Or a big one and I need larger hooks? Maybe bowfin? I'm stumped on it. Alligators were also present.
Looking to get back into fishing this summer. Fished some last summer, caught a handful of bass and a pike but thats it. Never caught any cats before but I really want to. Theres some good spots near me, including a stocked pond. Not sure where to start though. I was planning on setting up 2 rods, one with nightcrawlers and another with chicken liver or hot dogs with koolaid, something weird like that. From what i've seen best bet is circle hook with an egg sinker and a leader but i could be mistaken. Any other tips would be appreciated. Would love to get into catching some cats.
Nice little 7 pounder. Just started catfishing so my PB so far.
I’ve fished with closed face and spinning reels my entire life.
I have tried a baitcaster probably 30 years ago.
I’m sure it was probably the cheapest one available.
I didn’t get past trying it in my alley because it was either so cheap or I didn’t know how to use it correctly. Got too many birds nests I never took it to the lakes.
Now I’m wanting another one. One that is beginner friendly.
So I will probably buy the Diawa Fuego CT 100HS reel.
I need suggestions on a good reel to match with it.
Ultimately I want to use this rig for catfishing. But at first I plan to use it bass fishing till I get used to handling it correctly.
A good reel to combo with this reel is a Dobyns FR 703C, or so the search engines say.
I’m just wanting a good rod that does the best of both worlds.
Any suggestions?
I'm wanting to build a full catfish rack across the back of my bass boat. I would love some ideas from you all. There are plenty of videos on youtube, but nothing.I really like. The closest thing I like is the angle aluminum builds. Is there a way to build one of those without drilling a whole bunch of holes/adding a bunch of reinforcement? Boat is aluminum
Edit...thanks y'all! The mulTbar may be my best option. It saves room and im not a fabricator by any means. I didn't really plan on spending that much but its the most feasible.
Ending my bad luck of not catching a catfish. On the day of America he bites a hotdog ironically along with a evil bait stealing gar (for the dude who complained how I grabbed a different catfish I caught enjoy the gar picture)
Work finished, time to go fishing 🎣
On one of my recent posts, somebody was surprised there was somewhere you could slay channel cats on a crankbait. Well, I did it again. Sometimes I think that the Maumee River ONLY has channel cats and drum. Still fun to catch. Got a surprise smallie at the end when I was trying to sight-fish a school of drum!
I was struggling to hold this thing up lol sorry if old catches aren't allowed. Caught this in the kansas river. i am 5 foot 7 i have no idea what it weighs
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Going out here saturday morning, gates open at 8am ik this is kinda late time but thats what the park open and I cant access the boat ramp until it does. Where would be a great spot on this area of the river to take my small sundolphin boat to and fish for cats or bass.