Can you catfish

Lures: While some anglers have success using lures, most catfish anglers prefer to use live bait. Minnows, cut baitfish, liver, grasshoppers, night crawlers, or even hotdogs or cheese work great for bullheads and channel catfish.

Blue catfish and flatheads prefer live sunfish or shad. Hooks: A treble hook may be better for holding bait such as liver or cheese, but a circle hook is effective for practicing catch and release. Patience: Check your regulations and cast out another rod of two if it is allowed. When to Fish: Channel cats are known for prowling shallows at night from late spring through early fall.

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Also good are deep structures, like river bends, the base of drop-offs, deep holes, and humps. Catfish will also hold around cover, like standing timber and deep weed edges. Night brings excellent fishing.

Catfish use their heightened senses of smell and taste, along with their barbels whiskers to locate food in the dark.

Flats, bars, points, shorelines and weedy areas are common spots to catch prowling cats at night. It doesn't take much tackle to catch catfish.

The following's a basic kit for small to average-sized fish. A slip-sinker rig's a popular set-up given that catfish are often located near bottom. Compared to open waters with flat bottoms, the structure will net tons of results.

Especially during the day. Catfish again hang around these areas for a few reasons. The structure provides great cover, deeper cooler waters and allows the catfish to avoid angling pressure. In addition, structure attracts other fish such as baitfish to the area. Not just a few either, typically baitfish are heavily concentrated.

Picture the catfish just remaining stationary right near a rock ledge or log jam. The catfish has a full buffet with eyesight from all the baitfish swimming nearby.

Unless you are night fishing for catfish, then you have an entirely different story. When you are night fishing, the script flips in the direction. Catfish will begin moving out of these covered areas and deep dark waters.

Now they are hunting for active food sources near shallow waters. Yes, blue catfish and flathead catfish are known to get moving more in the night, but they are far less active when it comes to shallow waters and swarming small bait fish. We all have different schedules and need the luxury of catching catfish any time of the day if possible.

During the day, considering that catfish are less mobile and much more stationary, it makes perfect sense why drift fishing continues to work great for catching catfish. Especially when catfishing during the day. Sonar is going to eliminate a large majority of the guessing game for you.