Anyone have some tips on channel catfish?

[Limoz]

Never caught one. Tried float and spinning/casting with pet food and some casting spoons but nothing.

[D Jay M ︻芫══一]

There bottom feeders so set your lead to a high # i have mine at 90 IIRC use cheese or cutbait and a size 4 hook, cutbait seems to be a lot better for catching them but cheese works fine.

[Mashuu]

Originally posted by D Jay M ︻芫══一:

There bottom feeders so set your lead to a high # i have mine at 90 IIRC use cheese or cutbait and a size 4 hook, cutbait seems to be a lot better for catching them but cheese works fine.

I tried that for an hour. .4ln bluefin everytime.

[Syd Khaos]

Was JUST told not 10min ago this is what to do:
Use cheese or small cutbait.
Fish at around 10-11am or 3-5pm.
Use leader lenth of 95-99 (cm or inches...does it even say?lol)

I was in miss when told this...they said go to norther most spot and cast directly to the middle of the 2 boats...about 40 (ft..meters?!?) out is where your cast should land.

Seemed to be alot catching catfish....and no one contradicted this info.....though I did not try it myself.....lvl 2 and going for bass to lvl!!

edit:
FFS USA....time to change to metric like the rest of the world and be done with this sillyness.......

[Paul]

just cought a 3.6 pound cat and had to let it go as my stringer was at its limit but i used small cut bait at 65 inches 30 feet out

[werderts]

Originally posted by Syd Khaos:

Was JUST told not 10min ago this is what to do:
Use cheese or small cutbait.
Fish at around 10-11am or 3-5pm.
Use leader lenth of 95-99 (cm or inches...does it even say?lol)

I was in miss when told this...they said go to norther most spot and cast directly to the middle of the 2 boats...about 40 (ft..meters?!?) out is where your cast should land.

Seemed to be alot catching catfish....and no one contradicted this info.....though I did not try it myself.....lvl 2 and going for bass to lvl!!

edit:
FFS USA....time to change to metric like the rest of the world and be done with this sillyness.......

I'm bassing in Lone Star, and i wanted to catch some catfish. i use a valuespin 7'6", and inspirecast 2000, with 1/3 oz #2 casting spoon. works very well.