salmonfisher
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Hello Beginners,
Do you feel like you have no chance of catching fish? Are you still waiting for that first catch? well, luckily we have the Catfish. Yes the catfish, without a doubt the easiest fish to catch in toronto. But they re are ways of catching more catfish.
First let's talk about the species of catfish. There are thousands of species of catfish in the world. But the most common here in toronto are channel cats and bullhead cats.
Bulheads are smaller but you can catch a much greater quantity, Channels are much bigger but consider yourself lucky if you catch more than a couple.
Timing.
Like i said before catfish are very easy to catch and very forgiving. Timing isn't really essential, but there are better times than others.
Mornings
Catfish are quite active in the early morning
Noon
as the sun comes p the activity level drops dramaticly but you can still manage a couple
Evening
as the sun is abot to dissapear is the best time for. You can literaly see them jumping out the water.
Tackle
for catfish you can use any kind of rod you want, but its recommended to use a light action with a small reel for bullhead and a medium action and medium size reel for channel cats.
hooks. Hooks don't matter nearly as much as bait does but a not too small and not too big hooks fine. Just pick one that you think would fit in their mouths. If it fits theyll eat it.
for line i think a 10 lb mono or a thirty lb braid works fine.Just run a simple swivel hook weight rig. But keep in mind if you know where your fishing there are really big channels you might want to step up your gear. Thos suckers are strong. Hey you dont want to loose a fish of a lifetime.
Baits
The bait you use will determine if you catch fish or not.
the most reliable bait for bullhead are worms. you catch them everysingle time on worms. Now if you can get your hands on the compost worms (theyre smaller and smellier than nightcrawlers) then your in for it. Your going to be catching more bullhead than you can carry. But anything that smells and stays on a hook works. Ive even caught them with bbq chicken.
Now for channels theyre a little more picky. They generally prefer cut bait. I generally use cut sucker or any cheap fish i find at my supermarket. They sometimes take worms but rarely
So if you follow these very simple steps your maximizing your chance of catching fish and enjoying yourself. Catfish are great fish to catch not only for beginners but also for experienced fisherman
Cheers and hope you have fun and catch fish.
Do you feel like you have no chance of catching fish? Are you still waiting for that first catch? well, luckily we have the Catfish. Yes the catfish, without a doubt the easiest fish to catch in toronto. But they re are ways of catching more catfish.
First let's talk about the species of catfish. There are thousands of species of catfish in the world. But the most common here in toronto are channel cats and bullhead cats.
Bulheads are smaller but you can catch a much greater quantity, Channels are much bigger but consider yourself lucky if you catch more than a couple.
Timing.
Like i said before catfish are very easy to catch and very forgiving. Timing isn't really essential, but there are better times than others.
Mornings
Catfish are quite active in the early morning
Noon
as the sun comes p the activity level drops dramaticly but you can still manage a couple
Evening
as the sun is abot to dissapear is the best time for. You can literaly see them jumping out the water.
Tackle
for catfish you can use any kind of rod you want, but its recommended to use a light action with a small reel for bullhead and a medium action and medium size reel for channel cats.
hooks. Hooks don't matter nearly as much as bait does but a not too small and not too big hooks fine. Just pick one that you think would fit in their mouths. If it fits theyll eat it.
for line i think a 10 lb mono or a thirty lb braid works fine.Just run a simple swivel hook weight rig. But keep in mind if you know where your fishing there are really big channels you might want to step up your gear. Thos suckers are strong. Hey you dont want to loose a fish of a lifetime.
Baits
The bait you use will determine if you catch fish or not.
the most reliable bait for bullhead are worms. you catch them everysingle time on worms. Now if you can get your hands on the compost worms (theyre smaller and smellier than nightcrawlers) then your in for it. Your going to be catching more bullhead than you can carry. But anything that smells and stays on a hook works. Ive even caught them with bbq chicken.
Now for channels theyre a little more picky. They generally prefer cut bait. I generally use cut sucker or any cheap fish i find at my supermarket. They sometimes take worms but rarely
So if you follow these very simple steps your maximizing your chance of catching fish and enjoying yourself. Catfish are great fish to catch not only for beginners but also for experienced fisherman
Cheers and hope you have fun and catch fish.
). Here in Hamilton my bait of choice is 1 inch cubes of sardine fished on a circle hook about 3 feet below a float. The Cats will take your bait and sometimes swim around with it a few minutes before actually pulling the float down. Worms do work here somewhat, but there are so many gobies and other small fish that quite often your hook is stripped before a Cat can get near it.
