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Post by penhook on Apr 22, 2016 11:27:53 GMT -5
Can someone please tell me what the cats and bass are biting right now and where are they at
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Post by KB on Apr 22, 2016 13:08:09 GMT -5
Those questions have been answered if you will go back on reports and read. As far as cats go some guys like myself havnt started fishing for them yet. As mike said in another post anyone that bass fishes wont give that info up untill after this weekends tournament. But this i will tell ya , sml predators love live bait. Good luck and tight lines
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Post by flathead1802 on Apr 26, 2016 0:31:01 GMT -5
I'm going after some Catfish sometime this week. I'll post if I do any good.
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Post by penhook on May 19, 2016 8:04:09 GMT -5
Did you catch anything
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Post by Red Bear on May 19, 2016 12:03:09 GMT -5
I'll be heading down Memorial Day weekend to do some fishing. I'm not sure about the bass. But for catfish i will be using nightcrawlers, chicken livers, cutbait(bluegill or white perch), and perhaps a live bluegill or two. If i can manage a few good throws off the dock at night, maybe some alewives. Its possible i may buy some minnows but doubtful. but my main bait will be nightcrawlers and livers. they always seem to work for me.
for bass, i will just chunk around a variety of artificials, which may or may not work lol
as for where they are at, i mostly will be fishing off a dock. and mostly at night for cats as the bite just seems better then. bass mostly in the day time. so being as i'm limited to a dock, i will just sit back and let the fish come to me...
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Post by Gator on May 19, 2016 13:38:44 GMT -5
Redbears bait advice is solid. Only thing I would add is crawfish. You can catch the heck out of them at SML. Make yourself a crawfish trap with a 2 liter bottle( just drill several small holes in it and tie a small rope to it), bait it with bacon and lower it into the water and let it go to the bottom. Don't put the cap on it. Crawfish will catch alot of fish at SML.
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Post by Red Bear on May 20, 2016 11:24:15 GMT -5
Redbears bait advice is solid. Only thing I would add is crawfish. You can catch the heck out of them at SML. Make yourself a crawfish trap with a 2 liter bottle( just drill several small holes in it and tie a small rope to it), bait it with bacon and lower it into the water and let it go to the bottom. Don't put the cap on it. Crawfish will catch alot of fish at SML. i occasionally get a couple crawdads in the minnow trap off the side of the dock between trips down there. got 4 once. and it wasnt even baited. the one time i did bait it with bacon i got nothing lol. ive never caught a catfish on one though, had some bites for sure. did catch a bass on a dead crawdad once though. right off the bank near a tree downed in the water. i tossed the craw over there, curious bass comes looking at it, i gave it a small jerk to make it look like the craw was swimming, and the bass went absolutely ballistic on it, i sat there and watched it all, ive never seen a bass crush anything like this. at first he didnt get the whole crawdad in its mouth so i waited a second or two and he want ballistic again before inhaling the whole thing and then i set the hook. nice 3-lber... my only problem is, im not sure how to correctly hook a crawdad without killing it. if anyone knows how and can explain it, or even has a picture that would be great... |
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Post by Gator on May 20, 2016 11:40:07 GMT -5
Hook them in the tail...from the bottom side, just below thier main body. Catfish will eat the heck out of em. We always use bacon and have pretty good luck. Another good bait is cat food.
The smallies will make short work of one too.
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Post by Red Bear on May 20, 2016 11:43:34 GMT -5
ive yet to catch a SML smallie, i'll get one of them suckers yet though...
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Post by fatdaddy on May 20, 2016 21:57:13 GMT -5
Gator do yal break there pinchers off??? & whats a good size for cats?? Thanks Pal !!
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Post by fatdaddy on May 20, 2016 21:59:55 GMT -5
We use a lot of soft shells down here where I live on the new river in WV the smallies go crazy over them !!! Lots 4 & 5 pounder down here !! That rush in the white water is like one them big boys if you get my drift !!!
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Post by Gator on May 21, 2016 8:01:18 GMT -5
Gator do yal break there pinchers off??? & whats a good size for cats?? Thanks Pal !! I don't break off the pincers and I also don't think that they have a preference for size. |
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Post by fatdaddy on May 22, 2016 11:38:16 GMT -5
Gator Thanks I,ll trie them on the lake !! My buddy has a camp at ponderosa its being to muddy up that way for the stripers but plenty of Cat up that way !!!
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Post by penhook on May 23, 2016 7:55:05 GMT -5
is the water very muddy right now
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Post by flathead1802 on May 23, 2016 12:51:17 GMT -5
No I didn't catch anything. Shad were running deep and I had a hard getting bait. |
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