Need fishing hint

I live in San Diego. Here they stock channel cat fish in the lakes. I
never was lucky enough to catch a cat fish. I will appreciate if someone
would give me some hints how can I catch a cat fish.
Thanks.

Rob wrote:
I live in San Diego. Here they stock channel cat fish in the lakes. I
never was lucky enough to catch a cat fish. I will appreciate if someone
would give me some hints how can I catch a cat fish.
Thanks.



The catfish stocked in lakes in California are raised in a hatchery so
are use to prepared baits and these will work but are slow going. One
of the best things I have found for stocked catfish while living out
there was chicken liver. Just run your hook through the liver two or
three times and kind of lob it out into the water. Don't try a power
cast or the bait will fly from the hook. Some people tie the bait on or
use stuff like old panty hose to make sac's kind of like salmon egg
sacks but I never found this necessary. Once the catfish come in to
feed on the liver, the blood in the water will keep them coming in. If
the lake you are fishing in allows minnows you can switch to large
minnows once the catfish start feeding, plus you might even hook a nice
bass. Be sure and check the regulations because many lakes in
California do not allow live bait except for worms. Catfish are not
hook or line shy so don't worry about going on the heavy side for this.
For stocked catfish a 2/0 or 3/0 hook and 12-14 pound line will work
just fine. San Diego lakes have some pretty good size catfish in their
lakes so hang onto that rod if you don't want to loose it.

Jerry

Jerry wrote:

Rob wrote:

I live in San Diego. Here they stock channel cat fish in the lakes. I
never was lucky enough to catch a cat fish. I will appreciate if someone
would give me some hints how can I catch a cat fish.
Thanks.



The catfish stocked in lakes in California are raised in a hatchery so
are use to prepared baits and these will work but are slow going. One
of the best things I have found for stocked catfish while living out
there was chicken liver. Just run your hook through the liver two or
three times and kind of lob it out into the water. Don't try a power
cast or the bait will fly from the hook.


Some people tie the bait on


The best way is just wrap, don't tie, 10 inches of sewing thread around
the liver and hook,, don't try to do it real tight, it's not necessary,
but the wraps really work on keeping that liver on the hook

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Boomerang Fishing Pro. , Stand Out Hooks ,
Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Mojo's Long
Shot rig
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

Try using chicken gizzards. Tough enough to stay on hook.

John

"Rob" wrote in message
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I live in San Diego. Here they stock channel cat fish in the lakes. I
never was lucky enough to catch a cat fish. I will appreciate if someone
would give me some hints how can I catch a cat fish.
Thanks.

Best tip for channels is to start fishing at twilight, fish the flats next
to deeper river channels with current. They will come out of the deep to
feed as soon as the light fades. I do well using all beef hot dog sliced
about 1/4 inch thick. Use the ones with a tough skin and hook in and out
through the skin. I also take some good ones using leeches. I usually hook
5-6 leeches through the sucker--- looks like a ball of worms twitching.
Grampa bass are likely to hit them, too.

Tie your rod down unless you intend to hold it all night. Your rod will
take off about the time you start to relax and enjoy the view.




"Rob" wrote in message
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I live in San Diego. Here they stock channel cat fish in the lakes. I
never was lucky enough to catch a cat fish. I will appreciate if someone
would give me some hints how can I catch a cat fish.
Thanks.

I live in San Diego. Here they stock channel cat fish in the lakes. I
never was lucky enough to catch a cat fish. I will appreciate if someone
would give me some hints how can I catch a cat fish.
Thanks.

Hmmm, lets see, fish at night, use night crawler worms or some other big juicy
worms, chicken liver is good bait too, be as quiet as possible while fishing,
don't move around much or make a commotion. Fish in deep water. that about
covers it.

Moon
I breed dwarf crayfish for planted aquariums and grow trees in aquariums.
My groups

When I was a kid,I use frozen sardines or
anchovies for bait. I had cut them in chunks.
Also used nightcrawlers in the Russian river.
I used a egg sinker with a barrel swishel and
foot long sinker with two no.4 hooks. In some
of county and city lakes in Tucson,AZ. I seen
hot dogs and commerial blood bait being used.
Good luck in your fishing.


Trouter

Todd Norris wrote:
When I was a kid,I use frozen sardines or
anchovies for bait. I had cut them in chunks.
Also used nightcrawlers in the Russian river.
I used a egg sinker with a barrel swishel and
foot long sinker with two no.4 hooks.

I would think them "foot long sinkers" would be a might difficult to
cast :-)

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Boomerang Fishing Pro. , Stand Out Hooks ,
Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Mojo's Long
Shot rig
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

Rodney,

If you readed my post right. I said foot long
leaders with a l oz. egg sinker and barrel swishel with two no.4 hooks.
Any good spinning or spincart rod can cast up to 8 to 12
feet from the shore.

Todd Norris wrote:
Rodney,

If you readed my post right. I said foot long
leaders with a l oz. egg sinker and barrel swishel with two no.4 hooks.
Any good spinning or spincart rod can cast up to 8 to 12
feet from the shore.


Sorry Todd but you said foot long sinker. Go back and read it yourself.
BTW, you sure you want to use a No. 4 hook for catfish? Personally I
use 3/0 and 4/0 hooks and trust me my cast is a lot farther than 8-12
feet.

Jerry