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[Greg W]

That would also be a difficult choice for me. Do I fish for the white bass or the catfish.

[MeatintheFreezer]

Several springs ago I was fishing Kings river for whites. I trolled across the mouth of a cove and my graph blacked out with bait fish. When my lures came through them I could feel my line coming through the bait. I stopped and dropped a spoon down, figuring it was whites. I ended up catching a limit of channels in about 10 minutes that were stuffed full of shad. They eventually got full and it broke apart. That was the first time- actually the only time I have ever experienced catfish sholling up like that.

[Old plug]

Anywhere from 20 to 30 ft. Some time I just cast the spoon.

I love to catch the big cats. Also love to catch big gar. It is a nice way to enjoy yourself in the really hot dog day evenings. But not with spoons

[Old plug]

Yeah meat in the freezer that is what they do they comei n and clean up after the white bass feed with there slashing style. When they get under those schools like that they will snap up a spon awful fast.

[Feathers and Fins]

With the right conditions and location you can catch cats on Beaver with spoons or crankbaits but the conditions have to be right. If we get the shad die-off im expecting in the next couple days to a week maybe two then spoons will be deadly on them. The other time of year they are predictable is spring heavy run-off rains in creek channels.

[Old plug]

Fins until this past year or so we were blessed up here with a lot of big cats. Seem to be a lot harder to came by. Biggest one i caught this year was 17lbs. And that was on a deep hump over 30 ft deep.

[Feathers and Fins]

OP, I think a lot of it has to do with population increase and more people fishing. I grew up fishing a great Catfish lake but as population increased catching them became harder each year, my dad says he hasn't heard of any being caught in a very long time. Regulations are great but they don't account for extreme populations changes. Catfish biggest enemy is themselves and their tasty meat I do believe.

Then again I have seen pollution do it as well. I remember the Salton Sea when Corvina were king now they are gone.

[Guest]

swimming minnows! LOL