06-02-2009, 09:32 PM
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[#0000ff]By your own admission you are limiting your opportunities to catch big cats. Fishing in one area with one bait is not a good way to insure success.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]While shrimp CAN be a good bait, it is definitely not the preferred bait of most big catfish chasers. You should be using "natural" baits...food that the big cats include in their diets on a regular basis. White bass meat and carp meat are two good choices. So are big minnows...chubs or carp. Whole small white bass are good too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You don't say whether or not you fish from the bank a boat or a float tube or pontoon. Getting away from the shoreline will often put you in better position to get the bigger fish...simply by getting away from the spots that everybody else fishes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I am attaching my old writeup on Utah Lake Catfish. Hopefully there are a few tidbits in there that will help you come up with some new ideas and some new spots to try.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]By your own admission you are limiting your opportunities to catch big cats. Fishing in one area with one bait is not a good way to insure success.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]While shrimp CAN be a good bait, it is definitely not the preferred bait of most big catfish chasers. You should be using "natural" baits...food that the big cats include in their diets on a regular basis. White bass meat and carp meat are two good choices. So are big minnows...chubs or carp. Whole small white bass are good too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You don't say whether or not you fish from the bank a boat or a float tube or pontoon. Getting away from the shoreline will often put you in better position to get the bigger fish...simply by getting away from the spots that everybody else fishes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I am attaching my old writeup on Utah Lake Catfish. Hopefully there are a few tidbits in there that will help you come up with some new ideas and some new spots to try.[/#0000ff]
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