Catfishing

[fishbait3]

just wondering if anyone is catching some nice cats a buddy and i plan on going after them tomorrow evening.

[River Rat Randy]

My boys & I have been catching several. Nothing huge, but good eatin'!

[fishbait3]

if you dont mind me asking what part of the lake or up river are u hitting.

[River Rat Randy]

Been doing well in flooded timber in backs of coves in 4- 6 feet of water. However with the falling water levels and rising temps I doubt that pattern holds. I would expect them to move to rock banks before too long. I hear they may already be there in Stockton. Pomme is a few degrees behind, though.

[fishbait3]

Y are some people so inconsiderate about others, went and set some juglines and somebody stole 2.

[MOPanfisher]

I apologize since I haven't read those regs recently but doesn't the MDC require anyone using Juglines/noodles to be in attendance of them. meaning you can't just drop them and check them later.? At work we find several each year apparently drifted far away from their original location. Sometimes with their name and address sometimes not. It would be pretty easy for a muskie on pomme to take a perch/bait and be long gone with the jug in a short period of time.

[fishbait3]

mopan they only have to be watched hourly if they are unanchored. if anchored they can go for as long as 24 hours. we had ours set barely 8 hours.

[River Rat Randy]

Sorry to hear about the theft fishbait3! Were you able to hook any cats?

[MOPanfisher]

Thanks Fishbait3, it does suck when people steal stuff.

[fishbait3]

just a couple of small cats. I dont like sayin they were stole but we looked the area over really well and they were weighted down with 1 # weights and all of my others were there so that what gave me this idea they were taken.