Catfish Fishin Trip Report, Got Skunked!

[DLM84]

Hey guys,

My Dad decided it was time to pull out the boat and knock off the dust the other day and go fishin down on the Sac river for catfish this last weekened. Man did we get skunked. We went out at dawn and intended to stay out all day fishin but we got not one nibble on any thing. We had goldfish and worms and one little scared shad for bait. guess he didn't think he had any chance at all LOL. well it turned out a bunch of his work friends had decided to go and he was invited. one big fishin party. I think they had cabin fever from all this crappy weather and the long winter, ohh well.

When we got back to the boat ramp some one was pulling out right after us and said yesterday(friday) was really good for cats. Ohh we all decided to go out on the Sac-Osage river. Their was no current at all and they only thing I saw getting caught is one guy was pulling out crappie, guess no body told him it was a catfishing tourney LOL, and some body had some limb/ jug lines out with some thing that couldn't even pull down the littlest bit a 1 litter jug. It just flipped up and not even the cap would go under water. some little about 1 foot long gar were in there working some thing.

Any body know what is up? we think we need some current then it will be better, maybe.

[CaptainNemo68]

I haven't gotten skunked in a while, but it happens

Were you fishing for a specific species of Catfish? (Channel, Blue, etc.)

[fishinwrench]

If we get the rain they are predicting for tomorrow then the cats should make a move.

I got a nice mess at the mouth of a small tributary right after that last decent rain (Tuesday?).

Went this evening though and fished cut gills, cut shad, and dip bait and never had a single solid bite.

The ones I caught the other day (all channels) were loaded with eggs.

[DLM84]

I haven't gotten skunked in a while, but it happens

Were you fishing for a specific species of Catfish? (Channel, Blue, etc.)

No not really. Just a bunch of guys from Dad's work decided to get together for a little Cat Fish'in "Tourney" LOL

P.S. Couldn't have been a nicer day for the weather.

[DLM84]

If we get the rain they are predicting for tomorrow then the cats should make a move.

I got a nice mess at the mouth of a small tributary right after that last decent rain (Tuesday?).

Went this evening though and fished cut gills, cut shad, and dip bait and never had a single solid bite.

The ones I caught the other day (all channels) were loaded with eggs.

Cool, Just what I thought. No current=No Cats. I don't know where they go but when the current stops mov'in they up and disappear. You would figure they would need to feed every now and again here and there.

P.S. where you find 'in shad? we looked at all the usual hot spots and could find nothing. Still noth'in.