Catfish Inquiry

[trung88]

Hi there,

My friends and I have been itching to go fish for some catfish and was just wondering if its even possible at any place to fish for them around this time..? I figured maybe someone here might know

 

[Alfiegee]

Hi there,

My friends and I have been itching to go fish for some catfish and was just wondering if its even possible at any place to fish for them around this time..? I figured maybe someone here might know

They are around and biting, tho not vigorously. Where are you?

Alfie.

 

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fish be cold blooded, the cooler the water, the slower they move, so you'll almost have to knock em on the nose to get a bite

 

[reelbigfish]

Try in the water!

 

[CanadianAngler87]

Try in the water! >_< Try Trolling another forum..

Not necessarly..
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A_8tWFbvQ98#

 

[redneckchromer]

i got one threw the ice recently on a minnow on a jighead about 6 inches off bottom ( deeper end of my tandom pike deadstick setup). They arent too agressive right now but all fish gotta eat during the winter even bass and musky get caught threw the ice. to target them though would be almost a waste of time, give it a month or so and your catfish holes will come alive

 

[thebigchombowombocombo]

Hey there,
My buddy (OP) and I are in Sauga
We were planning to go to desjardins canal sometime this weekend to try our luck with the cats although it may be hard with all the ice and all. We were also considering Welland and Dunnville at this time but have the same concern with the ice.

 

[trung88]

Alfie: we're from mississauga
Red: yeah haha we figured its not season YET, but we're just a bunch of young fishers that were a bit itching to go since its our reading week. Was wondering if its all iced everywhere? (probably is...)
might just have to wait till towards end of march...when spring hits.

Thanks everyone for your inputs, much appreciated.

I'm also new to this forum so greetings to all.

 

[Dozer]

For Dunnville I suggest you contact FishMaster. Owns a marina and tackle shop there and always willing to share info about the river conditions, look up the phone number through google, he's situated just below the dam. From my understanding its frozen. Leave this trip for spring and you can have a lot more fun

The last fish was over 20 lbs... wish I remembered exactly what it weighed.

 

[Alfiegee]

Hey there,
My buddy (OP) and I are in Sauga
We were planning to go to desjardins canal sometime this weekend to try our luck with the cats although it may be hard with all the ice and all. We were also considering Welland and Dunnville at this time but have the same concern with the ice.

Not sure if the Desjardin is iced up, I haven't been there lately, but there is a pretty strong current there so I do doubt it. Normally I don't see a lot of Cats til the end of Apr and start of May when they start moving to their spawning areas though.

Alfie.

 

[Topwater]

all this cat talk is making me antzy. come on spring

 

[ChefMick]

I'm still going wed. Word is there up river, will let you know if our group gets into 'em.

 

[ChefMick]

Oh smack me, sorry guys, nice cats!!!

 

[RedCat]

I'm getting antsy already. Not only is there still 40" of ice on the river and lake but the season is basically closed except stocked trout waters. :cry:

Cmoe on Catfishin weather

 

[Alfiegee]

You know I hear you RedCat.

Alfie. I'm sending a PM as well that may interest you.

 

[ChefMick]

Well Wed. did not produce for us, but the winner of the tourney weighed in 59.22 lbs.

water was still cold at 8 a.m. 11 *C, looking at the charts its rising daily, i will be back out when it climbs to 14*C.

 

[Alfiegee]

Well Wed. did not produce for us, but the winner of the tourney weighed in 59.22 lbs.

water was still cold at 8 a.m. 11 *C, looking at the charts its rising daily, i will be back out when it climbs to 14*C.

I may be missing something, but I just reviewed this thread twice. Not sure what tourney you are referring to. But a quick google tells me that the world record Channel Cat was 58 lbs caught in one of the Carolinas in 1964. 59.22 would be huge and a new record, wouldn't mind having that tow my boat around for a while.

Alfie.