12-09-2008, 12:07 PM
This is my technique for fishing the river (which is usually my favorite and most productive spot). I usually take my son with me (5 year old catfish slayer). We will throw out two lines with stink bait on them, but..throw the first line out and let the river current take it to a stopping point, (don't leave your reel clicked, lock the reel) I know that goes against popular belief, but if you don't do that, the river will just keep taking it on and on until you get snagged.
Then if you want to set more than one catfish rod, walk up river 10 or 15 feet,and throw out the other and stop it before it drifts to where your first one was at. Now..get a white rooster tail or in my case I use an orange crawdad Rat-L-Trap and slay some smallmouth or you can switch over to a white rooster tail and see what the crappie have to say about that.
You probably already know this stuff but I thought I would tell you anyhow. Just be careful with my technique listed above,if you are fishing alone, you might be over the legal limit on poles,but with my son there it isn't since we're each allowed 2 poles by law.
But that's how I do it, I usually end up staying so busy taking channel cats off that I forget to cast my artificial bait out lol. Good Luck!
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Then if you want to set more than one catfish rod, walk up river 10 or 15 feet,and throw out the other and stop it before it drifts to where your first one was at. Now..get a white rooster tail or in my case I use an orange crawdad Rat-L-Trap and slay some smallmouth or you can switch over to a white rooster tail and see what the crappie have to say about that.
You probably already know this stuff but I thought I would tell you anyhow. Just be careful with my technique listed above,if you are fishing alone, you might be over the legal limit on poles,but with my son there it isn't since we're each allowed 2 poles by law.
But that's how I do it, I usually end up staying so busy taking channel cats off that I forget to cast my artificial bait out lol. Good Luck!
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