@medicstew - I prefer live bream when I can catch them. Otherwise, I use bait shop golden shiners as large as I can find. Most shops carry 3" shiners, calling them "bass minnows." Occassionally, you can find "brooders" that are up to 5" long, but they're prohibitively expensive. I can legally bait trap bream up to 4" in length for use as bait. Larger bream are also legal for bait in my state, but they have to be "pole caught." With catfish, larger bait = larger fish caught.
@medicstew - I like to fish live bait anywhere from right at the surface where they make a lot of commotion down to 2 - 3 ft below the surface. The water in that video is 10 -12 deep. If you fish live bait on limb lines too deep, your bait will wrap the line up on underwater limbs, etc. Feeding catfish will come up to the base of a tree or stump, working their way up toward the surface. The bait definitely doesn't have to be on the bottom as some believe.
@srbijajenakosmetu - Stocking the freezer for the year. I mostly fish from Oct through Feb. Family eats what I catch over the whole year. I give a lot of fish away to people who are needy.
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10 year old girl was raped and murdered in 1945.her body was not found until 1947.then a boy last week read this and did not copy and paste this message.the dead girl appeard in his room haunting him and killed him.if you do not copy and paste this onto 10 videos in 30 minutes the dead girl will appear in your room tonight and haunt you and kill you. guess what im still alive....
@Johnboy19751 Well, Johnboy, I recon you would do well to take your own advice. I am quite familiar will my state's hunting and fishing "Code of Regulations" - all 322+ pages of them! The text string "foul hook" cannot even be found therein. If I had a dollar for every idiot who projected their state's fishing regulations upon me and my state, I'd be a very wealthy man. If your state has chicken-shit laws, that's your problem. When you watch my videos, you're not in Kansas anymore, Toto!
@ttenni no harm intended I dont know your states laws or where your even fishing at... Just thought that I would be helpful and maybe by chance someone from a state that doesnt allow foul hooked fish would read it!!! Its sometimes over looked!! again no harm intended!!
@draywanda The cats have been bitin' steady ever since September. Crappie seem to have been very "on" or very "off" from one day to another. The lake is still incredibly low, lower than I've seen it in the entire 5 or so years I've been fishing it. I guess it's gonna take some hellatious volumes of rain to bring it back up.
Question. How far under the surface is your bait?
What is your preferred bait?
medicstew 2 months ago
@medicstew - I prefer live bream when I can catch them. Otherwise, I use bait shop golden shiners as large as I can find. Most shops carry 3" shiners, calling them "bass minnows." Occassionally, you can find "brooders" that are up to 5" long, but they're prohibitively expensive. I can legally bait trap bream up to 4" in length for use as bait. Larger bream are also legal for bait in my state, but they have to be "pole caught." With catfish, larger bait = larger fish caught.
ttenni 2 months ago
@medicstew - I like to fish live bait anywhere from right at the surface where they make a lot of commotion down to 2 - 3 ft below the surface. The water in that video is 10 -12 deep. If you fish live bait on limb lines too deep, your bait will wrap the line up on underwater limbs, etc. Feeding catfish will come up to the base of a tree or stump, working their way up toward the surface. The bait definitely doesn't have to be on the bottom as some believe.
ttenni 2 months ago
Way are you keeping so much?
srbijajenakosmetu 2 months ago
@srbijajenakosmetu - Stocking the freezer for the year. I mostly fish from Oct through Feb. Family eats what I catch over the whole year. I give a lot of fish away to people who are needy.
ttenni 2 months ago
@ttenni ok
danijelam84 2 months ago
@srbijajenakosmetu - Daily limit is 10.
ttenni 2 months ago
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u must read this.once u have started there is no turning back.a little
10 year old girl was raped and murdered in 1945.her body was not found until 1947.then a boy last week read this and did not copy and paste this message.the dead girl appeard in his room haunting him and killed him.if you do not copy and paste this onto 10 videos in 30 minutes the dead girl will appear in your room tonight and haunt you and kill you. guess what im still alive....
Teddyar55 6 months ago
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Johnboy19751 8 months ago
@Johnboy19751 Well, Johnboy, I recon you would do well to take your own advice. I am quite familiar will my state's hunting and fishing "Code of Regulations" - all 322+ pages of them! The text string "foul hook" cannot even be found therein. If I had a dollar for every idiot who projected their state's fishing regulations upon me and my state, I'd be a very wealthy man. If your state has chicken-shit laws, that's your problem. When you watch my videos, you're not in Kansas anymore, Toto!
ttenni 8 months ago
@ttenni no harm intended I dont know your states laws or where your even fishing at... Just thought that I would be helpful and maybe by chance someone from a state that doesnt allow foul hooked fish would read it!!! Its sometimes over looked!! again no harm intended!!
Johnboy19751 7 months ago
I've been living in Oregon for the last 15 years but i think that is Bodcaw or that lake over by Magnolia. Forget it's name. Am I right?
ifishslick 1 year ago
@ifishslick Nope, it's Cane Creek Lake near Star City, AR.
ttenni 1 year ago
where you buy your traps
gametrapper 1 year ago
@gametrapper I build all my own bait traps out of welded wire or hardware cloth.
ttenni 1 year ago
I love how you hooked the last one in the eye.
dentonkid32 1 year ago
those were some nice ones. what have you been catching them on?
4986hunterofsouth 1 year ago
@4986hunterofsouth Live bream.
ttenni 1 year ago
Nice first cat! even better second! Merry Xmas Bro!!!
dnahoghunter 1 year ago
fat cats
trout718 1 year ago
nice cats
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river3782 1 year ago
Dang good looking cats.
-chris-
TheC4ranch 1 year ago
Very cool !!! I love to fish limblines.
TGCCJ 1 year ago
Great catch. we werent able to make it down this December, Save a few for us though...LOL!
Have a goodun' D-Ray
draywanda 1 year ago
@draywanda The cats have been bitin' steady ever since September. Crappie seem to have been very "on" or very "off" from one day to another. The lake is still incredibly low, lower than I've seen it in the entire 5 or so years I've been fishing it. I guess it's gonna take some hellatious volumes of rain to bring it back up.
ttenni 1 year ago