2020 catfish thread

[Man]

Cool. I was just curious. I just started fishing it this year but down around West Columbia. Loaded up with blues, found a few yellas


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My new stomping grounds as well. So far mainly all channels. 3-5lbs

[rtp]

You guys that use live perch for bait, is there a preference in size of the perch? I havent had any luck using the bigger perch at all is why Im asking. Ive caught a few blues on some smaller perch though. Actually Im on a 900 acre private lake so I used some small crappie with success.

[JeffK]

No perch is to big if fishing for yellas!

[hogslayer78]

Here some pics from the last few days on Conroe. These are from the past 3 days.

[Take em]

Not many. But hope to get some more in the morning trotline run.


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[huntindude]

You guys that use live perch for bait, is there a preference in size of the perch? I havent had any luck using the bigger perch at all is why Im asking. Ive caught a few blues on some smaller perch though. Actually Im on a 900 acre private lake so I used some small crappie with success.

I like them 3-4 inches. That seems the happy medium to catch the big yellas if one is there but also catch the smaller yellas or blues if one is not. You can catch big fish on big bait but not if he’s not there


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[rtp]

I like them 3-4 inches. That seems the happy medium to catch the big yellas if one is there but also catch the smaller yellas or blues if one is not. You can catch big fish on big bait but not if he’s not there


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Thanks, that is what I was kind of starting to think. The 12 lb blue I caught was on one of the two smallest crappie I had put out. The bigger ones were all untouched and I unhooked them and they swam away the next morning. I think I'll start using some smaller perch than I have been using to see if it brings in more fish.

[220swift]

Weekend

Had some luck this weekend in the San Saba River.

All caught on trot lines using live perch and cut bait.

[hogslayer78]

Thanks, that is what I was kind of starting to think. The 12 lb blue I caught was on one of the two smallest crappie I had put out. The bigger ones were all untouched and I unhooked them and they swam away the next morning. I think I'll start using some smaller perch than I have been using to see if it brings in more fish.

[Man]

You guys who trotline the live perch....how often do you pull it up with some nice largemouth on them?

[SaltwaterSlick]

You guys who trotline the live perch....how often do you pull it up with some nice largemouth on them?

Been trotlining over 50 years... I can recall it happening twice.

[WesTex1]

You guys who trotline the live perch....how often do you pull it up with some nice largemouth on them?

We caught a nice two years ago on Buchanan, she was almost nine pounds, happy to say we released her alive and healthy.


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[rtp]

You guys who trotline the live perch....how often do you pull it up with some nice largemouth on them?

I quit using them years ago because all I was catching on them was big bass. They would all be hooked in the corner of the mouth so they were released alive and well. Most were in the 4-6lb range with the biggest being 8.5 lbs. So far this year, Ive been trying them again and havent caught any bass on them. Maybe because Ive been fishing deeper water and most of the bass seem to be up shallow right now.

[220swift]

You guys who trotline the live perch....how often do you pull it up with some nice largemouth on them?

I never have. Here are the two big ones from last weekend.

[walker1983]

I never have. Here are the two big ones from last weekend.

A giant!


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