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WaterWolf60
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catfish
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Jan 11, 2006, 02:05 PM »
what is the best way to catch a catfish through the ice?
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Zorros shack
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Feb 18, 2007, 05:19 PM »
I don't think that many people icefish for catfish.
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crappie_attitude
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Re: catfish
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Feb 19, 2007, 08:31 AM »
I've caught a half-dozen bullheads on each of my last two outings....just fish minnows on tipups a few inches off the bottom. If they're active & feeding, you'll catch them.
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blue mule
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Re: catfish
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Feb 19, 2007, 07:01 PM »
in my exp., certain lakes produce better than others. i know of only 2 lakes around here where you can target cats and actually have any degree of success. they're everywhere, but no one gets any, even by accident. when i fish these lakes, a minnow on a tip about 1-2 ft off the bottom works. i've caught them on waxies and minnows fishing for gills and crappies. find such a lake and you're all set. just have a good drag on your reel. hook one as long as your arm on your bluegill rig, and you'll know real soon it's not a bluegill.
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Zorros shack
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Feb 24, 2007, 08:02 AM »
Next time I go out ice fishing I'll get some minnows and fish a few inch. off the bottom and catch some catfish or as I call them Mr.Wiskers.Ha,Ha.
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zamboni
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Mar 07, 2007, 07:50 PM »
I had a minnow on a orange and yellow crappie jig today and was fishing about a foot off the bottom. Ten minutes earlier I caught a small perch, then all of a sudden **BAM!** I hooked a fish. It was a fight like I had never had on the ice, I reeled it in- about a 10 LBS catfish!! My wife is extremely mad at me because I released it, but at the time, I didn't see us eating it. I have posted on here that catfish is one of my fave fish to eat, but that is always farm raised, corn fed catfish, a huge difference.
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rockhound57
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Mar 17, 2007, 10:20 AM »
My wife is extremely mad at me because I released it, but at the time, I didn't see us eating it. I have posted on here that catfish is one of my fave fish to eat, but that is always farm raised, corn fed catfish, a huge difference.
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farm raised shouldn't even qualify
, I'm with your wife
if I could target them of good size, I'd be happy if they were all I caught, and my wife aggrees
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fishingabomb2006
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Re: catfish
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Dec 23, 2007, 09:21 AM »
i got 2 channel cats yesterday fishing small minnows about 6 inches off bottom, they liked the lively ones best very soon after i put it back down the hole
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Oldfart
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Re: catfish
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Dec 24, 2007, 03:13 AM »
Quote from: WaterWolf60 on Jan 11, 2006, 02:05 PM
what is the best way to catch a catfish through the ice?
When dealing with channel or white cats, you want to fish in the absolute deepest hole in the lake. The cats tend to pile up there. Please remember to take only a few. It seems like the lake is full of them because your sitting on the entire population all balled up. They can be overfished very quickly.
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1MOFISH
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Re: catfish
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Dec 24, 2007, 02:58 PM »
meow!i only got one in 25years not counting those pesky mud cats mo
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