catfishing

[nitefisher]

any word on were the cats are biteing? they were doing good on the chippiwa north of benson but after the rain (3 inches) things all went to well know what i mean. but any word on were there biteing would be wonderful.thanks and god bless.

[Guest]

Its been tough everywhere.. throw in a good day once in a while, and skunks on other days. Catching 1-3 fish an evening is pretty much the norm lately.. not good in my books. No Flatheads have shown up yet, the weather has not been cooperative anywhere and the water is colder than it should be.

Keep fishing, keep trying.. its going to get better.

[nitefisher]

thanks for the reply and the heads up. i think i will just stick to the chippiwa for now maybe in a couple weeks head down to the minnesota as long as we don't get no more rain.good luck if you have been fishing, i think today i will look for some bullheads for bait but i think it's to cold for them to. have a good day and god bless.

[ChemE]

I'm not sure why but I've been catching channels from microcat size up to 8 lbs off the Harriet Island dock. Roaming up and down the dock worked best. They seemed to only want night crawlers and had widely varying bite techniques; anywhere from tap-tap to yanking the rod out of my hands. For some reason, they and the occasional carp were the only things biting. And on unusually small hook sizes only; 2/0 was too big. I usually catch more sheep there than anything else but they've been pretty quiet. I did get a 25 inch walleye on a piece of nightcrawler after extracting my hook from a snag. Those things are strange

[nitefisher]

i've been useing big smelt that are rather dead smelling from being froze and thawed a dozen times.the cats just don't know what they want the water is to dirty and cold and full of food around here right now. my son managed to catch a 14lb northern yesterday boy was that hard to release,and on an rotten smelling smelt.i guess anything is possible when fishing cats.

[HuskerBen]

I've caught a few on 1" chunks of sucker, both fresh and frozen. They've all been mid-day, in muddy water. Last time I was out, I sat for almost five hours, then had three within five minutes of each other. Biggest was 14#.

Ben

[nitefisher]

thanks for the info huskerben, sounds like a good time you mind me asking were you were or close to. i fish for cats from granite falls to new ulm when i go but have not been there since last fall. thanks again and god bless.

[HuskerBen]

Nitefisher- I was fishing one of the rivers in the metro area. Was out yesterday and got nothing. I'm going again today. I'll let you know what happens.

Ben

[nitefisher]

thanks can't wait for the report, things around hear have just shut down to nothing no bites so i guess i will have to travel a little. maybe i will go to the dam in laqeparl (not sure how to spell that) down by granite falls at least the water level is a little more regulated.i will let you no the resaults to. good luck and god bless.

[babybullies]

Nitefisher, if you ever make it down to the new ulm or mankato area and need a fishing buddy ill gear up and head out the door. I know the the river well and can usally get on some good bites.

[nitefisher]

you got a deal i want to get down there this early summer and give it a try. never fished the mankato area sounds like fun. i know some of the new ulm area for fishing cats, got a 38lb flat there back in 96 just down river from the landing in town. i will keep you in mind all till we meet.

[HuskerBen]

I hit the Minnesota today. I was out from noon until 6:30, and managed to catch five decent channels, from 5 to 8 pounds. The water's pretty high right now, which made it tough to get to any of my regular sitting spots. I made do, though.

Ben

[nitefisher]

i made it to the chippewa river north of benson today and got 4 channels 3 about 6 lbs 1 about 4 lbs my wife is getting some pic's up tonight for all to see. sounds like you had a good day to them are some nice fish.