Cats still bite on the bone

Went yesterday for 5 hours in a different spot. Caught 23 with them running on the small size. We got them cleaned before the rain started. They all went over to Angies mom ---- we are going to take Bros Best Friend Saturday morning to tangle with some Whisker fish too and picked two more Cricket Cages of worms to go with the Canadian Crawlers. Johnny is 70 years young and said over the years , all the Catapha Worms he had tried He has never caught one fish on them. Must not have been doing something Right :fish

Looks like I'll be heading to the Bone in October with the kid's troop. How late in the year can you catch cats on trot lines around there? I've got catalpa worms and shrimp for bait at the moment...liver and worms do well...just wanted to know if they're very catchable that time of year. I've always considered them more of a spring/summer fish, but I'd like to catch enough for a group meal while we're camping.

Fishnut --- I made a post last night thats missing -- Cats are still doing good Except on the dark of the Moon .. We have seen hoop nets and Slant traps out of the channel edge and we have caught them on Jigs with Nibblets -- or Minnows Our best Trot Line bait is Shad. Yo-Yos can be more effective and the most fun for the Scouts. I could let you borrow some -- and help you put out the lines and Yo-Yos Because you will have your hands full

Way to go Larry,
"gene"

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Fishnut --- I made a post last night thats missing -- Cats are still doing good Except on the dark of the Moon .. We have seen hoop nets and Slant traps out of the channel edge and we have caught them on Jigs with Nibblets -- or Minnows Our best Trot Line bait is Shad. Yo-Yos can be more effective and the most fun for the Scouts. I could let you borrow some -- and help you put out the lines and Yo-Yos Because you will have your hands full

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Thanks for the offer, but I'm not taking all those kids out. Lol. With the draw down, they probably won't be fishing from the pier, but I figured if I could catch enough fish on lines, we could cook some. Probably just me going out on this trip. Kids are supposed to hike, go geo caching, etc. I'll know more about it as we get closer so I may pick your brain a little about what's biting a little later. The gatherings are the only time I've ever fished that lake.

Home page...... http://www.crappie.com/crappie/conte...h-Catapa-worms

WOW !!!! Total surprise G --- Now I wished I had really said D'Arbonne because the lake is such a good place to hang a Hook

We did take Bros best friend sat morning for a few hours and fished till noon. we only managed 10 fish and they were all bigger in size. The lack of things in the stomachs of what we catch, looks like they are starved. A few Crappie have partly digested shad but bream are always empty. what we find in Cats is what we give them. one time there were Tiny mussel shells in a shell cracker on the bed..... Some time even the gut line is empty. It is no wonder they hit it so hard they break the Pole, They are starving.

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Originally Posted by Fish on Line

We did take Bros best friend sat morning for a few hours and fished till noon. we only managed 10 fish and they were all bigger in size. The lack of things in the stomachs of what we catch, looks like they are starved. A few Crappie have partly digested shad but bream are always empty. what we find in Cats is what we give them. one time there were Tiny mussel shells in a shell cracker on the bed..... Some time even the gut line is empty. It is no wonder they hit it so hard they break the Pole, They are starving.

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Another reminder of how animals in nature have to work so much harder for their next meal. Not a lot of fat on many wild caught animals. One year my daughter put a small piece of raw chicken on a hook and left it sitting in a commercial crawfish lake. Came back to find a mud cat hooked. I've never seen one with a belly that big...had to be at least 1/3 of his body weight. He had stuffed on crawfish...then got greedy with the chicken and ended up back in the canal. lol

House pets are spoiled and don't even know it...at least our two cats are. :) I think most fisherman will be glad to offer up the next meal for those fish though. lol