MaddysDaddy
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- May 10, 2010
- Messages
- 149
Re: Catfishers come in
for cats i like to catch panfish on worms and use them for cut bait, if you are lucky you will get an eel. eels are the best when you cut them you will see the pink meat. there skin is crazy tuff, i hook the bait thru the skin about a 1/2" from the top. this way the hook is very exposed and hook up is automatic, i allso use big game line with alot of strech, so the fish can pick it up and run, when the line tighins up it springs back and sets the hook. friday night my brother and i caught 5 pounders all night in the river on eel.
clams work good too, but the snappers are all over it, that sounds like what is happen to you, i rig my wait on the bottom, if the snappers are messing with my bait i will rig the hook up higher
for cats i like to catch panfish on worms and use them for cut bait, if you are lucky you will get an eel. eels are the best when you cut them you will see the pink meat. there skin is crazy tuff, i hook the bait thru the skin about a 1/2" from the top. this way the hook is very exposed and hook up is automatic, i allso use big game line with alot of strech, so the fish can pick it up and run, when the line tighins up it springs back and sets the hook. friday night my brother and i caught 5 pounders all night in the river on eel.
clams work good too, but the snappers are all over it, that sounds like what is happen to you, i rig my wait on the bottom, if the snappers are messing with my bait i will rig the hook up higher