Bryant channel cats

[FlyingFish]

Just curious if any of y'all have done any catfishing on Bryant. If so, have you had any success. I see that MDC claims there is a very strong channel cat population in Bryant.  Thanks

[Ham]

I think the James has more

[Gavin]

Have seen some catfish when I’ve floated it, plus some limb lines. Have never fished for them there. The water is usually very clear. Almost always catch a catfish or two (on lures) when I float the St. Francis.

[Al Agnew]

All the floatable Ozark streams have SOME channel catfish.  But the ones that are a little more fertile (slightly murky water) should have better populations.  Like Gavin said, the St. Francis is a great catfish river.  Lower Black below Clearwater Dam is good.  Meramec, Big, Bourbeuse are all good.  Gasconade is excellent.  James is good.  I think any of those would be better than Bryant.

[Flysmallie]

20 hours ago, Ham said:

I think the James has more

It’s absolutely full of them at times. 

[Ham]

I've fished the Bryant more than the James, but I have a lot more bonus channel cat from the James

[Flysmallie]

Sometimes during the summer you will run across pods of them with dozens of fish. Maybe even hundreds. It’s pretty amazing and I have never seen it anywhere else. I need to get a video of it. I got some new underwater videos I’m going to try this summer. I’m going to try to get those catfish. 

[FlyingFish]

Thanks for the info guys. @Flysmallie, are the pods of cats you're describing in the Bryant or the James? I'd love to see the underwater footage of that.

[Flysmallie]

2 hours ago, FlyingFish said:

Thanks for the info guys. @Flysmallie, are the pods of cats you're describing in the Bryant or the James? I'd love to see the underwater footage of that.

In the James.