Shallow lakes and reservoirs often have featureless basins and
shallow shorelines. You can catch channel catfish by drift fishing the
large basins using cut baits such as gizzard shad, creek chubs, and
shiners as you catfish bait selection. A good bait fishing catfish rig
for drift fishing would be a three way swivel rig. Use a sinker large
enough to stay on the bottom and a 5/0 to 7/0 hook.
To fish
shallow reservoirs and lakes at night head to the shallow shorelines
because bait fish will concentrate at night there. If you are fishing
in a boat locate edge lines where soft pan bottom turns into sand or
rock. Drop anchor here and cast your catfish bait towards the shore
line. You can also attract channel catfish to your area by dropping a
underwater fishing light and chumming the area. You can catch channel
catfish while your bait fishing with a simple slip bobber rig, or by
fishing tight line.
Cover edges in shallow water are also
excellent areas to catch channel catfish because the channel cats are
attracted to abundant numbers of bait fish such as shad , minnows
moving in and out of the cover. They are also attracted to shallow flat
areas adjacent to cover that are sandy and have a good population of
mussels. These areas are extremely good under winding conditions. Use
bait fish such as gizzard shad cut into pieces for your catfish bait.
Or if you find a adjacent flat that has a population of mussels use the
mussels as bait. You can also use soiled mussels by extracting the
mussel meat and let it soak in sour milk for about two day prior to
your fishing trip. Just a note, channel catfish love mussels so do not
overlook them as a catfish bait.
If you are going to target
roaming channel catfish on large featureless flats, try to fish with a
three way swivel rig fishing rig, while drift fishing because your
catfish bait will be suspended slightly off the bottom. Use live bait
such as creek chubs or shiners, or cut bait such as gizzard shad as
your catfish bait selection. Make sure your sinker selection is large
enough that it constantly bumps bottom as you are drifting. To locate a
good drift fishing starting point on these flats look for a slight look
for points that have a slight depth change.
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