A little heat turned things on over the weekend, but the water remains in the low 50s. River level is stable to a slight rise, and the catfish are responding well.
Active fish have been holding in the faster current seams near the bank. Hits have come fairly quickly when fishing in a new spot but seem to be more little fish. The big fish are taking a little longer to commit to the baits. Expect lots of picking and pecking on the bait until the water temp rises a little more. One thing I have done this spring is downsize my rods to Ugly Stik 6’6” Medium GX2s. these have a lighter tip to hook up and the fish are still slow enough that they won’t wreck the reel when you fight them. By next week we should be back to normal catfish rods as the hits get harder.
I was using sucker for bait. It sounds like anything fresh or fresh dead is working. Old frozen is not producing very well. I even ran some jello chicken and it was not the answer.
I am currently taking bookings beginning May 18th and on through the summer.
Redrivercatfish.com
Active fish have been holding in the faster current seams near the bank. Hits have come fairly quickly when fishing in a new spot but seem to be more little fish. The big fish are taking a little longer to commit to the baits. Expect lots of picking and pecking on the bait until the water temp rises a little more. One thing I have done this spring is downsize my rods to Ugly Stik 6’6” Medium GX2s. these have a lighter tip to hook up and the fish are still slow enough that they won’t wreck the reel when you fight them. By next week we should be back to normal catfish rods as the hits get harder.
I was using sucker for bait. It sounds like anything fresh or fresh dead is working. Old frozen is not producing very well. I even ran some jello chicken and it was not the answer.
I am currently taking bookings beginning May 18th and on through the summer.
Redrivercatfish.com
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