Going after some catfish

[ReelYankee]

Tomorrow I will be going after some catfish. I don't claim to be an expert by any stretch of the imagination so if any of you guys reading this have some experience targeting cats from your kayak please add your suggestions.

I'll be taking two poles, both pretty stout setups: 1 for bouncing baits on the bottom and 1 with a slip cork. I'll have a variety of baits that will include homemade dough balls with ground herring, Power Bait, cut shad and some dip bait.

Wish me luck, I'll have an update tomorrow.

[Bass & BBQ]

I havent fished for catfish in years. When I did it was typically at night with chicken livers, in a lawn chair, with some beer.

[flyfisher]

I havent fished for catfish in years. When I did it was typically at night with chicken livers, in a lawn chair, with some beer.

Yeah my only catfishing is that same style....beer drinking with a few fishing rods thrown out as an excuse to be outside and stay out all night

[jason_h1]

I don't have much experience kayak fishing for cats with a pole either, but I sure enjoy running trot lines and chasing jugs around from a canoe/kayak! I don't know if the terrain you're fishing or if your local laws allow it, but if so, I highly recommend it!

[Bass & BBQ]

Yeah my only catfishing is that same style....beer drinking with a few fishing rods thrown out as an excuse to be outside and stay out all night

It is actually what I did in high school as opposed to going to keg parties. Me and my fishing buddy Jeff would grab some livers and two quart bottles of beer from the store and head to a lake or canal and spend hours. It kept me out of trouble as I could usually prove where I had been with fresh fish. And we really never drank that much becuase, in those days, it was hard to finish a quart because it got warm before you could get to the bottom.

[lconn4]

For monster catfish, use live bream on a Carolina rig. Who knows you might catch a bass too!

[beard]

Hope you hook up with some cats. I almost had a 10-15 lber yesterday from the yak. It liked a zoom ultravibe speed craw on a draggin head but not enough to pull me around the creek

[wyd]

We use either some bigger sized minnows and we also use the nitro night crawlers. They both work for us. The bigger the bait at least for us does seem to dictate the size of the cattys we catch.