CATFISH !!!!!!!!

[MULLSKINNER]

who catches catfish through the ice any tips on catching them ? and what bait ? do you catch any on tip ups
many thanks ,
Mullskinner .....

[PolarEscape]

I catch Channel Cats all the time. I usually use Live Shiners, I have caught them on Crappie minnows Too, Also I have caught them using Jiggin Rapalas w/ Minnow heads on them. Yes They are pretty easy to catch with live bait on tip ups, I never use dead bait but I would think that a catfish would probably eat them just as well. My bait was usually walleye size baits. Same techniques, if there are Cats there they should bite. Good Luck!!!

[MULLSKINNER]

ANY CERTAIN WATER DEPTH THEY SEEM TO LIKE ? DEEPEST PART OF THE LAKE ? OR JUST ANY WERE ?ANY TYPE OF BOTTOM THEY LIKE ?  WE SEEM TO PICK THEM UP ON OCATION FISHING FOR SAUGEYE'S ...SAME TYPE OF AREA IT SEEMS ..
THANKS FOR THE INFO ..
MULLSKINNER

[walleyeslayer]

who catches catfish through the ice any tips on catching them ? and what bait ? do you catch any on tip ups
many thanks ,
Mullskinner .....

ive always caught them on tip-ups, with shiners.  caught a monster on a swedish pimple tipped with shiner once.  he was  big,  his lips were wider than my 6 inch hole.  all i saw were lips, and whiskers.  all were caught at night.  ive caught quite a few bullhead in the day, on everything from teardrops tipped with waxies to minnows on spoons.  so, if youre on a lake with cats, id say use stinkbait, cant go wrong with stinkbait, maybe some chum?  i know they bite in the winter

[Barleydog]

I used to catch theem through the ice many years back in Wis.  We found where they staged prior to breakup, (in the outlet of a river that dumped into a lake.)  Then we used tip-ups at night on the really late season ice baited with dead smelt and placed 6" off the bottom.  They were actually a really good fight, and not bad on the smoker.  Good luck

[MULLSKINNER]

thanks for all the helpful info guy's !!!!!!!!

[MULLSKINNER]

hey look what i found when i did a little search ...

http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?board=68.0

[swantucky]

My buddy caught one today that went 26" on a small teardrop tipped with a waxie.  I have found that if you find one there will be more.  I have done pretty good on the res. a few times.

[MULLSKINNER]

thanks Tucky ......
we catch several on tip ups fishing for other fish ... once in a while we catch one on a swedish pimple fishing for saugeye's ...  26" er would be awesome through that hole ...

[Wildwood]

On tip-ups I prefer the head half of a roach - step on it with your cleats a few times to tenderize. They also hit on jigging spoons. My 6 year old son caught a 17 inch channel with half a roach last week.

There is  a guy in our club that uses only chicken liver to target cats and does well.

They hit any time of day or night.

[MULLSKINNER]

wildwood,
you lost me on the roach .. what is it ?
your buddie uses chicken livers through the ice for cats ? if you use chicken livers on a tip up would you set the bait on the bottom ? or say 6" off the bottom ?

thanks ,
Mully ......

[Fishbio824]

Check out the 12lb channel cat caught out of oneida lake in the NY reports

[walleye851]

i catch them regulalary using cicadas while fishing for walleye in about 15 feet of water

[Wildwood]

A roach is a large minnow (3"-7")very commonly used around the midwest for pike and bass. And ya, you have to set the liver and the cut bait up off the bottom a little.

[MULLSKINNER]

THANKS WILDWOOD !!!!!!