Catfishing Questions?

[Tank]

I have recently been fishing on Springfield lake for catfish. On May the 8th I went out early in the morning at 4am and fished with livers off the bottom until 6am. I caught 3 flatheads it was pretty cold that morning around 43 deg and there was thick fog out. I was fishing on the dock that is directly below 65. I keep catching smaller flatheads. I went catfishing again last night from 12am to 230am and did not get any cats. I caught one 8 inch crappie off of a swimming minnow jig. And a friend of mine caught a perch off of a liver on the bottom. Was wondering if anyone had any idea how to target the bigger catfish. What kind of rig I should be using and so forth. I am new at catfishing so I am just trying different things to see what works. Thank you for any info.

[Travis Archie]

I have recently been fishing on Springfield lake for catfish. On May the 8th I went out early in the morning at 4am and fished with livers off the bottom until 6am. I caught 3 flatheads it was pretty cold that morning around 43 deg and there was thick fog out. I was fishing on the dock that is directly below 65. I keep catching smaller flatheads. I went catfishing again last night from 12am to 230am and did not get any cats. I caught one 8 inch crappie off of a swimming minnow jig. And a friend of mine caught a perch off of a liver on the bottom. Was wondering if anyone had any idea how to target the bigger catfish. What kind of rig I should be using and so forth. I am new at catfishing so I am just trying different things to see what works. Thank you for any info.

Howdy Friend,

Generally when it comes to bigger flatheads...they want bigger food, while the smaller ones are looking for a quick meal, the big 'uns have more of a picky appetite and generally prefer live fish, shad, even the occasional non-game fish that you catch just fiddlin' around...as long as it's legal to use as bait