Members gobblergetter Posted July 25, 2008 Members Posted July 25, 2008 Ok the first trip jug lining didnt go so well so i need help my fiance loves catfish i like them too i have no clue how to catch them i need to know where to look in a lake that is thirty foot high lots of trees and brush in the water i would put the water temp somewhere around 75 to 80 degrees pls help me out guys i would to pull in a mess of cats. like i said pour on any info you have. how deep are they are they on the flats are they in the channel im gonna try jug lining tomorrow night so any helps appreciated Thanks guys G.G
taxidermist Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 What many people dont realize is that the bluffs are great for catfish. I know I heard for years here there and yonder so to speak. I learned from SCUBA diving and spearfishing that is you want catfish the place to go is the bluffs. Those cats will lay along the ledges in 20-30 feet of water depends a bit on the thermocline. If you put them out in the coves you be GAR-LY will have a time with those toothy fish. I hear they are good to eat but I avoid jugs or trot lines in coves. If you find a small cove along a bluff thats a great place between the point in 20ft of water for a short trot line. The last week of June and first week of July we always fish nightclawers carolina rigged, drifting with the wind along the bluffs and catch lots of healthy cats. You can use cut bait or live bream under 4 inches (I think thats the law) We have pput up as much as 300lbs of catfish fillets in one year. This year we stopped at 52 lbs, we have slowed on doing fish fries for the family. We used to do three per year but when they started bitching we stopped. 52 gives us a catfish meal once every two weeks. Hope this helps good luck John
Members wildhunter066 Posted July 25, 2008 Members Posted July 25, 2008 Ok the first trip jug lining didnt go so well so i need help my fiance loves catfish i like them too i have no clue how to catch them i need to know where to look in a lake that is thirty foot high lots of trees and brush in the water i would put the water temp somewhere around 75 to 80 degrees pls help me out guys i would to pull in a mess of cats. like i said pour on any info you have. how deep are they are they on the flats are they in the channel im gonna try jug lining tomorrow night so any helps appreciated Thanks guys G.G If your lake has shad in them find them and you will find the catfish. From the reports i have heard the catfish are still doing alot of spawning. Its happening really late this year on spring river.
denjac Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Anywhere around hwy 13 bridge. Thats where my son gets them while bank fishing. I would think cut shad sides should work well now. Turtles will be a bother though. Dennis Boothe Joplin Mo. For a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." ~ Winston Churchill ~
Members Ozark Baby Posted July 25, 2008 Members Posted July 25, 2008 Please, where is the Hwy 13 that you speak about?
twosets Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 On table rock, Kimberling city "This is not Nam. This is bowling. There are rules."
Members gobblergetter Posted July 25, 2008 Author Members Posted July 25, 2008 ok well im gonna be on bull shoals im just mainly wanting to know water depth and what should i concentrate on the bluffs the channels the flats best bait that kinda thing, yes our lake has shad right now it has lots of shad they are strubg all over the lake in huge balls
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