catfish

[dustin.hutchison91]

Being a pond fishing fiend from central arkansas im not real use to the rivers of missouri yet. I dont see many people targeting cats on the james. Why is this? Also where do you go if you wana catch a few around here? Any insight would be helpfull.

[Fishslayer88]

Pick a spot. I like deep pools below fast water in the upper river. Best baits are sucker minnows, grasshoppers, cut shad and river shiners.

If you can't throw a cast net learn how they are worth their weight in gold.

[dustin.hutchison91]

i have three in diffrent sizes i can use em. lol when you say upper river do you me delaware up or above the lake in springfield?

[Schenk781]

What about the blue hole below Delaware town? Anybody have luck there for cats? Ive always thought it looked good but never tried...

[jbooth24]

Are there any good spots around Kerr acess to galena for catfish have always wanted to try it

[dustin.hutchison91]

i didnt have any luck in blue hole last summer i agree seems like itd be ideal for big fish i kept geting snaged up

[Schenk781]

Im gonna try the blue hole for gar on the fly this summer its always full of them

[vonreed]

There are catfish every several hundred yards on average on the James. They are very easy to catch, just find a seam between fast and slow water and they should be there. That's what me and my boys do after the white bass return to the lake. Minnows, Crawdads, And the best is Leopard Frogs. We catch tons of catfish this way, but rarely anything over 5lbs. Good luck.

[Flysmallie]

I've seen herds of them on occasion from Kerr to Galena. Hundreds of fish in the 2 to 3 lb range. They will swim past your canoe and it's like watching a long train. They just keep going by.

[jbooth24]

Going to try for them this summer. I plan on running a trout line this summer also when I float hootentown to galena.