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  1. All Catfishing
    Hi, I found a great pond with some giant channel catfish (10+ lbs) and wondered what rigs to use. Does the Santee Cooper rig seem like a good option? or just the Carolina rig? and if I would to use a santee cooper rig how big of a peg float do I need to use for cut bait?
  2. OHIO CATFISHING
    Hey there Catfish1 community, I was wondering if any of you guys have fished silver lake metro park (not the river) for channel cats. I'm relatively new to catfishing so any advice about this place helps. What bait works best and how large is an average channel cat caught from there? Thanks
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    Nice channel cat on chicken liver
  4. Bank Fishing
    I've been looking for a book about catfishing, and most of the ones I see recommended online (Durick's Cracking the Channel Catfish Code, Catfish Fever, etc.) all seem to assume that you're fishing from a boat, you have money for electronics, and you want to catching trophy-sized fish. They...
  5. State-By-State Catfish Talk
    I took a little time to fix a broken pole this weekend plus the wife and I got out to chase a few fish and fight the holiday crowd.
  6. NORTH CAROLINA CATFISHING
    Or type in “mofo fish” on YouTube to check it out Two huge channel catfish in a 125, they’ll be getting a 500 gallon aquarium once we move . would love to hear about other tanks and other monster fish keepers
  7. VIRGINIA LAKES / RESERVOIRS
    Hey all, new to the site. Was thinking of going out to Lake Frederick to try for some channel catfish as I heard they're stocked in the lake. I've seen a few comments online suggesting the lake can be a bit crowded, but nothing very definitive. Would appreciate any experience anyone has with the...
  8. NEW MEXICO RIVER TALK
    I have been fishing the Rio Grande from Albuquerque to Elephant butte for a little while now and have been trying to gather some information but the New Mexico state sub forum has been dormant for a while. Anyone fish the Rio Grande?
  9. Member Fishing Reports (Become a Fishing Legend)
    ....just some more kittie pics to get me through the upcoming winter!......Kirk (MO)...
  10. Member Fishing Reports (Become a Fishing Legend)
    Been fishing as much as possible- pushing for 1,000 fish for the year and only 100 away!. Catfish have made the bulk of the fish, with most 3-6 lbs, but topped recently by this nice channel at 28" and just under 11lbs! Drum, carp, trout, bluegill, green sunfish, bass, ( another IGFA grand slam...
  11. All Catfishing
    I fish a local man made lake here in California for channel cats. I fish from a kayak. The lake is fairly flat, about thirteen feet at most, a few islands, a lot of overgrown cattails. My question is, how do you fish for larger cats when there really isn't any deep water? I have caught a couple...
  12. Member Fishing Reports (Become a Fishing Legend)
    another trip to the MO, this time from shore and a couple creek carpin yielded my first shovelnose, who leaped fully out of the water, this nice 8.5lb flattie, several nice drum and some small channels.....nicest weather of the year!!!!....combine these with a number of bass, bluegill, green...
  13. Member Fishing Reports (Become a Fishing Legend)
    So....finally made my first two MO river trips.......and..........it was a blast!!!. So much learning to do, but I caught drum, flatheads, channels and blues, plus always fun to catch gar on my rope lures!...My little boat looks like an armored carrier, but its a tank and was easy to navigate...
  14. Member Fishing Reports (Become a Fishing Legend)
    Work pretty much delegates me to midnight fishing for cats, but having success on live gizzard shad/small bighead carp!!.... a little flattie, a nice 8.9lb channel and this 21lb wreck the rods/around the anchor/between the other lines/under the boat (twice)-came up on the other side of the boat...
  15. Member Fishing Reports (Become a Fishing Legend)
    So, I admit, I'm a pathologic fisherman.....fortunately, there's no 12 step program and I wouldn't take it anyway.......not so many catfish or carp so far, but pushing 500 fish, including a bass grand slam (3 species in a day), a bass super grand slam (4 species in a day), some trout, panfish...
  16. LOCAL KANSAS TALK
    Took the daughter out fishing yesterday and she landed a biggin! It wasn't an accident, she is an avid catfisher! She has her own Ugly Stik Catfish combo spooled with 20# Ande Monster mono. We were fishing for bait and she caught a decent crappie. I asked her if she wanted to keep it to eat...
  17. LOCAL KANSAS TALK
    March 10th was the day my daughter could no longer wait another day to wet a line. She got a brand new catfish pole for Christmas and she intended to break it in! It was a bit colder then I was hoping for that day (46°F) but that wasn't going to stop her. I decided to try out the 25 acre...
  18. KANSAS CATFISHING
    Catching monster channel cats here in north eastern Kansas this year came quite unexpectedly. I have been a cat fisherman since I was old enough to hold a pole, but this year came as a huge surprise. It all started when I took my pile of 6 kids to a small walk-in fishing lake a couple miles...
  19. Homemade baits
    Hi, I'm Christopher. I live in Southern Mississippi and have been fishing for channel catfish practically my whole life. For over a year now, I've been experimenting with making my own punch baits. This is the basic recipe and process I currently use to make my bait. I am constantly...
  20. Member Fishing Reports (Become a Fishing Legend)
    WHOA!!!!!1 what an event!!! massive storms the last 48 hours or so-3-4 inches of rain, so the creeks were shot. thought I'd do some fly fishing so took the rod with a small white jig and went to the lake.....well, I saw the whole shoreline boiling with fish, which turned out to be channel...
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