Slip Sinker
Catfishing help please!?
Hello fellow anglers! I have a question to ask about catfishing. I have been to a couple of lacations now and I seem to get the same problem eash time. 1st location is a cove off of a major lake just behind a large dam and the second location is on a major lake with a steep drop off where they pulled rock for the dam. I am fishing with chicken liver and a #4 treble hook, 1oz slip sinker setup. I get plenty of hits but I can not seemto hook the fish. I have been fishing maybe 10 times now and only claimed 4 small ones and 1 2 1/2 pound cat (Which I was proud of XD). Are there any tips you can provide to help me learn when to set the hook or if I am looking for something other than the tip of my pole bouncing? Usually I hold my pole and press the line off to the side with my thumb. When I feel the fish tugging I give a good pull. sound right? Much appreciation and happy fishing!
We do a lot of cat fishing in the rivers around my house. Here are a few things to think about:
Bait - I'm not a huge fan of 'unnatural baits'...they tend to get nibbled up by the small cats. Larger catfish in your lake/river are eating other fish, so use those for bait. In my waters, nothing beats a fresh alewife with the head cut off. Find out what bait swims in your lake/river, cut them up a bit and fish with that
Rigging - We've had a lot of success with circle hooks in size 1/0 or 2/0...all the way up to 4/0. For cats in the 10-20 pound class, use a 3/0 or 4/0 circle hook. If there's not current, your 1 oz. weight should be fine, other wise, go to a 2 oz. We use 20 pound mainline and leaders...that seems to handle our fish.
Hook Setting - Big cats don't nibble...then grab and run. Cast out, set your rod with the line tight, then do one of two things...
1) Loosen your drag all the way so that the line can stream out with minimum resistance...if you have a reel that clicks as line goes out, you'll hear when the magic happens
2) Wrap a rubber band around the handle of your rod in front of your reel. Cast out and set your rod down with the line tight...then open the bail (or press the button) and tuck the line under the rubber band...when a fish takes the bait, the line will pop out of the rubber band and stream out with no resistance
Once a big cat takes the bait and starts running, let him go for about 10 seconds, then lower the rod, close the bail (or tighten up the drag...but not TOO tight) and just start reeling. You don't SET the hook with circle hooks...you just tighten down and it finds the corner of the fish's mouth every time.
Tight lines and happy cat fishing!
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