Want to learn

[harvey lee]

If anyone would like to take someone cat fishing that has never went,I would sure like to tag along.I have my own equip.,just need a few pointers.

Any help would be great.

[Fish'n guy]

Hey Tom, I would love to have you along some time to do some cattin this spring & summer!! There is always an extra place on shore for another catfisherman when I go. I usually stick to the Mankato and St. Peter stretch of the Minnesota river and have good success. Its nice to just get out and talk with your buds every now and then while waitin for the clicker to start singin to ya!!!

You could also come to one of the "Catfish Gatherings." There are usually a couple of them over the course of the summer, and its a great chance to put some more faces with names from this forum. "rushing" is one who put together a couple of great one's last year, and hopefully a couple of good ones this year!!!

Check out the "Are you guys ready for summer yet?" post by Hanson a few columns down. I have a couple of picks of my buddy Travis with some nice cats.

GOOD FISHIN!!!!!!!!!

[DARK30]

That can be arranged

[hanson]

I think you'll find plenty of help here. One thing I've found is catfisherman really like to help people out. Having friends out fishing on the river is really what its all about.

Take for example our little catfish trip in the snow. We had 5 rods out within about 15 yards of each other and 3 of them had fish on at once. There are lots of cats to catch.

I think the important part may be not so much "how to fish" but "where to fish". Catfishing is fundamentally simple. Learning the river, however, is really important and fishing the spots that are likely to be holding fish is key. But it really doesn't take too long to piece things together.

[rushing]

Not a problem Harvey! Would be happy too once the flatheads get movin. Just be careful you might get addicted!

[Random guy]

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I think you'll find plenty of help here. One thing I've found is catfisherman really like to help people out. Having friends out fishing on the river is really what its all about.

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I will second that as a newbie to the cat world. I have had so much help with what gear to get, how to set it up and and even down to a few free spots to try. The catfish family truly is a good group of poeple. Newbies to the musky fishing world have to go through a unspoken "hazing" peroid before to get them good and angry before they let em in, it helps devolp the "topwater stare"

With that said; thanks for all the help guys!

[fiskyknut]

Iffin you make it up my direction give me a shout, we got some decent Catfishing up this way.

fiskyknut

[Guest]

If you dont mind a little bit of a drive.. I think I am pretty well known for putting some people on cats throughout the open water season. We have a pretty regular group of fishermen that chase cats around here.. mostly shore fishing but very productive.

Channel cats have been biting here for a couple weeks already. Flatheads will start in May... it sure beats drilling holes in the ice!

We have a *get together* going on April 1st in the same area as Hanson's current cat report. There will be quite a few cat guys there from all over the place including a few FM'ers.

If you are interestied in coming out(or fishing about any time), send me an email at fisherdave(at)mn.rr.(com)

[Dennis Steele]

Yup the cool thing about cat anglers is they are pretty free with sharing good info, their boat or a spot on the shore.

[harvey lee]

To all that were so generous to offer in my general area,anytime you are going out and would like some company,just e-mail myself as much in advance as possible.My e-mail address is in the bottom of my posts.

To all other offers,if im in your area,I will give you a shout.

Thanks to all

Tom

[Tyler Holm]

I too am “green” in the ways of cattin, but I look to change that this summer with the help of or FM squad. I’ve got the determination, some gear, and with the help from a few of you, I’d like to enter….THE DARK SIDE

[rushing]

If you wanna come up to the mankato area for a night of bank fishing this summer I would be happy to help out. A can't miss event for a newbie catfisherman is one of the cat gatherings we have during the summer. Make some new friends and pick the brains of fellow catmen.