02-10-2019, 09:28 PM
I have targeted and fished for Catfish from California to Georgia to Utah. Have caught them on so many different types of bait and then lures here in Utah. I think it really depends on where they are, water depth, clarity, temperature, what they have been feeding on in a specific body of water, angle of the sun, phase of the moon, and weather I'm holding my mouth right...........[sly] Catfish, for me anyway, have always been the type fish that the harder I work to target them, the less I catch. When I have dropped a couple lines in the water, baiting off the bottom, set the poles up with very loose drag, and then kicked back with a cup of coffee, and ignored them, or started to work on tying leaders or arranging my tackle box, or just snoozing, is when I get the majority of my bites. You know, kind of a "watched pole never bends" thing.
But to follow the format that Lynn has started here:
Rods: Ugly Sticks: 2 medium heavy one piece 7.5 ft, 2 medium heavy, one piece white, 7.5 ft. Catfish Poles
Reels: Spinning reels that have sufficient capacity for about 150 yards of 30 lb. braid, a loud drag clicker that I can hear, and a strong drag brake. Brand names: Can't remember and don't pay that much attention to them.
Line: 30 lb. Spider Wire Vis-Glow Braid. Strong, good knot holding, casts good, and most important to me, I can SEE the line. I tie the hook direct to a leader about 4 feet long with a swivel on the other end. I can keep several of these pre-rigged on a Lindy Lead Keepers with a choice of different hooks.
Hooks: Mostly 4/0 circle hooks. But if I'm working for a Carp for bait, I'll use a longer, barbed shank bait hook.
Baits: Depends where I'm fishing. UL, White Bass if I can get it. Bear River, cut carp, raw shrimp, night crawlers. At the community ponds that have been stocked in the summer, hot dogs, lil smokies, cheese balls, you name it. Have even used, and caught cats on Swedish Fish candy (at least my wife has at UL) [crazy]
Method: As I have gotten older and less mobile due to medical issues with feet and legs, I've become a fairly lazy fisherman. From the boat for cats, slow drifting if the weather and wind allows, or if in a producing spot I'll anchor up. From the bank, a spot I can set up my chair, pole holders, and cover water in 40 -50 yards in two directions. And if nothing bites, move on to another spot.
Favorite water: 1st Bear River Bird Refuge by boat or bank. 2nd Willard Bay by boat cuz it's close and can switch from chasing Cats to Wiper. 3rd Utah Lake, only 3rd because it's a fur piece away. 4th Benson Marina and upper Bear River cuz I can almost always haul in some carp for bait.
Favorite Cat-fishing rig..........whatever works [:/]
Always ready to try something different (like Swedish Fish at UL) or slow bottom bouncing a Rat-L-Trap along the south wall at Willard Bay [
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But to follow the format that Lynn has started here:
Rods: Ugly Sticks: 2 medium heavy one piece 7.5 ft, 2 medium heavy, one piece white, 7.5 ft. Catfish Poles
Reels: Spinning reels that have sufficient capacity for about 150 yards of 30 lb. braid, a loud drag clicker that I can hear, and a strong drag brake. Brand names: Can't remember and don't pay that much attention to them.
Line: 30 lb. Spider Wire Vis-Glow Braid. Strong, good knot holding, casts good, and most important to me, I can SEE the line. I tie the hook direct to a leader about 4 feet long with a swivel on the other end. I can keep several of these pre-rigged on a Lindy Lead Keepers with a choice of different hooks.
Hooks: Mostly 4/0 circle hooks. But if I'm working for a Carp for bait, I'll use a longer, barbed shank bait hook.
Baits: Depends where I'm fishing. UL, White Bass if I can get it. Bear River, cut carp, raw shrimp, night crawlers. At the community ponds that have been stocked in the summer, hot dogs, lil smokies, cheese balls, you name it. Have even used, and caught cats on Swedish Fish candy (at least my wife has at UL) [crazy]
Method: As I have gotten older and less mobile due to medical issues with feet and legs, I've become a fairly lazy fisherman. From the boat for cats, slow drifting if the weather and wind allows, or if in a producing spot I'll anchor up. From the bank, a spot I can set up my chair, pole holders, and cover water in 40 -50 yards in two directions. And if nothing bites, move on to another spot.
Favorite water: 1st Bear River Bird Refuge by boat or bank. 2nd Willard Bay by boat cuz it's close and can switch from chasing Cats to Wiper. 3rd Utah Lake, only 3rd because it's a fur piece away. 4th Benson Marina and upper Bear River cuz I can almost always haul in some carp for bait.
Favorite Cat-fishing rig..........whatever works [:/]
Always ready to try something different (like Swedish Fish at UL) or slow bottom bouncing a Rat-L-Trap along the south wall at Willard Bay [
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"OCD = Obsessive Catfish Disorder "
Or so it says on my license plate holder
Or so it says on my license plate holder