Good channel catfishing locations near Ft. Wayne, Indiana??

[badagirton]

Does anyone know any good channel cat spots around Ft. Wayne area?? I fish crane lake alot and all we ever get is bullheads. My bro likes them, I'd rather eat channel or blues myself. So if anyone would share a spot with me I'd appreciate it.

[EsoxJohnny]

If I am going after eating size channels I take the 40 min. drive to Salamonie. It's hard to beat for the numbers of channels swimming around. To me it's well worth the drive. Cedarville Reservoir has a decent number of channels and can be a very good place as well.

[Redd]

Don't know any good spots, but welcome to the BOC! Lots of people with great advice on here. Good luck.

-Red

[BIGCAT DADDY 71]

If I am going after eating size channels I take the 40 min. drive to Salamonie. It's hard to beat for the numbers of channels swimming around. To me it's well worth the drive. Cedarville Reservoir has a decent number of channels and can be a very good place as well.
john is correct on salaimonie, i've took alot of eater size channels this year and in the past. also welcome to the boc.

[laidbck111]

welcome to the BOC not familar with that part of the world though.

[jim701]

Can anyone give me a general idea of how to fish salamonie?Like what baits to use or geneal areas to fish.Catfished it earlier this year and didnt have much luck.fished off of points with chicken livers and cut bluegills and crappies.I would appreciate any info.

Jim

[EsoxJohnny]

Shallow flats, tree stumps, and night crawlers.

[BIGCAT DADDY 71]

salaimonie, i have most luck with= nightcrawlers/softcraws/ cut-bait. i move around alot on this lake, the bank and the main river channel and the river itself. alot of channel in there.

[biggen0_8]

Bob: I used to live up that way, and we had some pretty good luck with the Maumee river. Closer you get to the Ohio line the better, it's kind of small right in Ft. Wayne. Worth a shot, good luck.

[river scum]

someone mentioned cedarvill res.,bob that is a jem for eater channels,give it a try. there are places to bank fish it all over along the roads.

[EsoxJohnny]

There are NO catfish in the Maumee river, None whatsoever! Shhhh!

[river scum]

nowbody wants to fish that floating morgue ,blak. lol

[badagirton]

someone mentioned cedarvill res.,bob that is a jem for eater channels,give it a try. there are places to bank fish it all over along the roads. how do i get there. fished it when i was a kid dont remember where it is

[river scum]

bob,it in leo,just north east of the fort. take 69 to dupont rd then head east. stay on dupont (st rd 1) about 5 miles and you will run into it. the dam is a good place to score numbers during the day. you can fish most of the bays from the roads that suround the res. after a rain the bridge in front of the legion. the small spotted cats are good to eat but as they get larger the meat gets real muddy,but hey they are fun to catch. the river flows all the way into ohio and there are fish all the way up.

good luck bro.

[Welk49]

Heard the maumee river was good, but that's just a rumor floating around.

[dusky]

I caught four or five today upstream of Cedarville Reservoir on the St. Joe River. South of Cedarville is good too. And Cedarville itself has nice ones. I fish outside bends, wood cover, flats at night. I'm a shad man, myself, which I catch with my castnet. But any cutbait will work. Salamonie is good too, but since I've been catching so many closer to home (Ft. Wayne) it's hard to beat the local river and reservoir! And I don't know about the rest of yaw but I like to keep moving when I catfish... hit lots of spots. It seems like if they're there and hungry you'll know within twenty minutes.