Prime times for Catfishing and likely holding spots

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New to Catfishing, but looking to tie into some Piggies! Have caught a few when I was a kid, one 14 lb in the Crow when the **** was still in St. Micheal.
What are the best times of the day for Channels and Flatheads? It appears that they are two very different creatures of habit. I live near Prescott, so I would likely be fishing the St. Croix or Mighty Miss.. Deep water holes, like the one right above the Kinni(got a nice sturgeon there once on a gob-o-crawlers), are they the ticket? Sandbars? The point at the mouth of the St Croix?
Thanks for your

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The best time for cats in general is at night.I have my best luck just after sunset or right before dawn.You can get channels all day long most of the time,but for flatheads you best bet is at night.
Flatheads love live bait,the livelier(chubs, suckers,bullheads) the better,and channel cats prefer dead baits.
I am not all that familiar with the St.Croix but I would look for flatheads is deep holes with slow current and some kind of cover,wood or rocks.When scouting holes I look for lots of bait near by.It is helpful when ther is some kind of river element that holds other fish near the deep holes.
Channels cats are not affraid of current and will be found near the channel edges.A channel cat is just that,a "channel"cat.Look for these fish on structures near the channel or holding in the channel itself.Underwater points,wing dams,rock bars,sand bars and timber will all hold channels.
When looking for fish I use my sonar to lacate lots of fish be it bait fish or the cats themselves.When I find a likely spot put a line out and fish for about a half hour for channels.I would give flatheads an hour.If I don't get a bite I am gone.Iwll try a different kind of structure until I find what they are holding on on that particular day.
Hope a little of this helps.