Thread: Wylie 8-29-16

Glad you were able to get out and catch some. Thanks for sharing

Charles, what do you fish for at Monticello? We have done well on Perch and Cats, never really crappie fished that lake but it should be good for them too.

Way to go Mr. Charles. Glad you keepin the perch population in check now that the Dawgg is down for a while. We fished Stumpy Pond Sat. p.m. and only got 2 perch the whole time. Strange aint it.

good deal Charles glad you got on um for a while
thanks for the report. gonna hafta get my nc. license
so I can fish north of b/b bridge I think bigdawgg done
caught all of um down south

To answer SeaRay's question, We usually fish for blue cats at Monticello. A lot of blues can be caught drifting & bottom fishing. Many years ago, before perch showed up, we trolled for crappies but never was there at the right time.

A friend was there this last sat. He caught 52 cats. The wind died so he used his trolling motor to move around just like we troll for crappies but was using cut bait & a small split shot & hook. All his cats were small.

Usually, I catch more cats bottom fishing in 50 to 70' using cut baits. Our largest cat to date is 44 lbs.

Originally Posted by charles biggers

To answer SeaRay's question, We usually fish for blue cats at Monticello. A lot of blues can be caught drifting & bottom fishing. Many years ago, before perch showed up, we trolled for crappies but never was there at the right time.

A friend was there this last sat. He caught 52 cats. The wind died so he used his trolling motor to move around just like we troll for crappies but was using cut bait & a small split shot & hook. All his cats were small.

Usually, I catch more cats bottom fishing in 50 to 70' using cut baits. Our largest cat to date is 44 lbs.

I have talked to quite a few folks that do that. Either unweighted or very little weight with cut bait drifted out the back of the boat for catfish.