Quote Originally Posted by Darryl Morris
The crappie fishing has been okay but most of you know me and I'm spoiled rotten. Looking into just having a lot of fun when I'm off or maybe even with clients. What's ya'lls input and tips on summer catfishing? Thinking about offering some night trips if I can make it work consistently too.
Darryl ,the catfish bite is getting hot. I just started a 10 hr a day job in a heavy steel fabrication shop. That was not good for my fishing and probably bad idea for my back.
Went out yesterday after work and caught 7 channels. We bait our holes with ''sweet 10 '' horse feed. Soured wheat works great if you can get it cheap. The sweet feed is 5.90 a sack in Perryville at the Farmers Co-op. I put it out this afternoon late on 3 holes. I'm trying condos as they are in open water and my main hole around a large stump is getting crowded! Seems like everyone has found my spot and is trying to take it for their own. I had it pretty much to my self 5 years ago and more people crowd in every year now. I dump feed on my spots regularly when I can and fish will stack up if they are'nt fished out. Last year my stump hole produced 57 in one day for me and family alone! If you do bait the condos ,don't use light line. I switch to a half dozen 16.5' Black Widow Poles with a heavy line and a hook. I use no weight and bait with Catalpa Worms or liver. The fish at times are so full of feed they won't bite near as well with a weight on there.
The longer you bait the more fish tend to stack up on a hole. A couple years ago we fed over a ton in one season , yes a ton of feed! The people I took ,caught over 500 lbs in one week!
Try baiting a few condos and hang on. We just anchor and drink something cold. That is when we have time as fishing can be fast and furious. I hope it works for you as well. I usually dump a sack in each spot to start. Then a 1/2 or less every 2 or 3 days. If you catch a few and the action slows ,throw a few hand fulls of feed around the boat while fishing. The fish will get fired up after being baited several times on the same hole. That fresh feed scent will put them hunting more. Good luck!:D