Thread: Day Before The Blizzard On Oologah

Oh, and I ONLY use braided nylon main line because it is so much better than the twisted nylon line. Now until late March will be the premier time to fill your freezer. We release all fish over 20# because the fish have a certain amount of toxins built up in their flesh which is acquired thru the shad and the fish are so old at 20+#s. Cold water blues and flatties are superb eating as are crappie and bluegills.

G3 - I think I use either 150 or 250 # test main line and 50# test berkley big game mono for the droppers. The droppers are double strands and I tie the circle hooks with a palomar knot. I attach a cross lok swivel to the dropper with a palomar knot and the main line has approx 3/0 barrel swivel tied on with a palomar knot too. The main line has a swivel to attach it to the noodle and the weight is clipped on with a large snap swivel. I use a 1# concrete weight that I make out of 20 oz plastic drink cups. I insert a "T" clip into the wet concrete and let the crete set up for a couple of days to cure. I get the T clips from Home Depot in the fence dept for like 85 cents for 25. I do not remember if I am using Daachii sport circle hooks or another brand. Those circles just dont miss a fish. We use cut shad for bait. I am trying garlic weinnies because a friend has been killin em on the wiennies on Kerr for years. I tried the wiennies this fall against fresh shad and the wiennies took 80% of the fish. Go figger. I am going to test them again on Kaw shortly. If the wiennies are as effective as the first test then acquiring bait got a WHOLE lot simpler. Being assured of bait is the biggest concern when juggin IMO. Your thoughts?
Oh, no I have not tried the TeamCAtfish stuff.

It's funny G3. The reason you like to catch catfish is the same reason I like to catch Crappie. You see, we don't eat a ton of fish at my house. I can go catch 37 fish and not worry about where I'm gonna put the meat. If I went and cleaned 37 big blues like the one you caught, I'd have 400 pounds of meat! Also, I can totally taste the difference between the two. Crappie is way better to me. For that matter, I can taste the difference between a 14 inch blue and a 20 inch blue. To me, the bigger they get, the fishier they taste. When cat fishing, I like to keep the little ones and throw back the big ones. That's just me though. I know alot of people like catfish better. Not nocking your preferences though. We all enjoy different things, how boring would life be if we didn't?!

I'm the same way dragger, I can taste the difference in large cats and the smaller ones. I'm leary of eating the meat of the large fish also because of the higher mercury levels associated with being higher on the food chain and extended lives.

Crappie meat doesn't last long around here but I've got several quart bags full of catfish filets in the freezer just waiting on some friend or relative to take them home.