Are there Blue catfish in Stockton?

[BilletHead]

15 minutes ago, bassfisher said:

The fish of pic I sent were caught in the back of highpoint ramp cove there is a spring back there. All on night crawlers.  That year was a good one  if I had known they were channels I would have released

         Did they taste and different than a blue cat or do you know?  I guess I don't understand what the thought process is in the meaning of ,

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If I would of known they were channels I would of released.

BilletHead

[MoCarp]

21 minutes ago, bassfisher said:

The fish of pic I sent were caught in the back of highpoint ramp cove there is a spring back there. All on night crawlers.  That year was a good one  if I had known they were channels I would have released

its been a few years but that spring area used to have big clumps of weeds and back in the day you could catch northerns and later tiger muskies in that area.....unsure why they stopped stocking those but fishing for everything was better back then...less people perhaps.....SMB fishing was better walleyes ran way bigger...you had to know what you were doing to catch them...fish seem longer and thinner than then......

[MrGiggles]

9 hours ago, MoCarp said:

its been a few years but that spring area used to have big clumps of weeds and back in the day you could catch northerns and later tiger muskies in that area.....unsure why they stopped stocking those but fishing for everything was better back then...less people perhaps.....SMB fishing was better walleyes ran way bigger...you had to know what you were doing to catch them...fish seem longer and thinner than then......

 

I've found it strange that these reservoirs don't have much for weeds. Maybe because of the fluctuating water levels?

I'm from Minnesota and the lakes up there have tons of weed growth.

[MoCarp]

1 hour ago, MrGiggles said:

 

I've found it strange that these reservoirs don't have much for weeds. Maybe because of the fluctuating water levels?

I'm from Minnesota and the lakes up there have tons of weed growth.

natural lake have less fluctuations some lakes here have weeds like taney and pomme....they have seeded weed beds on stockton in the past unsure if they have taken..I know of 2 large ones on stockton..most people think its brush.....several years ago they talked about seeding they mud flats on grand unsure if that took

[waterpossum]

They used to sow millet on Grand, esp on the flats around Sycamore creek in August to attract the ducks. They did that for about 10 years, but quit it a few years back

[Walcrabass]

MoCarp,

  Now you have my interest..............

1. How long ago did they seed the Weed beds on Stockton?

2. Which area of the lake are they located?

 

Walcrabass

[MoCarp]

3 hours ago, Walcrabass said:

MoCarp,

  Now you have my interest..............

1. How long ago did they seed the Weed beds on Stockton?

2. Which area of the lake are they located?

 

Walcrabass

I have no idea where...but can mark the ones I do know....if ur interested...I think it was early 90's or late 80's when they tried seeding submergent weeds

 

[Walcrabass]

MoCarp,

  I think it would be great if you could "mark" those areas on a map and send it to the forum.

 

Thanks,

Walcrabass

[Dutch]

I've heard of weed beds on Stockton but I've never seen any.

[Steve McBasser]

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