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Catfish will hit anything that resembles what they feel like eating, have caught them on plastic worms, plastic lizards, jigs and spinner baits and probably other stuff I cant remember.
A local WMA has a small education area with a pond. I often take my 3wt with a mop fly there and pester the sun fish. One day I tied into something big. Big enough that I thought of palming the reel and breaking off the tippet. Ended up being a 3 lb hybrid catfish that they had stocked for a kids’ tournament. No net, of course so I had to step down into the muddy bottom to land it. I’m glad I didn’t break my rod tip.
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I’ve caught more catfish on spinners than stink bait.
Clint - What is a hybrid catfish??????
It is a cross of Blue and Channel catfish. They don't get really big and are a bit more aggressive than either of their origins. It is a great fish for getting a kid excited about fishing.Quote:
Originally Posted by cricket george
Sweet! Thx, fellas!
I wonder if you tied a fly looking like a hot dog if a catfish would hit it? :-) I love catfish, favorite eating fish. But I stop and think about the stuff we catch them on and d*mn, the'll eat pretty much anything. If your after those big flathead's the hind quarter of a dead coyote should work well. How in the world can we bring ourselves to eat them? :-) Why haven't they killed us? :-) Wonder if you could catch one on a rattle snake if you sprinkled some kool aide on it? :-) Boy they eat good!
have you ever followed a chicken around and watched what they eat or from what they will eat.. believe me catfish have nothing on a chicken and we eat the heck out of them
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Originally Posted by Don Fischer
Chicken's, mine anyway, don't eat hotdogs soaked in kool aide!
Loved the video, LOL on the rest!
Tie a fly that look's like a hotdog soaked in kool aide and your good to go! :-) Sorry, couldn't help myself!
I met some guys from my local Trout Unlimited chapter and one is a fly guide for cats and carp. I didnt know you could catch them on a fly. I'm super new to fly fishing but still I was shocked.
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Fly fishing for carp has gotten very big in the last ten years or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by BAFishBarn
I was like no way you fly fish for carp!!! I get using a fly rod. But what for lures or bait?? Boilies on a fly rod?Quote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
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Just use flies. The internets are loaded with carp fly articles and videos.Quote:
Originally Posted by BAFishBarn
Also, I’m impressed you know what a boilie is. ;)
Yup!! Easiest thing to use if you dont have a setup for pack baits!Quote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
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See the thread I just bumped in the fly forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by BAFishBarn
Ok will do
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Carp! You guy's eat those thing's? When I was a kid my step dad would take us to Narrowsberg, New York once a year fishing. There was a guy up there that all he fished for was carp! Big carp. I don't recall if he ate them or not. As a kid we did fish for them in a lake close by. They were about all that lake held though!
I can say I've never eaten carp but I would try it for sure. I heard the myth that they are all bones is false and they are actually a decent eating fish if prepared well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Fischer
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Carp are eaten everywhere in Europe and they are expensive.. If they come from a clean body of water they are good eating if prepared right used to work with a guy who ate the heck out of carp.