Catfishing In Early April?

[stitch]

Yeah I plan to read up on all the regs before fishing down there.

[navery]

Cut crappie is a violation. No game fish or their parts may be used for bait in Mo.

Shad is great bait for spring as there is almost always some that die in winter and get blown onto shallow flats and banks. I have had more luck on blue gills in the summer but they will still hit it. Caught a 40 lber in January on a gill head.

[stitch]

Bluegill arent gamefish in MO then? Sorry if thats a dumb question, your regs on that are totally different than they are here. In Iowa you can use any fish for bait as long as it was legally caught and considered part of your daily bag limit.

[bfishn]

Bluegill arent gamefish in MO then?

Correct;

http://mdc.mo.gov/fishing/fishing-regulations/game-fish-regulations

As a nongame "other fish" you can bait with them. Any over 5" have to be pole & line caught. I think there's a limit on how many you can possess.

[stitch]

Thanks!

[stitch]

Has anyone been trying for any cats recently? We'll be down next weekend and well prolly spend all of our time catfishing. We had planned to try and snag some spoonbill too, but we dont know anything about it or where to go, and Im the only one of the group that has equipment that would work for it. So since we dont have a lot of time this trip, cats it is. We went ahead and committed to the place we were coming down to look at (without even seeing it), so well have plenty of time for everything else!

[Old plug]

I have not butlast two times on the lake Imseen juggers out there.

[stitch]

Ok, thanks. Our plan is to stay in the turkey creek area, well prolly try anchoring behind windblown points and fishing cut shad and shrimp.