Catfishing where you crappie fish?

[shad309]

Just checking to see if anyone does this? I've always been told that where crappie are catfish will be too. I've never thought to drop a rod with some cut bait or anything below the crappie to see if anything pics up.
I thought about giving it a shot, can't hurt to have another hook in the water....

Any thoughts?

[TN. WATERSHED]

just fix up a rod for this, going to give it a try next week while crappie fishing. mounted a rod holder off to side just for the rod.

[deathb4disco]

I was fishing a Trout Magnet last weekend and caught more channel cats than I did bass/bluegill/crappie combined. I like to fish baits that appeal to more than one species.

[chuckauten]

Heck yes, if you are bobber fishing, drop some stink bait on the bottom.

[C_McKinney]

I have caught several catfish on a jig while crappie fishing. Fun on that light action rod

[SlabHunters]

Last time I went crappie fishing, the catfish were going crazy. They were hitting the jigs I was trolling with and I even ran into a guy who was bass fishing and he caught 4 large catfish on a rattle trap. But it was the day of the full moon and the catfish were jumping like bass. They were all over the place. One hit a jig and I couldn't even get it up to the boat, suddenly it went slack and it straightened the the hook! Didn't catch any crappie, but found big cats.

[Bobby J]

I fish for them all the time wile crappie fish, the biggest i ever caught was while crappie fishing, i used cut bait and fished the bottom, Works.