Winter cats

[Wiskers]

Ok now I'm a bit confused.?? All the reading I have done and fishing I have done for cats in the winter on the rivers is all messed up now...

I was out the other day below the dam here in Crookston ice fishing with Vexlar and Camera. I was in 22 feet of water. I kept getting huge readings in the 9-12 foot range every so often.. I raised the camera and left it in that area until the next readings... I could not believe my eyes.. Schools of cats were swimming by with carp and pike...

I could see them in groups of 10 or more.........The water clairity here is close to 10 feet.. I could see my jig down to 10 feet in the vex..... Day camera is awesome.. Night gets a bit cloudy..

The small mouth bass were thick on the bottom, but not eating at all.

I was not able to get the suspended fish to bite all day into the evening..??? Hummm that suprized me with the cats suspended in schools like that..

I did manage to get some nice Saugers for the fryer.

Raise the jigs..........................

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Wiskers Guiding Service
Red River & Minnesota River,for Channel Cats, Flatheads & Walleyes
Crookston, MN
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218-280-0442

[This message has been edited by Wiskers Guiding Service (edited 12-15-2003).]

[DARK30]

That sounds like it would make a cool video. I would think they would bite at some point...They are active so they must get hungry. How were you trying to catch them?

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cast,cast,cast,cast......

[The Chemist]

That is how I caught my first cat on Horseshoe. Out of one hole I caught crappies, walleyes and cats. All at the same depth ~10ft off the bottom.

[Wiskers]

Ya know, that is a good idea.. wonder if the new cams have video hook up... It was quite impressive..

I was jigging with chubs. When I get a chance to get down there again I will have to try diffrent bait.. maybe some suckers or squish bait.

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Wiskers Guiding Service
Red River & Minnesota River,for Channel Cats, Flatheads & Walleyes
Crookston, MN
[email protected]

218-280-0442

[Ed Carlson]

I spent many hours doing just that last winter. Watching and recording catfish habits under the ice here on the Red and other regional rivers.

We are working on more under ice catfish vidio footage now in fact. Lots to see and learn yet in the mysterious world of cool Kitty's.

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Ed "Backwater Eddy" Carlson

Backwater Guiding
"ED on the RED"
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[Wiskers]

I tell ya, I wish that I had a way to record on this camera.. I was watching cats all day under my house. Nothing would bite however. I seen some real nice pike and eyes. Suckers, carp, Sm mouth bass. I even seen several bass with huge lampreys on them. One had 4 lampreys on it.

We fished from 22 feet to 11 feet.. Nothing biteing but seen a ton of fish. I even tried cat bait balls.. Notta...

Hummmmmmmmmm...

Suposed to get real warm this weekend.. gonna have to watch the ice...

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Wiskers Guiding Service
Red River & Minnesota River,for Channel Cats, Flatheads & Walleyes
Crookston, MN
[email protected]

218-280-0442