Need some good advice for catching a big catfish?

ZebcoMan33 · 06-20-2004, 09:05 AM

I'm in need of some advice of catching a big cat, unfortunetly I'm trying to catch it out of a park in Ohio called Miami Whitewater Park so it's public and have to put up with alot of people till dark. Can anyone help me out?

farmcntry · 06-20-2004, 08:25 PM

Fish one hour before dark until about 2 or 3 in the morning. Use chicken liver, shad, minnows,etc.

Gobbling Buck · 06-23-2004, 12:50 AM

If there is no current in the body of water and you are relatively alone, use a love bream (bluegill to some) and a hook (no weight). Take the bream and make 2 cuts on each side of the body behind the belly. Do not cut through the backbone. Hook the bream behind the head and in front of the dorsal fin. Throw it out and leave the bail open (or button pushed) so the line can free spool. The bream will stay close to the top of the water and will quiver and drive the big cats crazy. When the line starts spooling out, let him run with it for a ways, hold the rod up ( give slack ), drop the tip, close the bail and when the line gets tight, sock it to him.

Bldhound · 06-23-2004, 01:43 PM

You can also chum the area.

PointingLab · 06-24-2004, 04:53 PM

Throw a kids basketball in the lake.....

Carpmaster · 06-24-2004, 05:06 PM

Good one PL

Thought about getting a 14 weight flyrod and tying one myself!!!!

kshunter · 06-25-2004, 10:05 AM

LOL @ PointingLab

ZebcoMan33 · 06-25-2004, 08:56 PM

Yea, those were some funny pics, that was nice catfish but at Miami Whitewater Park here in Ohio the biggest cat ever caught was 74 lb. and that happened this year during a tournement.

bowhuntinoh · 06-26-2004, 08:41 PM

i also fish here in ohio for cats ive had a lot of big channel cats hit on shrimp shovel heads seem to like creek chubs the bigger the better blue cats seem to prefer bluegills about 6" long and another trick i use is plain old spam on a treble hook if yah get down around cowan lake give ma a holler ill show yah how and where to catch the cats at were havin catfish monday night the wife said the freezer is gettin to full

Red Hawk · 06-30-2004, 01:05 AM

biggest catfish i caught was about 10 lbs...on dough bait (peanut butter, cottonballs, soysause(i think) )
actually was fishing for carp but the cat decided he wanted it too.