What time do you land the BIG Cats?

I don't think anyone can say when a big cat will bite. I only fish day time and catch both flats and blues , others only fish at night and catch them also.It is more about putting in the time to learn your water.

 

I want to know when they bite also!!. The answer to your question is anytime your out you have to have confidence in your ability to find a big cat. Other then that 10pm. :cool2: 10pm - 11pm seems to be a good time then it slows down some and starts to pick up again around 1am.. But hey if you don't go when you can you will never catch one.

 

For me ....just about all my bigguns have come under the cover of nightfall. oooh:

 

Hey ive caught some good size cats in the middle of the day but usually its better either catching them early in the morning or late at night.

 

I mostly fish during the day and have caught plenty of Big Blue Cats in the sweltering heat of midsummer, no particular times, just right place, right time!:wink:

 

I have had bites in the morning from about day brake to about 11a.m. and the they start back up around 4p.m to about 8p.m. then back up around 11p.m. to about 2a.m. So I am getting hits almost all day.

 

i fished a tourny last yr on the ohio river during the day. 8am till 3pm. it was 95 degrees. 1st place had 5 fish with a total weight of 155 pounds. they didnt have big fish it was caught by another team and it weighed 72 pounds. i think its more of finding the big fish no matter what time.

 

if You hit a big blue on the nose with a bait it will take it no matter what time of day or night.

 

99 % of all my big cats come between 9 am and dark.i very seldom catch any big fish after dark.i do a lot of fishing after dark but mostly for smaller flatheads.

 

The fish in my Avitar only 17.5 lbs was caught at noon on a cold38* day in december. I catch my bigger blues during the winter months.

 

I like to fish the mornings. Usually 9am to 1pm.

 

Welcome to the boc, this site is full of good info and great people

 

I do almost all my cat fishing at night 10pm till 10am. They are all good eating size but not many monsters. When I was younger I would go about 4pm till 3am and around 8pm i would catch big one's, but i guess it just depends on the mood of the fish and when they want to eat.

 

For me 11:00-1:30 or 2:00 am. But that is because I usually get free to fish during those times!

 

I have caught all my biggest fish in the day no certain time just keep fishing where the big ones hang out and you will hook into one sooner or later. Using the right bait helps also.All my big fish have been caught on skipjack or mooneye not on shad. It seems like night either can be real good or real bad. At night I think the fish roam alot more feeding and during the day they sit and ambush.:0a23:

 

I don't think that any particular time of day is best. It's like deer hunting: Either you go to them or let them come to you. At night (when they're roaming), I hunker down and let them come to me. During the day, I go to them and try to drop the bait in their bedroom.

 

No truer words were ever spoken. Only twist I gotta consider is the tide.:wink: