Hey random question but what is the best kind of weather for catfish?
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I don't know about weather, but I've always been told they're nocturnal and more active at night than during the day. Most people like morning fishing at O'Dark:30
...however, I have never caught catfish in the morning. I catch all mine between sunset and midnight. My theory is that as they're becoming active, they get hungry for the 'day' and want 'breakfast'! [
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I also catch all mine when the daytime weather is between 65F and 95F of the air ...a'course, I also don't even bother fishing if it's colder than 60F anyway, so I wouldn't have any idea about early spring/late fall fishing.
ALSO! Take this with a grain of salt... I've only caught maybe half a dozen catfish in my whole life. But those are the common conditions for all 6 or so
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Today was awesome. fished from about noon to 6 and had a blast. We had white bass, Cat fish and carp. Carp every where.
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ask tubedude im thinkin he might have a pdf file on catfishies
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[quote happybob91]Hey random question but what is the best kind of weather for catfish?[/quote]
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[#0000ff]1. Although cats will sometimes bite ahead of and during a front...they usually slow way down. And my experience has been that waiting at least 24 hours after a major front passes will improve your odds.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]2. Wind? Of course the cats cannot feel the wind, but they are uneasy about waves crashing into the reeds and rocks if they have been feeding in the shallows. So, I try to avoid wind. And, for some reason, I seldom do well if there is a breeze from the north. South or southwest wind direction seems to be better for cattin' on most waters. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]3. Rain? A gentle rain or a summer thunderstorm do not seem to completely shut down the action...unless there is a lot of violent wind along with it. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]4. Hot sun and still conditions. If the hot summer sun warms the water above the 80 degree mark you might do better at night. Then the fish will come into very shallow water after dark to forage.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just some generalities. Best time to go fishing is whenever you can get on the water. Funky weather or wrong phase of the moon just provides more excuses if you don't catch much.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Oh yeah, it helps to tie a hook on the end of the line and put some bait on it too.[/#0000ff]
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Tubedude probably said it all but from my own experience the fishing was at it's peak for channel cats right before a storm came. I know I know...the whole barometric pressure thing is contraversial but this has been my experience with catfish. For me warm summer days or nights seem to produce evenly, it almost seems difficult to not catch a cat out of UL during the summer, the question is how do you exclude mud cats from stealing the channel cat's bait on your hook? They're like white bass, you can't catch anything else because they're so wiry and eat everything you cast out. Anyways my bet is the channel catfishing will only get better now that the weather is warming up. Last year it was awesome fishing until about mid August where it slowed down a little but was still ok. After that it really diminished in October and November. Anyway that's been my experience.
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We've had plenty of luck on UL this year so far with several medium sized channels 3-8lbs coming out of the water, seems to have been faster on warmer, lower wind days, but i really don't think catfish are that terribly picky.
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The best times I've ever had catfishing have been during warm evenings with heavy rain, minus the lightening and hard winds. I went out a couple weeks ago when we had that last hard rain up in cache valley and just spanked em. The other good thing is not many people like to sit in the cattails and get drenched so you'll have less competition. I caught 15 cats that evening within an hour and a half period and lost at least seven. Here are a few pics to prove it. Sorry about the quality, I took them with my cell by myself. I used the front pocket of my vest hanging of my pole to hold the phone, thank heavens for timers! Good luck out there!
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Hey is that Cutler? It sure looks like it....I plan on trying the marsh tonight...hope i do good[
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