03-25-2019, 01:22 PM
It just depends on where you,fish I suppose. Certain areas on cutler give up LOTS of 14-18" channel cats while other areas (that are held as closely guarded secrets) give up fish that average 25-32". Also, the size of the bait matters. When using worms, if I can keep the mudcats off of my bait I tend to catch lots of small channel cats, but with a hefty chunk of sucker or carp meat on I tend to catch bigger fish.
Most of the cats that I've caught out of Willard bay have been sub 20" fish with only a few that have broke the 22-24" mark. I tend to use smaller bait there for some reason though or catch them incidentally while fishing for wipers and walleyes, so my bait is usually a lot smaller than I would use for big channel cats. I usually think of a "cookie cutter" catfish as a 16-18" catfish that I catch while fishing in Willard bay. A "cookie cutter" from cutler reservoir is rare because I tend to catch them all over the size spectrum.
Mike
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Most of the cats that I've caught out of Willard bay have been sub 20" fish with only a few that have broke the 22-24" mark. I tend to use smaller bait there for some reason though or catch them incidentally while fishing for wipers and walleyes, so my bait is usually a lot smaller than I would use for big channel cats. I usually think of a "cookie cutter" catfish as a 16-18" catfish that I catch while fishing in Willard bay. A "cookie cutter" from cutler reservoir is rare because I tend to catch them all over the size spectrum.
Mike
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